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If you haven’t been particularly active prior
to pregnancy, she recommends walking with
a friend.
“It’s a good place to start,” she says, “so you
have a social outlet as well as the physical.”
A Heavy Crown
The idea of “eating for two” during pregnancy went out of style a couple of decades
ago—along with tentlike maternity wear that
the fashionable Kate would never have been
caught in. A proper balance of good nutrition
and exercise promotes optimal weight gain.
But what is optimal, exactly?
“There’s not an absolute number. We recommend starting with your BMI [body mass
index], using your weight before pregnancy to
see where you need to go from there,” Dolan says.
The general guidelines recommend a gain of
about 25 to 35 pounds if you’re starting at a normal
weight with a single pregnancy, or a gain of 11 to
20 pounds if you’re obese at the time of conception,
Dolan says.
A Royal Pain
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Most expectant mothers experience their share of
physical challenges, starting with morning sickness in
the first trimester (12 weeks) of pregnancy. The Duchess
endured a severe rare version known as hyperemesis
gravidarum, which led to hospitalization early in her
pregnancy.
“About 50 to 90 percent of women experience at least
some mild nausea and vomiting. Less than 2 percent experience this type of extreme morning sickness,” Dolan says.
“If you do get dehydrated and lose too much weight—more
than a 5 percent weight loss—you may need to be hospitalized, as was the case with Kate, to get intravenous fluids to
rehydrate and get medications to stop the nausea.”
This serious form of morning sickness (and most others,
thankfully) tends to get better after the first trimester. But
what can you do in the meantime to ease your symptoms?
Douglas recommends pinpointing and avoiding foods or
odors that trigger your nausea, and trying remedies like ginger and papaya, which can have a calming effect.
“It’s amazing how the natural world continues to teach
us so much about what we can do to manage some of these
things,” she says.
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Fall 2013 - North Mississippi
Vim & Vigor - Fall 2013 - North Mississippi
Opening Thoughts
Recognized for Excellence
Step It Up
Your Mightiest Muscle
Well, Well, Well
Are You Doing More Harm Than Good?
Is Your Shut-Eye Serving You Well?
Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge
Anatomy of an ER Visit
Next-Gen Surgery
Attack From Within
Virtual Health
Working for You
Catch the Spirit
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