Beautiful Pregnancy

Posted by Quinn in pregnancy exercise, strong bones

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Spring is here and those beautiful pregnant tummies are popping up everywhere. Must be the long cold winter, and the desire for loving warmth.
While the concern for cute cloths and a possible swim suit will be on the minds of most young ladies, the real focus needs to be on: Bones. Pregnancy has a way of wearing down the strength of bones. The extra weight causes the tiny bones in the foot to take on more strain, lower back bones are not receiving as much movement, and the nourishment of mom's bones are going to baby. Focus really needs to be on the bones.
Heidi Klum is a testament to beautiful pregnancy's after four children!
A little effort with the better food choices will accomplish so much more than the prenatal vitamins doctors prescribe, though they are important too.

• Calcium: broccoli, sardines, canned salmon with bones, dried figs, almonds, and sesame seeds, along with calcium fortified orange juice and soy milk
• Vitamin D: for calcium absorption, with the sun providing the best source of D, taking 10 minutes a day with skin protection
• B vitamins: are best taken in the form of nutritional yeast which is naturally fermented to achieve a perfect balance of all the B's and amino acids, though green vegetables, whole grains, and citrus fruits will help, if fermented products cause allergies
• Potassium: also very important for calcium absorption, and so bananas, bananas, bananas

The second most important gift a pregnant woman can give to her bones is: movement. For this gift, there is no better movement, than in water. The weight and pressure on all the joints is lifted, and for the time of movement in the water, the body feels no pressure.

Love your bones through pregnancy, and allow maternity shops to provide the cloths designed just for your Beautiful Pregnancy!