Milk for pregnant women
Finally, you learned that soon in your family is expected to be added. Now your main task is to take care of your baby's health. To do this, walk more, eat right, go to bed on time.
As is known, very often in pregnant women there are mood swings. But in spite of everything try to always be in an elevated mood. And if you got up on the wrong foot in the morning, go to the mirror, look at yourself and think about how good you are today, what happiness has fallen to you, how radiantly your eyes shine. Always remember that you are beautiful. Take pleasure in the increased attention to you of your loved ones, look forward to the moment when, finally, you can take your baby in your arms and kiss him. Create a diary, write down all your thoughts that you would like to convey to your baby. And you can start a diary with the words: "When you read these records, you'll be already grown up, but I want you to always remember that your mother loves you more than anyone else!"
Often pregnant women suffer from insomnia. You seem to want to sleep, but it's been an hour, another, and the dream does not come. Start by opening the window or window, if the weather permits. And then try to drink a glass of warm milk with a teaspoon of honey, and if that does not help, try mentally talking to yourself on the topic "I'm not sleeping, but I'm resting."It is more comfortable to lie down in bed, feel how good and calm you are. Breathe exactly. And soon the dream will come to you.
Try to always be at rest: day and night. Your nerves should be in perfect order, otherwise all your impulses and mood flashes will be passed on to the baby. And then he will experience with you. Try to protect him from stress in such a young, if I may say so, age.
It is noticed that already in the womb of the mother the baby hears well and distinguishes the voices of parents, music and singing. Therefore, more often you talk with the child, sing to him songs, stroking your belly, so that the kid realized that it was his mother who so lovingly sings a lullaby, it is with him that she greets her so warmly in the morning and says goodbye, going to sleep.
And now let's talk about what you need to eat, so that you and your baby are healthy and feel good. On the table of the future mother should always be milk, cottage cheese, 1 - 2 eggs, meat, fish, fruits, vegetables, juices. After all, these products contain all the vitamins and nutrients necessary for the baby and mother.
It would be superfluous to recall that the proper nutrition of a pregnant or nursing mother has a beneficial effect on a child's development.
Even if the mother's nutrition is inferior, the child still receives the necessary substances from the mother's blood that are there as a result of synthesizing them by the body or using "reserve stocks".However, such an option to provide the child with the necessary substances in most cases leads to a deterioration in the health of the mother, and, accordingly, harms the child.
An example is the case when the mother's diet lacks calcium salts and the child is forced to "share" the missing substance with her, which in most cases leads to damage to the mother's teeth, because the human body is designed so that the missing calcium is first taken away fromteeth. A very good example for our topic, since it is milk that is considered the most important source of calcium.
The result of malnutrition can also be hypovitaminosis, anemia, general exhaustion and other diseases caused by the insufficiency of certain substances in the body.
To avoid these problems, only a full meal is required, as pregnancy and feeding of the child are natural physiological processes that do not bring suffering.
Eating a pregnant woman should be, first of all, a high-calorie, and secondly a diverse one. Pregnant women, as a rule, are very moody in eating. Here, there is one golden rule that most doctors around the world adhere to: "As few restrictions as possible on food".
That's why most specialists refrain from drawing up any diets for pregnant and lactating mothers, explaining this by the fact that during pregnancy a woman should be guided not by the schedule, but by her appetite, which dictates the need for this or that food.
However, certain diets for pregnant women still exist and are successfully used in hospitals and sanatoria. And here is one of the diets.
Sample menu
First day
First breakfast: cheese, yogurt, tea.
Second breakfast: pancakes with rice, milk, fruit or raw carrots.
Lunch: Vegetarian cabbage soup, meat cutlets with mashed potatoes, fruit or compote.
Dinner: vegetable stew, milk.
Second day of
First breakfast: cottage cheese with sour cream, tea.
Second breakfast: vinaigrette, coffee.
Lunch: milk rice soup, beef stroganoff with fried potatoes, jelly. Milk porridge.
Third day
First breakfast: yogurt, tea.
Second breakfast: milk rice porridge, milk.
Lunch: Vegetarian borsch, potato casserole, kissel.
Dinner: boiled cabbage, fried in breadcrumbs, tea.
Fourth Day
First breakfast: salad of fresh vegetables, a sandwich with cheese, tea.
Second breakfast: boiled potatoes with butter, coffee.
Lunch: pearl soup with potatoes, fried fish with porridge, compote.
Dinner: boiled pasta, milk. First day: omelette, tea.
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Second breakfast: rice pudding, milk.
Lunch: rassolnik vegetarian, boiled meat with mashed potatoes, kissel.
Dinner: vinaigrette, tea.
The sixth day.
First breakfast: sour-cream with sour cream, tea.
Second breakfast: potato pancakes, coffee.
Lunch: cabbage soup with fresh cabbage, compote.
Dinner: curdled milk, bread and butter.
The seventh day
First breakfast: pancakes with sugar, a sandwich with cheese or egg, coffee.
Second breakfast: cabbage casserole, milk.
Lunch: potato soup, pasta with meat, fruit or jelly.
Dinner: Fresh vegetable salad, yogurt.
As can be seen from the above diet, milk is most often found among products - as a product rich in fat, proteins, milk sugar, minerals, vitamins, hormones and enzymes. In addition to the fact that the milk contains a large amount of calcium, which can meet the needs of a pregnant woman( twice that of an ordinary person), it also contains vitamin A, responsible for the growth, development of vision and health of the mucous membranes, called doctors "vitaminbeauty. "This is due to the fact that he is responsible for skin health, and accordingly is a natural cosmetic product. Since a pregnant woman can not use some cosmetic products that are undesirable due to their chemical properties, a sufficient amount of this vitamin in the blood will be very helpful, since it will have a beneficial effect on the health of the skin, prevent the appearance of swelling and pigmentation spots( if they are not, of course,are the result of toxicosis).
The total milk contains 12 vitamins, including vitamins B, which participate in various metabolic processes of the body, vitamin D, which is involved in the exchange of calcium and phosphorus, which is very important for the development of bones( hypovitaminosis D is called rickets).
In sour-milk products, in addition to the listed substances, vitamin C is also contained, which is of great importance, as it is easily destroyed by long-term storage of products containing it, exposure to air and light, and is not always absorbed by the body due to the peculiarities of metabolic processes. In sour-milk products, vitamin C is in the most digestible form, which is why milk products are recommended to all: patients who are weakened by various diseases( including heavy births), infants and old people, pregnant and lactating mothers.
Do not forget that the sour-milk products contain bacteria that get into the digestive tract, take root there and have a beneficial effect on the activity of the intestinal microflora, producing antibiotic substances that kill putrefactive bacteria. And also bind the activity of pathogenic bacteria that release poisonous substances that cause poisoning of the body, expressed in nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and other signs that are present in pregnant women in a disease called toxicosis.
The latter happens in almost every woman who has become pregnant for the first time. Some toxicosis occurs during each pregnancy. The symptoms of toxicosis are very unpleasant, as they are almost always accompanied by depression, sometimes leading to severe, mental disorders and even psychosis.
And here the sour milk, can play its positive role. It is known that during the fermentation of milk, the process of splitting of proteins occurs, a similar process occurs in the stomach under the influence of gastric juice. Thus, when you feel nauseous, you feel bad, try to treat your stomach with sour milk: it has a beneficial effect on the secretory activity of the pancreas.
Calcium is especially important for the future mother, because it goes to the formation of the baby's bones, and if the mother does not consume calcium-containing foods, the baby will take the necessary calcium from her mother's body. And then my mother begins to spoil her teeth, break her nails, etc. So, take care in advance to ensure that your diet includes calcium-rich dairy products.
On the day of the pregnant woman should drink about four glasses of milk, you can use and powdered milk. Then dilute it with boiled water at a rate of 1:10.
Calcium assimilation is helped by vitamin D. It is known that it is produced by our skin under the influence of sunlight. So do not be shy about your rounded stomach and go somewhere in the nature. Sit in the sun, but do not overdo it. Remember that everything is good in moderation. If, however, you are embarrassed to undress, try to accustom yourself to the idea that you are not sick, but simply pregnant, and pregnancy beautifies a woman like nothing else in the world!
Of course, during this period you should always see a doctor and take the necessary vitamins. After all, to saturate your body with all the necessary substances, you will need to eat such a huge amount of everything in the world that it just will not be able to you. And to replace all this can only one vitamin or tablet. So do not forget to help your body.
In the first half of pregnancy, if everything goes well, there is no need to limit yourself to anything. But in the second half of pregnancy, when the baby starts to grow very fast, one should eat more often, but little by little. The menu should be dominated by milk, yogurt, kefir, cottage cheese, sour cream, butter, vegetable dishes and fruits.(It's better to limit meat and fish).Sometimes pregnant women have constipation. To avoid this, one must drink a glass of yogurt or curdled milk at night, and in the morning on an empty stomach eat a fresh apple or carrot. After that you can sit at the table not earlier than in half an hour.
Milk in the menu for nursing
And now the long-awaited moment has come: you and your baby are finally at home. Now, covering the table, you must remember that you are eating "for two."But do not understand this in the literal sense. This does not mean that sitting down at the table, you should eat two plates and drink two cups. Or else you will not know yourself soon. Just now you must eat rationally. What does it mean? First, now you must eat only what is most useful to you and that will benefit the baby. Secondly, sitting down at the table, think about whether the upset stomach or diathesis you have eaten will cause you. Thirdly, if you go to visit, do not drink alcohol, even in small doses. After all, as is known, if the baby is full and well-behaved, he will be cheerful and calm.
After the birth of a child, you will have to change your diet, but not to the side of excluding or adding certain products to it - everything will remain the same as during the period when you were pregnant, only the calorie content should be slightly increased. Eat a little, but often. Avoid products that can harm a child, since substances consumed in food and processed by the body affect the chemical composition of milk. To this category, for example, can be attributed a variety of medications.
Eat more vegetables, fruits, dairy products. Milk and dairy products will enrich your body with the necessary vitamins, calcium, phosphorus and iron. And do not be afraid of culinary experiments. Of course, in the first months after the birth of the baby you will not be up to cooking, and then boldly get down to business. And now we offer you a few tasty and healthy dishes that you can prepare from milk.
Pancake "Appetizing"
Necessary products: 500 g of flour, 800 grams of melted milk, 4 eggs, 1 tsp.salt, 2 tsp.sugar, soda at the tip of the knife, citric acid( to quench soda), vanillin, 2 tbsp.l.vegetable oil.
Method of preparation.1 liter of milk pour into a large saucepan and simmer in a medium-heated oven until it turns golden. Remove the foam. Finished milk cool and gradually mix with flour. Salt, sugar and eggs whisk well and combine with the dough. Stir thoroughly until smooth. Then put the soda and extinguish it with citric acid. While the reaction goes, stir again and add vanillin. Just before baking, pour the butter into the dough and mix. The oil will not allow the pancakes to stick to the frying pan. Lubricate the finished pancakes with butter. The table can be served with jam, honey or sour cream.
Pudding "Gourmand"
Required products: 1 glass of peeled walnuts, 1 glass of peeled almonds, 100 g raisins, 6 glasses of milk or cream, 1/3 cup of mango, sugar to taste, vanillin, breadcrumbs.
Method of preparation. Grind the nuts. Cream or milk, soak in the oven, and remove the ruddy foam and carefully fold it on the plate. Let the foam will be pieces of 7-8. From the remaining cream or milk, cook the steep manna porridge, add vanillin to it. When the porridge is ready, pour nuts and raisins into it. Then take a baking dish for biscuits and begin to lay layers of foam and porridge. The last layer of laid foam, sprinkle it with breadcrumbs and sugar. Form with pudding for a short time put in the oven. Ready pudding can be decorated with fruit or jam.
Gravy for pudding or porridge "That's it!"
Necessary products: 1 glass of almonds, 2-3 glasses of milk, sugar to taste, vanillin.
Method of preparation. Nuts chop and pour hot milk. Put on a slow fire and boil for a few minutes. Then add vanillin and sugar.
Cold botvina "In the heat"
Necessary products: 2 cups curdled milk, 5 - 6 pcs.young beet with tops, 1 fresh cucumber, 2 steep eggs, salt and sugar to taste, greens, sour cream.
Method of preparation. Cut the beets and pour a small amount of boiling water. Bring to the preparedness and cool. Pour the curdled milk into a beet broth, season with salt, add sugar, crushed eggs, cucumbers and greens. Put a spoonful of sour cream on the plate and greens.
Soup "Extraordinary"
Necessary products: 3 cups of curdled milk, 2.5 cups of cold boiled water, 200 g of boiled beef, 2-3 boiled potatoes, 1 fresh cucumber, 3 steep eggs, green onions, greens, sour cream, salt and sugartaste.
Method of preparation. Season with water, put crushed products, add salt and add sugar to taste. Before eating, season with sour cream.
Milk soup "For breakfast"
Necessary products: 1.5 liters of milk, 80 grams of noodles, 30 g of butter, salt, sugar but taste, vanillin.
Method of preparation. Noodles run into boiling milk, cook for about 20 minutes. Then add salt, add sugar and vanillin. Before meals, season with oil.
Milk soup "Vitamin"
Necessary products: 2.5 liters of milk, 1 small pumpkin, 1 lemon, 1 glass of peeled walnuts, 4 steep egg yolks, salt to taste, butter.
Method of preparation. Pumpkin, peel, cut into small pieces and cook in water. Slice the boiled pumpkin and pour hot milk. Lemon lemon through a meat grinder and combine with milk. Bring it all to the boil and salt. Before serving, pour the ground nuts and add butter.
Milk soup "Boats"
Necessary products: 1 liter of milk, 1 liter of water, 4 tbsp.l.barley cereals, 200 grams of cottage cheese, 1 egg, 2 tbsp.l.flour, salt and sugar to taste, sour cream.
Method of preparation. Pass cottage cheese through a meat grinder, add salt, sugar, eggs, flour. Mix well and roll small balls. Krupu cook in milk until half-ready, salt the milk and put the curd balls. Boil and remove from heat. Before meals, season the soup with sour cream.
Milk soup "Rabbit"
Required products: 400 g of white cabbage, 1 carrot, 4 potatoes, 1 l of milk, 2 cups of water, salt to taste, greens, butter.
Method of preparation. Cabbage chop with straws, grate carrots on a large grater, cut potatoes with straws. Boil the vegetables until half cooked in water, and then pour in milk, boil, salt and season with oil. Sprinkle with chopped herbs before serving. What is the compensation for missing breast milk?
We have a huge choice: donor milk( that is, the breast milk of another woman expressed and subjected to boiling), cow or goat milk, various milk formulas or specially prepared yogurt. Mom does not need to wean the child completely, do not give up the joy of communication and physical contact with the child, especially because for the baby such contact is very important. During lactation, the baby hears the heartbeat of the mother, as he heard it in the mother's womb. It calms the baby, helps the little man to feel more secure in this still alien world. The child's supplement must be at least 1/5 of the daily ration of the child.
You should try to give the baby all kinds of food and determine what suits him best. If you intend to feed your baby with milk formulas, pay attention to the packaging. It must necessarily indicate for what age this or that mixture is intended. You can not use, for example, for feeding a child of 3 months old a mixture intended for feeding a baby 1 or 5 months old.
Some feed the baby with cow or goat milk. The latter is closer to human milk and therefore better absorbed by the baby and, as a rule, does not give allergies. If goat's milk is impossible to get, start giving the baby a cow, watching for its gradual introduction into the diet.
For feeding a child in the first months of life, there is a special kefir, the so-called "Bio-lacte."Buy it in the store is almost impossible, it is sold only in special children's dairy kitchens. Biolact is the ideal lure for the baby, as it is specially adapted for the stomach of a small organism.
With mixed or artificial feeding, several conditions must be observed. The food must necessarily be heated to a temperature of 36 - 37 ° C.It is convenient to do this in a special electric baby food heater. Bottles, from which the baby is fed, must be processed: clean them thoroughly, boil them or hold them over the steam for 3-5 minutes. The teat on the bottle must match the size of the child's mouth. Using a thin calcined needle on the nipple, 2 to 3 punctures are made. They must necessarily be small, so that the child sucks with some effort;If you suck from the bottle, it seems easier, he can throw his chest. The nipple should be boiled each time after the child has used it. If the bottle falls, the pacifier needs to be replaced.
Up to 3 months a child can be given a lure from a bottle, and even at an older age it would be nice to feed a child with a spoon. With mixed feeding in the first weeks and months of life, the missing amount of breast milk is replaced by the lure that is given after each feeding. It is very important. Firstly, the number of breastfeedings does not decrease;secondly, sucking helps a little man to digest his food;thirdly, the presence of breast milk helps to better absorb the nutrients of artificial mixtures or milk, which is not "native."From 3 to 4 months of age, you can alternate breastfeeding and nutritional formulas.
Artificial feeding
But it also happens that the milk of a woman after birth was simply not there. Or the amount of milk has decreased so much that it is painful for the mother and the baby to continue breastfeeding the baby. In this case, they are already talking about artificial feeding. A child who is on artificial feeding, try at least the first two or three months to provide donor milk. To do this, contact your local doctor with a request to find you a donor, because it happens that a woman produces a lot of breast milk, and she is fully able to feed another baby. Ask from friends - for certain there will be a young mother with a surplus of milk. But treat the donor milk with great care. Check if the donor woman is healthy, if she does not drink alcohol, does not drink any medicine.
Do not forget that the health of the infant depends primarily on the food it receives. Breast donor milk must be heat treated, because when bacteria are expressed in the milk, bacteria must fall into it. Of course, you need to boil the bottle and the nipple, and preheat the milk before feeding.
Milk mixtures used for artificial feeding are the same as when fed. Artificial feeding is much more difficult to carry out than mixed. The baby does not receive milk from his mother, and therefore, it is necessary to carefully monitor that the baby receives all the necessary substances for his health. Sour-milk mixtures are better digested by the baby's body. Sour-milk bacteria inhibit growth in the intestines of pathogens. The baby will not be as creepy as when fed with fresh milk, because these bacteria reduce fermentation.
You should not also choose a mixture with a high sugar content - then the children deteriorate digestion, metabolism is disrupted. Children who eat foods that are high in sugar and have high amounts of protein add too much to weight. Sometimes, parents are happy: "Oh, what our Petya( or Kolya) plump, what are his wrinkles on the pens and legs!"And do not even realize that this fullness is not quite healthy. Overfeeding a child, giving him too high-calorie food, parents already in infancy violate his metabolism. Plump does not mean healthy - you need to remember that "loose" children often get sick. But you do not need to rush to the other extreme, the child should not be too thin. It is best to have a child with a normal weight appropriate to his age.
When breastfeeding, mothers need to transfer their child to 5 meals a day. Artificial food is worse absorbed by the child's body, and this requires extra time.
Children, who are on artificial feeding, need to change mixtures or porridges from time to time - then the baby will receive more necessary substances and vitamins. But, of course, it is not necessary to do this every day.
Regardless of whether a child is breastfed or on an artificial feeding, the child should be fed from the age of 4 months, that is, give him juices, puree of fresh and boiled vegetables, eggs, cottage cheese. We will focus on when the baby should be given milk. If the baby is "artificial", then he, of course, has been drinking milk for a long time, but the children who suck mother's breast usually do not rush to give milk, and they do it right. But, starting with b months, you can milk the baby with milk, including it in the infant's diet as complementary foods.
Children are very fond of milk, which the child can be fed instead of one feeding. Cats can be different - semolina, with buckwheat or rice, "Hercules".It is important only to remember that the kashka must necessarily be liquid, and the grits should be grinded to a grinder until a year. Do not add sugar to the cereal;Of course, the child will eat such a mug with great pleasure, but unfortunately he will not add health to it.