Pregnant at Christmas. Tips to enjoy the holidays
The Christmas holidays can alter the daily life of the pregnant woman. Copious meals, shopping trips, dinners and night parties, dances and trips to see the family can affect your health. For this reason, it is advisable to take a series of preventive measures so that the Christmas holidays and fami
The Christmas holidays can alter the daily life of the pregnant woman. Copious meals, shopping trips, dinners and night parties, dances and trips to see the family can affect your health. For this reason, it is advisable to take a series of preventive measures so that the Christmas holidays and family celebrations are compatible with pregnancy.
The daily rhythm of life changes at Christmas, also for the future moms who wait for their baby. Beginning with the exhausting purchases until family and social gatherings, which are sometimes complicated by traveling to other places to meet loved ones, the rhythm can be too frantic for the pregnant woman.
We give you some tips to enjoy the holidays if you are pregnant.
Tips to enjoy Christmas parties in pregnancy
1. Let yourself be loved. Take advantage of meetings with family and friends to show off your pregnancy. You'll like to feel the center of attention.
2. Think about your baby. Adapt your lifestyle to the needs of your pregnancy, it will make you rest more and take things more relaxed. Next Christmas you will have your baby in your arms.
3. Buy party clothes. Take advantage of Christmas to buy beautiful and elegant premamá clothes with which to show off your pregnancy. You will feel beautiful and special. Think, above all, in comfort and highlight your look of pregnant with holiday accessories.
4. Treat yourself. A massage, a spa session or, a yoga or Pilates class, can help to reconcile this attitude of well-being, serenity and joy that so much favors the spirit during the Christmas holidays.
Prevention in pregnancy against the excesses of Christmas
1. Tobacco smoke. Avoid environments laden with smoke. If you are pregnant, avoid being a "passive smoker" more than ever, as tobacco smoke can also be harmful to your baby. 2. Alcohol. Choose water before it came for lunch and dinner. If you have to toast for family, Christmas and
New Year, just wet your lips. Any amount of alcohol that you ingest, however minimal, can cross the placental barrier and reach your baby. 3. Meals.If you are healthy, you can eat what you want in a balanced way. Moderation with the amount of food you eat should be your maximum during the holidays. You can try everything, but in small quantities or rations. Thus, your
digestions will be lighter and lighter, and you will avoid indigestion or embarrassment. 4. Sweets. They have a high caloric index and abuse of Christmas sweets (nougat, marzipan, polvorones ...) can make you gain more weight than necessary. If you are
diabetic or have been diagnosed with diabetes in pregnancy, you must strictly follow your doctor's instructions on sugar consumption. 5. Social meetings . Being present at parties and family gatherings or friends is a
giftfor the pregnant woman at Christmas. Enjoy the music, but avoid the moved dances. Do not be too long standing, talk and talk with others sitting down to not get too tired during the evening. 6. Dream. Try to go home soon to respect your sleep hours. The
night rest is very important during pregnancy to recover strength and energy. 7. Shopping. Organize your shopping list
to avoid doing them all at once. Anticipate your purchases to go to stores on days and times where there is likely to be less public. Avoid getting to exhaustion, when you feel tired, go home. 8. Travel. During pregnancy and, depending on the trimester of pregnancy, the pregnant woman must take a series of precautions with the displacements and the type of vehicle (airplane, train, car). Always choose short trips and take into consideration the precautionary measures during trips during pregnancy. Remember stretch your legs
and walk every few minutes to improve leg circulation and fluid retention that usually accumulates in the ankles. 9. Listen to your body. At the least sign of discomfort or fatigue, retire and relax. If you suffer from any of the discomforts of pregnancy, always follow the advice of your gynecologist. Marisol Nuevo.
