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Diet during pregnancy by week
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Diet during pregnancy for weeks includes a special diet depending on the period of pregnancy. It is important for a pregnant woman to remember the need to use extremely useful, "right" products, because uncontrolled food intake can provoke the appearance of constipation, digestive problems and edema, and also become the main cause of excess fatty deposits.
It should be emphasized that the correct, balanced diet of a pregnant woman, calculated on a weekly basis, has its own norms and takes into account, first of all, the features of intrauterine development of the baby in different periods.
Diet during pregnancy is the basis for successful gestation and the birth of a strong, healthy child, as well as strengthening the health of the mother.
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Dietary nutrition during pregnancy by week
So, let's consider the main principles of rational nutrition of the future mother during the entire pregnancy for weeks.
1-2 weeks
This is a very important period, which generally begins before the onset of a planned pregnancy, so a woman should begin to eat properly in advance, thus preparing her body for a successful bearing of the baby. She will have to gradually give up fatty, salty, smoked, fried and spicy food, dishes and fast food products, and, in order to avoid early toxicosis, limit the consumption of sweets to a minimum. At this stage, you need to increase the intake of folic acid. She plays an invaluable role in the full-time intrauterine development of the baby. Folic acid is found in greens, leaf lettuce, as well as cereals. The future mother is very useful for fresh fruit, especially painted in a bright yellow color: bananas, peaches, pears, melons, mangoes. Necessary food in the first weeks of pregnancy are various berries, as well as cereals, hard cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt.
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3 week
At an early stage of bearing a child, a pregnant woman needs to consume a lot of calcium, which is mostly found in green vegetables, as well as fruit juices, various dairy products and broccoli. It should also be remembered about products that contain manganese and zinc - they can be called real "bricks", necessary for building a healthy child's body. Among such products it is necessary to note raisins, almonds, beef, poultry meat, eggs, carrots, spinach, nuts, oatmeal, bananas.
4 week
This week, the expectant mother is recommended to completely abandon the use of strong tea and coffee, as well as take care of food intake, the most useful for the body.
5 week
Usually during this period of pregnancy begins an early toxicosis, and the future mother is often disturbed by symptoms such as nausea, heartburn, stomach pain, vomiting. To prevent these symptoms, you should replace protein foods with beans, raisins and nuts, as well as with various soy products, it is recommended to increase the consumption of "orange" fruits and vegetables: mango, apricots, bananas, carrots. If a pregnant woman even the very thought of milk causes nausea, then it can be replaced with hard cheese or yogurt, which does not contain harmful dyes and flavors.
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6 week
At this stage of pregnancy, the habit of waking with crackers or crackers will become useful after awakening. It is also worthwhile to refresh yourself and before going to bed, for example, with a small portion of raisins. It is also recommended to drink more water - 8-10 glasses per day. A pregnant woman should refuse any food containing a large amount of fat.
7th week
At this stage of pregnancy, you should give up excessive use of products that promote gassing: peas, chips, cabbage, beans, etc.
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8th week
Often at this stage, a pregnant woman continues to be bothered by toxicosis. To avoid discomfort of this kind, you can try tea with ginger, as well as nuts in the morning.
9-10 weeks
In this period of bearing the child to the future mother it is recommended to abandon the sweet and to limit the consumption of sugar to the maximum. White bread is best replaced with bread baked from wholemeal and rice is used uncleaned.
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11-12 week
At this stage of bearing a child, the body gives the pregnant woman all sorts of "tips". It is necessary to trust the instinct and eat what is especially desirable, naturally, within reasonable limits. Thus, the baby will receive exactly what he does not have.
13-16 weeks
This is a period of increased child growth. Therefore, a future mother needs to increase the daily intake by about 300 kcal, which means taking meals as additional snacks with fruits, products from wholemeal flour, and also dairy products. If constipation occurs, you should include kefir in the diet.
16-24 week
The child develops a strong sense of smell, vision, hearing and other sensations. Therefore, a pregnant woman should consume more foods that contain provitamin A, i.e. Beta-carotene. This carrot and carrot juice, cabbage, yellow pepper, green onions, spinach, parsley greens.
24-28 week
During this period, manifestations of disturbances in the work of the gastrointestinal tract in the form of heartburn or heaviness in the abdomen are possible. These symptoms are explained by the pressure of the uterus on the stomach due to its increase. The future mother needs to eat often, but little by little, refusing from sharp and fatty dishes, coffee, smoked products, carbonated drinks. The last meal should be done by a woman 2-3 hours before bedtime.
29-34 week
At this time, the baby needs a lot of calcium for the development of bones of the skeleton, teeth, as well as useful fatty acids that are involved in the development of the brain. It is also necessary to eat enough foods containing iron, which can prevent the development of anemia in a child. Diet during pregnancy for weeks implies in the last trimester the inclusion in the diet of the future mother of fatty fish in moderation, red meat, as well as vegetables of dark green color, seeds, yogurt. Do not be overly addicted to sweet food, pastries, cakes - this threatens in the future with such a problem as obesity of the child. For snacks, porridge, nuts and fresh fruit are best.
35-40 weeks
At this stage, the body of the future mother needs reinforcement, because soon he will have a difficult test - the birth of a child. Therefore, a woman should pre-give preference to those products that contain complex carbohydrates, because they are rightly considered a source of energy. During this period, it is recommended to eat more bread from wholemeal flour, cereals, and vegetables in any form - raw, cooked or stewed. You need to eat a little, in moderation, even if you want something special.
Diet in the last weeks of pregnancy
Diet during pregnancy should not be debilitating, on the contrary, it involves observance of such a diet that would contribute to the overall strengthening of the female body. It is especially important to pay attention to the issue of adequate nutrition directly at the last stage of bearing a baby. After all, a woman is about to give birth - a very difficult and time-consuming work.
Diet in the last weeks of pregnancy should include foods that contain large amounts of carbohydrates, which are considered the main source of vital energy in the human body. Daily consumption of foods that have useful carbohydrates in their composition should become the norm of a woman's nutrition, which is getting ready to become a mother from day to day. Vegetables, meat, dairy products, potatoes and cereals are the products that must be consumed by a pregnant woman during this final period.
The approximate menu of pregnant women during this period may look like this:
- First breakfast. Boiled egg, a crowbar of black bread (or a toast from it), butter (10-15 g), a glass of yogurt.
- Lunch. Salad of green vegetables, a glass of loose tea.
- Dinner. Chicken fillet in boiled form, or baked potatoes, apple, drinking yogurt.
- Snack. Boiled or baked fish, vegetable salad, porridge from brown rice, weak tea or compote.
- Dinner. A glass of yogurt or fresh fruit.
There are cases when women in the last stage of pregnancy suffer from various pathologies, which in turn require special nutrition. For example, if an anemia is present in a pregnant woman, good nutrition is simply necessary. In this case, it is recommended to increase the amount of iron-containing products, but before you establish the appropriate diet, it is absolutely necessary to consult your doctor. If a woman develops obesity on the background of a wrong pregnancy, you need to pay attention to diet food. However, in this case, without consulting an experienced doctor can not do.
If various diets for weight loss are observed, unwanted deviations and various pathologies may occur, both in the future mother and in the child's body. The maximum level of "harmfulness" is mono-diet, which is calculated for long-term starvation. As a consequence, the development of vitamin deficiency and physical exhaustion. In this case, the period of recovery of the young mother's body can be prolonged for a long time, and it is practically impossible to compensate for all the harm that such diets cause to a small organism of an unformed child.
Diet during pregnancy for weeks does not exclude the desires of a future mother to regale what one really wants. You just need to remember about control of your food and its correct mode.