Understanding How Asthma can Affect Your Pregnancy

By Rey Vetangelo


Suffering from asthma can be very frustrating, limiting, and even frightening at times-add pregnancy on top of this condition, and you have a lot to consider. After you are pregnant, you will most likely need to make some changes when it comes to dealing with attacks, so that your baby can remain safe.

However, did you know that your nutrition during the first trimester is particularly important? During these three months, a tremendous amount of growth and development take place.

First, you want to make sure that you take the time to understand what the point is. You want to think about the big picture while you are trying to make it through a time that is hard or difficult so that you are able to diminish your stress level.

That is why it is so important that you eat lots of healthy food, take the vitamins and supplements you should, and drinks lots of water.

Second, you may find some comfort from consulting with a higher power. If you believe in a higher power you can take the time to communicate with this higher power and seek the divine guidance that you are looking for.

However, that could be a big mistake, unless you talk to your doctor in detail about it first. The risk to the fetus from most of these specific medications is most likely very small, when compared to the risk of potential damage from a severe attack.

Women with this condition who have not managed it properly in the past are more likely to have complications during their pregnancy-you do not want this to be you. Their babies are more likely to be premature, to be small or underweight at birth, and to require longer hospitalization.

Preparing yourself mentally and physically for this time can be hard. Preparing yourself can be difficult and you want to make sure that you are realistic about the trials that you are going to face before you have to face them.

Try eating whole-wheat bread instead of white bread, and opt for brown rice instead of white rice. You can also try to eat whole-grain cereals, instead of ones that are high in sugar and carbs.

You want to make sure that you are taking the time to understand how you are going to remember to be grateful on a daily basis. Some people choose to keep a gratitude journal to ensure that they remember to choose to be grateful each day.

The richest sources are found in fatty fish. However, many of the fish that are rich in fatty acids are also high in mercury, which can be harmful to the developing nervous system of the fetus.

Although only about ten percent of asthmatics have an attack during their actual delivery, some of the medications used during or immediately after delivery can worsen your symptoms. This is why it is very important to be open and honest with your doctor about your issue and your symptoms from the very beginning.

As you are attempting to think positively you want to make sure that you are taking the time to surround yourself with people that are also going to be positive. It is easy to adapt to the attitude of the people that are around you.

You may find that your symptoms have changed, or that your sensitivity to triggers has altered. Tell them about all of the medications you are taking.

Although the healthiest carbohydrates are unrefined, during this phase, sometimes only a white diet consisting of pasta, rice, crackers, potatoes, and breads will make you feel better. Grazing, which is eating a little bit all of the time, can help keep nausea under control.

Whenever possible, eat well-balanced meals with lots of fruits, vegetables, and carbohydrates. You should also make sure that you are getting enough sleep, and resting when you can-you will feel the fatigue of these first few months if you do not.

Avoid being around others who are smoking-secondhand smoke can trigger a dangerous problem. Try not to eat large meals, or lay down after eating.

You should make it a habit to incorporate your positive thoughts in your everyday life.

In most cases, you will return to feeling normal about three months after you deliver. The more careful you are with managing your condition, the safer you and your little one will remain.




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