How to increase and strengthen the immunity of a pregnant woman

During pregnancy, the expectant mother's immunity is weakened - the body needs additional strength for the development of the fetus. During pregnancy, women are more susceptible to colds, which adversely affect the baby's health. It is extremely important to carefully monitor your health, prevent diseases, strengthen and maintain your immunity - then the pregnancy will proceed without complications.

Reasons for a decrease in immunity

• Disruption of the hormonal background. After fertilization of the egg, the body is rebuilt, physiological changes occur. In this regard, weakness, nausea, dizziness and weakening of the immune system are observed.
• Improper diet and lifestyle. If earlier you ate fried potatoes, smoked chicken and semi-finished products, did not refuse alcoholic beverages, did not go in for sports, there is nothing surprising in the fact that immunity is weakened.
• Stress and bad mood. During pregnancy, mood swings become a frequent occurrence in women, and especially impressionable ladies also constantly worry about the baby’s health and wind themselves up. The cause of stress is the change in the regime of the day, when you want to sleep more and more, and work and household chores do not allow this.
• Digestive system (After all, it is in the intestine that the eternal struggle of the “good” and “evil” microflora takes place, and the health of the whole organism depends on its normal functioning).
• Lack of regular physical activity, a sedentary lifestyle, as well as insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
• Poor environmental situation, living in large noisy cities.
• Lack of vitamins and minerals, vitamin deficiencies.

The first signs of a healthy immune system are a sense of vitality and a healthy sleep.

Ways to boost immunity

1. Do not contact sick people and do not overcool. Do not walk outside for a long time, avoid crowded places. It is better to send close relatives to the store. If the financial situation allows, it is also worth to refuse public transport services, go by personal car or taxi. This is especially true of the cold season.
2. Take regular walks in the fresh air. Get out of town more often.
3. 3-4 times a day, lubricate the nasal mucosa with oxolin ointment.
4. Cleanliness in the apartment is first and foremost. It is advisable to wipe the dust 2-3 times a week, at least once every two weeks carry out a general cleaning. If in the later stages of pregnancy such a task seems overwhelming to you, attract household members. The apartment should be ventilated several times a day. Use an air ionizer or a Chizhevsky lamp to clean bacteria from the air.
5. Do not neglect exercise. Exercising in the morning, allowing you to maintain muscle tone, will be quite enough. In addition, there are exercises for pregnant women, allowing you to prepare the body for childbirth, to facilitate this process. Classes are aimed at increasing the flexibility of the joints of the pelvis, stretching the muscles of the thigh.
6. Temper. You need to do this gradually, starting with rubbing with a towel dipped in cool water. Then you can go to a contrast shower (you need to start with water at room temperature, gradually moving to lower temperatures).
7. A visit to a doctor is only with the permission of your treating specialist. Therefore, before fleeing for the next flu shot, X-ray, massage and other procedures, consult a gynecologist, perhaps in your position this will be strictly contraindicated. So, for example, a flu vaccine can cause complications, you need to know about them in advance in order to make the right decision: whether or not to be vaccinated.
8. Drink plenty of fluids during pregnancy., but, remember that ordinary water causes swelling, combine it with compotes, juices and broths with raspberries, mint, rose hips, ginger, and Ivan tea. Of course, bad habits must be abandoned.
9. Personal hygiene will never be superfluous. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water after walking and in contact with common objects. On a street where there is no soap or water, use napkins and an antiseptic gel.
10. Twice a day, gargle with a decoction of chamomile, calendula or a solution of soda.
11. The main criterion for the health of the future mother is a good mood, lack of stress and a wonderful dream. Therefore, do not worry in vain, find a new hobby for yourself or devote yourself to your favorite pastime, which previously did not have enough time. Watch good movies, listen to nice music, chat with friends, sleep more.

Ten minutes of laughter is equal to the course of taking an expensive vitamin complex, so look everywhere for joy and have fun from the heart - in this case, not only your mood, but also your immune status will increase.

Folk remedies

Eat more vitamins, drink immunity strengthening teas, for example with ginger, chamomile, turmeric, dog rose. Make a delicious dessert with honey, prunes, dried apricots and walnuts. Bee products are very useful, but during pregnancy they should be eaten with extreme caution if you are not allergic to them. It is better to refuse other means of traditional medicine, for example, tinctures and balms, prepared according to a grandmother's proven recipe.

Healthy eating

Be sure to add maximum fruits and juices to your diet. Not sure about the freshness of purchased goods - send them to the trash bag. Stop eating foods that upset your stomach: chips, fast food, mushrooms, over-fried meat. This is a heavy food, the digestive system requires tremendous effort to assimilate, while such food does not contain any useful vitamins and minerals.

To maintain immunity, expectant mothers are advised to regularly eat foods rich in dietary fiber - prebiotics: fruits, vegetables, especially bananas, garlic and onions. Prebiotics are found in asparagus, beans, chicory, and fig.

A powerful argument in favor of the inclusion of onions and garlic in the diet: these products contain not only prebiotics, but also volatile products - biologically active substances that kill or inhibit the growth and development of bacteria. Another option for using the beneficial properties of garlic: cut a few cloves into small pieces, put on saucers and arrange them throughout the apartment. Thus, volatile production can actively show their protective properties.

Eat beetroot and pomegranate juice, pitted apples, pumpkin, carrots. To strengthen the immune system, ordinary buckwheat is also suitable. Eat porridge with it or make an unusual dessert according to a simple recipe: rinse, bake in a pan and grind buckwheat in a coffee grinder. Mix with powdered sugar. Take it one teaspoon before a meal.

Liver, meat and fish are undoubtedly very useful, but they pose a serious burden for the digestive system of a pregnant woman; try to exclude them from evening meals. But prunes, figs and dried apricots should be definitely included in your diet, they allow you to normalize the intestines and relieve constipation.

Folic acid, which is found in herbs, beans and avocados, plays a huge role during pregnancy. Eat spices from the beds only in moderation, especially parsley, which stimulates blood circulation in the pelvic organs, this is harmful to expectant mothers. Under the strictest ban, peanuts and chocolate should be used; they can cause allergies. Citrus fruits that increase immunity effectively should be consumed in small quantities.

Eat more vitamins, especially vitamin C, zinc, selenium.

Vitamins and drugs

Any medications should be drunk with extreme caution. But the use of vitamins will not be superfluous, since the body cannot get the whole gamut of nutrients with food: an additive is required. For pregnant women, a whole complex of all kinds of vitamins is produced. Before use, you should ask your doctor for advice, maybe you do not need any drugs, your immunity is already in order.

There are some of the most popular vitamin and mineral products on the market:

• Elevit. Contains a loading dose of magnesium, does not contain iodine.
• Drive out. A very popular complex containing a huge list of trace elements.
• Alphabet. A unique complex of its kind, different vitamins are divided into tablets of different colors. You can take any trace element, if you want to give up the vitamin, which is already getting in excess. Especially suitable for women prone to allergies: any element can always be discarded.
• Vitrum Prenatal. Another iodine-free drug. But here in large quantities there is iron, useful for girls with anemia, as well as folic acid.
• Compllevit Mom. This complex is suitable for women who feel good, eat right, monitor their health, and take vitamins in tablets only for safety reasons.
• Centrum Materna. The drug contains iodine, folic acid, vitamins A and B in high quantities. It is not recommended for allergy sufferers, a doctor's appointment is required.
• Multi-Tab Prenetal. This is the basic vitamin complex for pregnant women.
• Femibion. European product containing magnesium, vitamins B and C.
• Amway. Tablets with different vitamins vary in color, the drug causes controversy, as it is not sold in a pharmacy, but ordered by catalog from a company representative. On the other hand, reviews of pregnant women indicate the effectiveness of the drug and the absence of harm.
• Emfetal. Novelty of the Russian market, which women are still afraid to buy.
• Creeper. Inexpensive vitamins that contain the whole range of useful products. Recently on the market, so the opinion is still mixed.

Despite the wide range of vitamin complexes, remember the need for medical advice. If it's summer, you lead a healthy lifestyle, your city has a good environment, and colds are infrequent guests in the house, you should not even start taking medications.

Health care

When to see a doctor for help, and when can diseases be treated at home? In an interesting position, even a slight increase in body temperature and the first symptoms of acute respiratory viral infections indicate the need for urgent consultation. Without a doctor’s appointment, it is undesirable to drink any tablets, since most modern drugs are strictly contraindicated in the first trimester. Call a doctor or go to the clinic - you decide, when choosing the second option, remember about the gauze bandage, because the medical facility is full of sick people.

As you can see, the ways to maintain and strengthen immunity are very simple, and the tips can be followed without difficulty. The main thing during pregnancy is an excellent mood, a long rest, a healthy diet and a sparing daily routine, then you will feel wonderful, and the baby will tell you a huge Thank you »

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