Maternal nutrition
Maternal nutrition refers to the dietary intake and habits of expectant mothers with dual emphasis on the health of the mother and the physical and mental development of infants. 23.8% of babies are estimated to be born with lower than optimal weights at birth. [1]
Pregnancy and child birth transform every aspect of expecting mother's lives.They should be very careful with their choices regarding what they eat. This article is about the diet the expectimg mothers should be following for their welfare and their growing foetus.
It is very important that expecting mothers should change thier personal habits like smoking, alcohol, caffine, using certain medications and street drugs as soon as they know they are pregnant or even when they are planning to concieve. All these can affect the develpment of the organs like brain, which happen in early stages of pregnancy. They can cause irrepairable damage to the growing feotus. [2]
References
- ^ "WHO | 10 facts on nutrition". Who.int. 2011-03-15. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
- ^ Laura Riley. Stephanie Karpinske (ed.). Pregnancy: The Ultimate Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide. Meredith Books. pp. 21–22. ISBN 0-696-22221-3.
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