1. Consult with your doctor or midwife
Before you decide to fast a good idea to first consult with your doctor or midwife. By knowing the development of the fetus can be considered to perform fasting or delay. Examination results are good medical history will not harm your health and your fetus despite fasting. In one study showed that pregnant women with the condition himself and fasted healthy fetus will not lead to birth disorders, weight difference is possible but not something that should be questioned because it could be influenced by other factors, in addition to fasting when pregnant.
2. History of your health
Also consult your medical history during pregnancy. Generally, the doctor or midwife will consider the weight gain in the first trimester to the third. If it is not the ideal weight gain it is advisable not to fast beforehand. In addition, factors which are taken into consideration your health, for you who have anemia, bleeding, abnormal blood pressure, and diabetes it is not advisable to fast. Your health problems will increase the risk of impaired fetal condition.
3. Activity is controlled
Decided to fast when you are pregnant is not easy. Experienced physical changes you sometimes disturbing especially in the first trimester of pregnancy resulting in morning sickness, headaches, and other disorders. It is important to control the activity so you do not fatigue. Conditions that cause you tired and depressed at work that you trigger stress overload. The emergence of stress will disturb the development of your children.
4. Notice balanced nutrition
Although you are allowed to fast while pregnant you should remember is the intake of nutrients that can meet the needs of the fetus. At the time of fasting, the time to add nutrients when the fetus is dawn and breaking. Do not waste a second of time, carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals and fats are essential package that you must meet when dawn or breaking. You can choose the nutrition of diverse types every day to relieve the boredom of the vegetables and fruits. All kinds of vegetables and fruits are safe for consumption but also note portion.
5. Liquid body is very important
Throughout the day you do not consume any food while the daily activities you can not delay. No wonder if you feel the body weak and easily tired. Body fluids can be obtained by consuming 8 glasses of mineral water every day, as well as mineral water fasting is needed by the body to replace lost fluids. Fruit and vegetable juice consumption can be interrupted during dawn breaking or closing. In addition to keeping your immune system during fasting, vitamins and minerals from fruits and vegetables needed for fetal development.
6. Appropriate sports for pregnant women
During the month of fasting does not mean you do not do sports. You do not think that the sport will be spending a lot of sweat and make you tired. Exercise for pregnant women have a movement that helps you to adapt to the physical changes of pregnancy and also for the health of the fetus. Pregnant women gymnastics and yoga can be your choice, do the afternoon while waiting to break that energy loss can be directly replaced with your iftar menu.