7 Tips for Maintaining Fitness Body while Fasting for Pregnant Women

You are very concerned about the health of your fetus, when entering the month of Ramadan them wonder pregnant women may I fast? Actually in pregnant women in the month of Ramadan has been given dispensation for not fasting. This involves the intake of nutrients to the fetus.

Although most pregnant women strong running fast but fetal nutrition intake should not be overlooked. In the study conducted that pregnant women who fast and women who did not fast with the same nutritional intake did not experience any difference, both in health and intelligence of the baby after birth. Entering the second trimester and the third is likely to have a higher degree of force to fasting than pregnant women in the first trimester of the pregnancy symptoms that interfere.

In addition to detain foods in accordance with a set time, fasting when pregnant women meant keeping nutrition when dawn and breaking. Before you decide to fast should consult with your obstetrician so as to provide advice to the health of the fetus, if the health of the fetus expressed support fasting then you can do fast and does not interfere with fetal development. Doctors usually give ratings by weight, if your weight during early pregnancy does not reach 3.5 to 4 kg or end the pregnancy the increase is still below the 12.5 to 14 kg, it is recommended not to fast because it was feared would interfere with fetal development. As pregnant women are active is important if only to keep fit in order to perform daily activities so as to avoid excessive fatigue. In fasting during pregnancy is definitely you have to provide extra energy to have enough passion.

Here are tips for you as a pregnant woman in maintaining fitness during the fasting:

1. Select the dawn that has sufficient nutrients the fetus needs and maintain your health during fasting, the recommended composition are complex carbohydrates, protein both vegetable and animal, and fat. Consumption of vegetables and fruit should not be left so that you keep your digestion smooth and avoid hemorrhoids in pregnant women.

2. Eat small portions and frequent. Not only in pregnant women, the fasting person usually experience decreased appetite, so eat a little easy satiety. Remember that there is fetal health should always be maintained so that you can set up with small portions and often in accordance with the required nutrients.

3. Drink plenty of water. Shortage of drinking throughout the day will keep you hydrated, you can divide the drinking water intake when you're breaking and dawn. Needs drink 8 glasses of water every day, 4 cups at dawn and 4 glasses after breaking. No need 4 cups at the same time, you can share it on several occasions.

4. Get enough rest. Set the rest time is very important for the health of your fetus and during fasting, Make sahur with meal nutrient dense and easy to do not require time and have a high nutrient.

5. Consumption of vitamins if necessary. Not just any vitamin can be consumed for pregnant women, in addition to the ingredients must be consulted with a doctor, serving the needs of the vitamin should receive doctor's instructions so that the purpose of maximum vitamin can be beneficial for your health and the fetus. 6. Pregnant women drink special milk, if you usually drink milk when the morning and evening, now you replace it when sahur and iftar. Special milk of pregnant women is very good in helping the development of your fetus.


7. Sports iftar ahead yoga you can do with a reduced intensity of the ordinary.