6 WEEKS PREGNANT, WHAT FOODS WILL HELP YOUR BABY GROW WELL?

6 WEEKS PREGNANT, WHAT FOODS WILL HELP YOUR BABY GROW WELL?
You are already in 6 weeks of pregnancy and your baby's is growing at a rapid rate now.

Your 6 weeks pregnancy symptoms will be more pronounced this time as your baby already has most of its body parts developing. Right now, the hands, legs, tongue, vocal cord and heart are all functioning and need more nutrients to develop.

This no doubt will put more pressure on your body and your pregnancy symptoms are more visible now than in the previous weeks.

Now that your baby's vital parts are taking shape, how can you help the process go on smoothly and successfully?

In this discussion on your 6 weeks pregnancy, we are going to look at the kinds of nutrients you need most and the foods you need to eat to get them in your body.

Let’s go…

1.     Folic Acid
This helps to produce the extra blood for your baby and you. It helps to prevent neural-tube defects and cleft lip or palate.

Foods to eat for Folic Acid
Leafy green vegetables, broccoli, asparagus, lean beef, oranges, lentils and peanuts

2.     Fluids
This helps in cell renewal and processing other nutrients. It also helps maintain blood volume; minimizes swelling, constipation and prevents urinary tract infections.

What to take for Fluids
Drink water, milk, fruit juices and decaffeinated tea or coffee.

3.     Fats
This helps provide the energy your body needs.

Foods to eat for Fats
Cheese, peanut butter, tuna salad, Parmesan cheese, mayonnaise, lean meat, egg, avocado, butter

4.     Carbohydrate
This helps to check some pregnancy challenges like constipation and helps your baby develop well. Just make sure its whole grains and nothing else.

Foods to eat for Carbohydrate
Whole wheat bread, tortilla, bagel, cold cereal, cooked pasta or rice, potato, corn

5.     Omega-3 fatty acids
This helps development of your baby's brain, eyes and central nervous system.

Foods to eat for Omega-3 fatty acids
Flaxseed Oil, Fish Oil (Salmon), Chia Seeds, Walnuts & Walnut Oil (Walnuts) , Fish Roe (Caviar) , Oily Fish (Mackerel) , Seafood (Oysters) , Soybeans (Roasted) 

6.     Calcium
This helps in building your baby's bones, teeth, muscles, heart, and nerves. Also helpful with blood clotting and reduce the risk of pre-eclampsia and pre-term birth. Pregnant mothers deficient in calcium risk bone loss as their fetus would deplete their calcium reserve.

Foods to eat for calcium
Skim milk, raw dark green leafy vegetables (salad greens, broccoli, spinach, kale), canned salmon or sardines, cottage cheese, yogurt, hard cheese

7.     Protein
This contains amino acids which helps builds your body and that of your baby. 

Foods to eat for Protein
Egg, cooked meat, skim milk, yogurt, hard cheese, peanut butter or 1/2 up cooked dried beans.

8.     Iron
This helps produce hemoglobin, the red-blood-cell component that carries oxygen, which is required to supply your baby with oxygen. Also helps your baby to build its own blood needs.

Foods to eat for Iron
Dried fruits, lean red meat, dried beans and pasta, whole-grain breads and dark green leafy vegetables.

9.     Vitamin C
This is helps in the building of your baby's bones, cartilage, muscles and blood vessels; an antioxidant that prevents disease for your baby and you. Your body needs about 65 mg daily.

Foods to eat for Vitamin C
Citrus-fruit juice, grapefruit, orange, cantaloupe, cabbage or coleslaw, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes.

10.            Vitamin A
This helps to create the cells needed to build your baby's internal organs and is good for healthy skin, bones, and eyes. You require about 800 micrograms daily. Note that excess vitamin A is harmful for your baby and you.

Foods to eat for Vitamin A
Vegetable juice, dark yellow vegetables milk, cantaloupe, peach or nectarine, dark leafy vegetables

11.            Zinc
This helps for proper growth and development in a fetus. It also helps mother’s safe delivery.

Foods to eat for Zinc
Whole grains, meat, and milk, as well as oysters, shellfish and other seafood.


 It is always advisable to talk to your doctor always during your pregnancy. I look forward to your safe delivery.

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