Women would die in the name of beauty. Across all ages, races and
nationalities, women like to look good and be appreciated. Women need to
feel beautiful and sexy to earn the appreciation that they need.
Most
women in their last trimester of pregnancy find it hard to believe that
they are beautiful and sexy. Having a baby inside their womb makes them
feel ugly, heavy and simply unattractive.
The feelings of
unattractiveness and ugliness are relative to a pregnant woman. However,
the heaviness of weight gain is a fact. All women who become pregnant,
no matter how skinny they are prior to pregnancy, will gain weight with a
baby inside their womb.
The fact is simple: a pregnant woman is
carrying another human being, alive and breathing inside her womb. That
fact is enough to justify the gained weight while pregnant.
The
average weight that is gained during pregnancy is around 12 to 36
pounds. However, women who are overweight prior to pregnancy are asked
by their doctors not to exceed their gained weight by more than 25
pounds maximum. This is in order to prevent certain diseases from
developing during pregnancy like diabetes and heart diseases. These
diseases not only put the mother at risk. They also affect the baby in
the womb.
So how exactly can a pregnant woman prevent health risks during pregnancy? There are two keys: proper diet and exercise.
Proper
diet during pregnancy would mean a diet in which the baby is taken into
consideration. The mother should not go on crash diets and other diet
programs that are unsupervised by their doctors.
Proper diet
includes foods that are rich in whole grains (for carbohydrates) such as
foods with whole wheat, whole oats and whole grains. Fresh fruits and
vegetables should also be at the top of the list. High protein foods
should not just be from red meat but also from plant sources like tofu.
Keep the fatty foods at the bottom of the food pyramid. The main idea is
to consume as much natural, fresh and high fiber foods as possible.
