In the third trimester the pace of development of the future baby and its growth is accelerating, which makes special demands on the nutrition of women.
Development of the brain, vision and peripheral nervous system of the child is promoted by the fatty acids of the omega-3 complex. Now the baby growing in the body of the mother passes the main phase of brain development. Try to consistently include in your diet ration fat fish (mackerel, salmon, herring), almonds, sunflower seeds, vegetable greens, linseed, sunflower and rapeseed oil.
The child grows by leaps and bounds. In this case, the crumb slightly pushes your stomach up, and the cardiovascular system of the mother experiences an increased load. Food 5 times a day will create a sparing regime. And the volume of dishes should now be less. In between the main meals is useful to eat raw vegetables, fruits, berries, drink freshly squeezed juices. If the breakfast was light and the appetite was played already by 11 o'clock, you can have a snack and more thoroughly: cottage cheese with sour cream and a fruit dessert, filled with sweet yogurt, or a vegetable salad with chicken, or boiled beef plus a baked apple with raisins. For a snack - a drink, for example biokefir, freshly squeezed juice or tea with milk. Plus grain bread or crispy bread, a sandwich with cheese or hummus, cheesecake, curd casserole, patty with cabbage or meat.
Wherever you go: for a long walk, in the pool or on a guided tour, take a snack with you. The choice of useful foods that do not require heating, is quite large. This is a sandwich with chicken or cheese, which can be laid with lettuce leaves and a round tomato, and toast from a roll with bananas and Brazil nuts, and rye crispy Finnish bread with ham and fresh herbs. There is a rich selection of fillings, which are convenient to put in a bread pocket called food. Fill it with a salad of vegetables, lightly salted salmon with butter and green onions.
The soup of broccoli generously shares with you calcium, folate, iron or jelly from red currant or lemon. A small bottle of yogurt with cereal or fruit additives is also suitable. Let in your purse always lies on the case of a delay in the way a bag of Brazil nuts. One nut contains 75 micrograms of selenium, which satisfies the daily requirement of the organism in this important trace element. A handful of almonds will enrich the body with valuable micronutrients and magnesium. In the third trimester, there are other ailments, which women are not so difficult to cope with.
What to do with constipation.
For a regular stool, eat foods rich in fiber daily. This is whole wheat bread, bran (wheat, rice, rye). It is enough to add 2 tablespoons of bran to porridges or other dishes, excess of them can complicate the assimilation of iron. Vegetables also contain fiber. Especially actively stimulate the work of the intestines of beets and eggplants, and in any form. Useful food such as beet juice, and any dishes from the leaves and tubers of beets. Contribute to the regular chair is also vegetable greens, cucumbers, beans, oats. At any time of the year, you will benefit from dried figs, dried plums and apricots. Strawberry, fresh and frozen is a good soothing action. To prevent constipation will help and ordinary clean water. Drink 6 glasses of water a day, preferably bottled, from the store. If you now run to the toilet more often than usual, you know: this is normal, and do not reduce the amount of water, because it also prevents inflammatory diseases of the urinary tract. Salt is a different matter, now it is better to limit it.
So as not to bother heartburn.
We already noted that the baby seems to prop up your stomach. The development of hormones also changes. Progesterone, for example, reduces the rate of evacuation of food from the stomach. As a result, you have heartburn. Do you want to reduce it? Do not lie down immediately after meals and wear loose clothing.