Nutrition during pregnancy

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1. What is fetal movement?

Abortion is a typical sign of a threatened miscarriage, threatening the life of the fetus in the womb. Signs of a pregnancy are a little red or black blood, mixed with mucus in the vagina, accompanied by shoulder fatigue, abdominal pain, and tight lower abdomen.
Seizures usually occur in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy. Gestational movements may occur for unknown reasons or due to some carelessness of the mother in eating and exercising. When there is a miscarriage, the fetus is still alive. The cervix is ​​still closed or open, but the fetus has not been expelled and is still in the uterus.
As soon as there are warning signs of pregnancy, pregnant women should see a doctor immediately for timely treatment, avoiding the risk of unpredictable complications.

2. Nutrition during pregnancy

When having a miscarriage, pregnant women need to focus on nutrition to help secure pregnancy and provide adequate nutrients for the developing fetus. You should add easy-to-digest foods to your daily meal, eat more fruits and vegetables.
There are many nutritious and easy-to-do foods that pregnant women can refer to to add to their diet menu:
2.1 Carp porridge Preparation: 1 carp about 500g + 100g of rice sticky rice + onion + spices.
How to prepare: Clean the carp, put the whole fish and sticky rice in the pot, add 500ml and bring to a boil. When the porridge boils for a while, take out the fish and continue to cook the rice until it's cooked through. As for the fish, remove the fish meat, shred it, fry the onions and ginger, then put the fish in the island, season to taste. Next, put the sautéed fish meat into the porridge pot, bring to a boil and turn off the heat. Finally, add scallions or vegetables to your liking and eat immediately while still hot.
Uses: Carp porridge is a nutritious, delicious, easy-to-eat dish that has a very good pregnancy safety effect. Pregnant women can often eat this dish during pregnancy, especially within the first 3 months.
2.2 Sticky Rice Chicken Porridge Preparation: 1 chicken + 200g glutinous rice + spring onion + seasoning.
How to cook: Clean the chicken, cut it into small pieces, put it in a pot to boil with glutinous rice and a sufficient amount of water until cooked, season with spices, scoop out into a bowl, add spring onions and enjoy. In addition, you can also process it in another way: leave the chicken whole, boil for a while, then take it out, tear the meat separately, mince it. Then, stir-fry the meat with dried onions and spices, then put it in the cooked porridge, stir well and eat hot.
2.3 Black bean porridge with glutinous rice Preparation: 100g of glutinous rice + 30g of black beans + seasoning.
How to prepare: Wash the ingredients, put in a pot with about 1 liter of water, boil until soft and ready to eat. Pregnant women can add sugar or salt to the porridge depending on their taste to make it easier to eat.
2.4 Bitter gourd soup with perch Preparation: 2 bitter melons + 1 perch + 20g goji berries + 2 pieces of ginger + 4 tablespoons of rice wine + salt.
How to prepare: Wash, remove seeds, cut bitter melon. The perch needs to be cleaned, gutted, cut into pieces and then boiled with boiling water and taken out. Then, you put all the ingredients in a bowl, add water, spices and cook for 20 minutes on high heat.
Uses: This soup is nutritious for pregnant women, helps reduce pregnancy, eat a lot without fear of fat.
2.5 Oval porridge Preparation: 1 pair of oval pork belly + 50g plain rice + 12g bean curd + seasoning.
How to prepare: Clean the pig's oval and marinate with spices. Plain rice is ground into flour, put the beans in a pot with 300ml of water, boil thoroughly, make sure to take 250ml of water. Then, put the oval in a large pot of bean water, bring to a boil. When the pork belly is cooked, add the rice flour, stir well, continue to cook until the porridge is cooked. Divide and eat 2 times a day on an empty stomach, should eat immediately for 5 days.
Uses: This dish is very nutritious for women with passive pregnancy.
2.6 Chicken stew Preparation: 250g of chicken or guinea pig + 8g of grated ginseng + 15g of shredded deer antlers + spices.
How to prepare: Clean the chicken, remove the fat and then cut into pieces. Then, put all the ingredients in the water bath for about 3-4 hours. Finally, take out the pot, season with spices, eat during the day.
Uses: This soup is suitable for pregnant women who are thin and weak, have back pain, tired knees, are mentally tired, have little and thin bleeding during pregnancy, anemia, and slow fetal growth.
*Note: Do not use this dish for pregnant women with high blood pressure with the following symptoms: Red face, pink lips, troubled mind, restlessness, hot palms and feet, bright red or burgundy vaginal bleeding, and apple convenience, red pee, dry mouth and thirsty throat, red tongue, little moss,...
In addition to the above dishes, pregnant women with pregnancy loss can also refer to how to make other dishes such as: Pumpkin porridge corn, lotus seed juice, lotus leaf juice, etc. These dishes are easy to eat, have a good pregnancy-nourishing effect, and help protect a healthy fetus until birth.

3. What should pregnant women abstain from?

When having a miscarriage, pregnant women should avoid eating the following foods:
Foods with too much fat and spices; Drinks with strong stimulants: Coffee, wine, beer, carbonated soft drinks,...; Raw food: Salad, raw vegetables, sushi,...; Foods with soldering properties: Watermelon, spinach, clams, scallops, snails, mussels...

4. Some measures to prevent pregnancy

Right from the start of pregnancy, pregnant women should learn carefully about measures to help prevent pregnancy to have a healthy pregnancy:
Keep thoughts, psychological comfort, avoid nervous tension; Eat enough nutrients, especially protein (meat, fish, milk, beans, eggs), fruits, green vegetables,... during pregnancy; Rest appropriately and do not stay up too late; Avoid heavy labor or heavy marital activities in the first and last months of pregnancy; Walk, exercise gently, carefully, avoid the risk of falling; Exercise with moderate intensity according to the doctor's instructions to improve health; Periodic prenatal check-ups to regularly monitor the health of mother and baby. Pregnant women with a miscarriage need to ensure a meal with a full combination of nutrients to restore health soon, helping both mother and baby be healthy. At the same time, if there are any warning signs that indicate the risk of fetal movement, women should see a doctor immediately.
The period of October 9 of pregnancy brings both difficulties and happiness to the mother. Therefore, mothers need to be taken care of both physically and mentally. The condition of fetal movement can occur in some pregnant women, affecting the health and psychology of both mother and fetus.
Currently, at the International General Hospital, there is a package maternity service, when choosing a package maternity service, pregnant women will be monitored and examined periodically with leading specialists. . Doctors will monitor and detect fetal abnormalities early, this is the great strength of Vinmec, which has carried out screening to detect fetal malformations very early and performed cytology intervention. Pregnancy offers many couples the opportunity to have a healthy baby. In addition, doctors will also examine and advise on the prevention and treatment of some common diseases during pregnancy to avoid affecting the mother's health before and after birth.

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