Before pregnancy you probably never thought about potassium unless you were sitting in chemistry class. During pregnancy you may hear about it again: this mineral element and electrolyte is vital to all living cells, is necessary for heart and kidney function and helps regulate blood pressure. The … [Read more…]
What’s in a Prenatal Vitamin? Do I Really Need to Take One?
If you can eat a diet that’s a well-balanced variety of unprocessed or minimally processed foods every day you don’t need to take a prenatal vitamin supplement at all. But not everyone had access to nutritious food on a daily basis, which is why it’s worth considering taking vitamin for nutritional … [Read more…]
Calcium And Pregnancy: How Much And What Kind?
Have you heard the rumor that babies take calcium from their mothers’ teeth? While that’s not technically true, any calcium you take in will go to the baby first, with you getting whatever’s left. So it’s important to get at least 1,000 mg of calcium every day for the sake of your own bone density, … [Read more…]
Trying to Conceive After The Pill
If you want to get pregnant but you have been on birth control for 4 mths., when can you try to have a baby?” Most women will ovulate within two to six weeks after stopping a daily birth control pill, and pregnancies that happen soon after the pill was stopped appear to be on average just as … [Read more…]