Pregnancy is a very exciting time. It can also be a very confusing time when everyone seems to want to give you advice and a lot of it can be conflicting. The older generation of woman will not always understand why you have been advised by midwives to avoid certain foods for example.
Whilst they mean well they may try to inform you that when they had babies they could eat and drink what they liked and their babies were fine!! Whilst this was true for their generation it was due to the fact that the doctors back then did not have the benefit of medical and scientific advances. Now they know that some miscarriages could have been prevented by women avoiding certain foods.
Tattoo designs for women are popular but are to be avoided during pregnancy. Good tattooists will not tattoo a pregnant women anyway as it can cause a variety of problems and potential chain reactions such as the pain causing a pregnant women to go into early labour, or the risk of infection from the tattoo itself could cause the baby problems. If you have previously had a tattoo done on your stomach you will find that it is unrecognisable as your skin stretches on your stomach over the duration of the nine months!
A early pregnancy guide will most likely inform you that drinking coffee whilst pregnant has been shown to have an increased risk of miscarriage. There have been numerous studies on this and the advice is still unclear to some extent. Some recommend that no caffeine is the best approach, particularly during the first trimester, whilst other research has shown that it can be drunk in moderation with no harm apparent. If in doubt consult your midwife, but you may find mother nature will be at work and the slightest whiff of coffee will have you running to the bathroom!
Pregnancy acne is a very common occurrence. It is caused by the high levels of hormones in your system. But whilst there are plenty of acne products on the market, be careful about their use during pregnancy.
Instead try using a glycolic acid skin care regime that you can buy over the counter. If this fails to work you may need to go and see your doctor and they can prescribe a topical skin treatment which should do the trick.
It is also important that you eat well and get all the additional nutrients that you need. You will be made aware of which foods to avoid and the best ones to eat by your midwife. It is important to get enough iron as it is very common to become anaemic during pregnancy, if this does occur your doctor or midwife can prescribe iron tablet supplements to get your energy levels back to normal.























