Question: Iam suffering from constipation wat shud i do
Answer: Hello dear..
Pregnancy is a wonderful phase ,in which each mom have amazing experience, vaginal birth can be achieved through diet and physical activites,and it is a natural and good start,hope it will be helpful for you
Diet
Your food should contain all nutrients that needed for you and your baby, wat you eat will be more noted during delivery, you should have that much strength and stamina to entering into a new phase
Include more fruits , vegetables, whole grains,oats,egg,lean chicken
Include healthy snack option like dryfruits, nuts ,makhana
Avoid oily,fried ,packed stuff
Avoid refined sugar,pastries too
Physical activity
As all our moms advice to be active in these times, but at the same time rest is also to be taken in regular interval.
A good diet with mild exercise will give you a healthy baby, you can start with walking, can do for half to one hour is essential,walking is the best exercise to do in pregnancy, do it regularly for better results,can also do pelvic exercises,kegal, squats but after consulting doctor,they will give you stamina and also leads to vaginal birth,you can try maternity yoga too,they are very powerful in reducing pregnancy related issues and they too helps in vaginal birth
Yoga in pregnancy will be very helpful for smooth and safe delivery.. it can also increase flexibility, and increases stamina both physically and mentally. But before doing these asanas, it is essential to take advice from yoga instructor, Few poses that helps in pregnancy are
Pranayam
It is a best breathing exercise, do it regularly , it will helps you lot in pregnancy
Tadasana - a mountain pose
It is good to do this Asana in pregnancy, it will strengthen the spine and releives back pain too
Trikona Asana - triangle pose
This triangle pose will helps in reducing digestive problems caused during pregnancy, it will also helps in labour
Utkasana - chair pose
The chair pose will helps in strengthening of pelvic and cervix muscles
Konasama - angle pose
It helps in strengthening hips, it also control widening of hips
Get enough sleep, whenever possible and intake of water is also taken in account..
Question: my baby 17 months old suffering from constipation what can I do so
Answer: It's important when babies starts solids should pass stool daily. Alternate days pooping is still normal but it should not be hard because this might be the start of constipation issue. The reason behind this low fibre food like rice, banana , carrot etc in diet.
1. Formula feed babies are more likely constipated than breast milk babies. So if baby is formula feed change the brand.
2. Cut down other milk made items like kheer etc for few days
3. Give Apple puree with skin, pear puree with skin and prunes juice.
4. Soak raisin overnight and give that water next morning.
5. Boil pomegranate peel in water and give that water.
6. Include rich fibre diet like oats and lots of water.
7. Massage the baby belly with warm oil.
8. Warm water bath.
9. Include curd, salads,buttermilk in baby diet.
10. More liquid diet.
Thanks