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Helping Your Wife During Her Pregnancy

Helping Your Wife During Her Pregnancy

by Dr. Trupti Shirole on Sep 6 2022 3:58 PM
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Highlights:
  • Ensure your expecting partner has access to basic, wholesome, nutritious home-cooked meals
  • It is important to track the pregnant partner’s calorie and supplement intake and confirm this with an OB-GYN
  • Help your expecting partner around the house. Check if there are products to help her journey throughout pregnancy or post-delivery
You have a lot of queries, worries and fears if you are expecting a child soon. According to a study, a pregnant woman with an experienced partner is likely to have a fruitful, healthy and easy pregnancy. Here are some tips on how you may support your partner during pregnancy.

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Pregnancy Guide for Couples

In the initial weeks after hearing the news, you and your spouse feel happiness and excitement. Then there's the uncertainty around hospital visits, working with a midwife, utilizing the right prenatal supplements and perhaps eating the right foods.

As your partner's support system, you can keep a notebook to record all the details of vitamins and meals, doctor's appointments and much more.


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Monitoring Expectant Wife’s Food, Nutrient Consumption

One of the most significant elements of pregnancy is diet and nutrition. As a partner, you may ensure that your spouse has access to simple home-cooked meals that are wholesome, nutritious and full of essential vitamins and minerals.

Protein, vitamins (A, D and C), calcium, iron, iodine, carbs, folic acid, fiber, fluids and minerals should be part of the meals in roughly equal amounts.

According to scientific research, pregnant women should take 350 to 500 more calories daily. The best sources of nutrients for a pregnant woman’s diet should include foods like eggs, meat, green vegetables, fruits, cheese, almonds, oats, fish oil, whole grain bread, fortified cereals and legumes.

In addition to their food, you should track which supplements would be ideal for your partner and confirm this with an OB-GYN. Supplements come in various formats, including sweets, tablets, powders and more. Here are the essential nutrients you should look for in prenatal supplements:
1. Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid
2. Magnesium and Iodine
3. Omega-3 DHA


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Importance of Educating Yourself When Wife is Expecting

It is quite possible that your expectant partner has already read some pregnancy and postnatal books or searched the internet for bizarre scenarios. You must organize and understand all the information as a partner to reduce any stress brought on by having too much information.

Ask your spouse probing questions about her feelings and progress, learn about her medical history and show concern for the infant's welfare. Try to pay attention, take it in and react generally.

Do not tell your spouse to ‘calm down’ when they voice concerns about becoming a new mother. Instead, be understanding and listen carefully to what they have to say. Pay attention to your spouse with the help of your OB-GYN or midwife. Help your companion follow the doctor's diet, exercise and wellness recommendations.


Caring for Your Expecting Wife

Being pregnant causes a woman’s body to work harder than usual to sustain the baby throughout the day, so you should be aware when she needs assistance around the house. Find out what products are available online to help her journey throughout pregnancy or after giving birth. Help her acquire anything she needs, like maternity apparel, stretch mark cream or lotion, pillows for her bed or dietary supplements.

To ensure that a pregnancy is simple, safe and most importantly, that both parents enjoy the entire process, support from a spouse may go a long way.

Source-Medindia


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