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Follow-up 20 Weeks

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Follow-up 20 Weeks

The average length of pregnancy is 40 weeks. You’re half-way there! We’ve spent a lot of time working on nutrition in earlier weeks of pregnancy. Here I will share with you one way that good nutrition helps make your pregnancy safer and healthier.

In this follow-up link, I will share the importance of taking the right probiotic and eating a healthy diet for the healthiest outcome for you and your baby.

1)  Group B Strep

  • What is GBS Infection
  • Importance of taking Probiotics

2) Good Nutrition

  • Nutritional targets for protein, fat, and carbohydrates.

Group B Strep (GBS)

Group B Strep (Streptococcus) are bacteria that come and go naturally in the body. Most of the time, they are not harmful. But, if the bacteria is transmitted to your newborn in the birth process, it can cause serious respiratory infections such as pneumonia. There are steps you can take to protect your newborn.

TAKING PROBIOTICS with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and Lactobacillus Reuteri RC-14 reduce GBS colonization in pregnant women. Please begin taking a probiotic with those two strains of lactobacillus as soon as possible. You’ll find it in probiotics that are labelled “for women” like FemDophilus or Garden of Life RAW Probiotics.

Evidence Based Birth - Learn About Treatment Options

Evidence Based Birth created a well-researched article to help families understand their options, and the benefits, risks and alternatives to the GBS treatment options. Please read the article, and decide if you prefer to do a RISK BASED approach (use antibiotics only if your risk score is higher) or a UNIVERSAL approach (use antibiotics if you test positive for GBS)
 

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Importance of nutrition

I can not overstate the importance of eating a healthy diet. If I could boil it down to super simple guidelines for pregnancy I would say:

  1. Eat at least 60 grams of protein in the first trimester; increase it to 80 grams of protein in the last half of pregnancy; reach for 100 grams of protein in the last month of pregnancy. You’ll need to eat protein at every meal, and add a protein snack or two throughout the day.
  2. Eat vegetables with every meal. Pick vegetables in every color of the rainbow. Vegetables work well in smoothies, omelets, sandwiches, salads, and side dishes. Get creative and consistent — eat your veggies!
  3. Cut way back on carbohydrates. Carbohydrates raise your blood sugar, cause excess weight gain, contribute to insulin resistance, and in excess can cause damage to the placenta. Cut way back on bread, pasta, rice, grains, potatoes, carrots, and fruit.