Melon during pregnancy

As you know, during the gestation of a baby, the taste preferences of a woman change dramatically. Quite often the future mother herself can not express the desire and explain to her husband what she wants to eat. In the summer, the object of desire for most pregnant women is fresh fruit and berries. Let's look at the melon and find out if it is possible during pregnancy, and how it is useful at the same time.

What are the useful properties of this berry?

The juicy melon, as it is impossible by the way approaches for the pregnant woman and its future kid. In the juice of this delicious berry contains a large number of vitamins and minerals: A, E, B, PP, as well as trace elements of sodium, silicon, potassium, which positively affect a woman's well-being and promote the proper development of the fetus.

If you specifically talk about how useful melon during pregnancy, it is necessary to note the following of its properties:

1. Promotes the synthesis of serotonin, a hormone that positively influences mood, also helps to transfer stressful situations more easily, improving the work of the nervous system of the future mother.
2. Increases the level of hemoglobin, which is responsible for the transport of oxygen and prevents the development of hypoxia in the fetus.
3. Increases peristalsis of the intestine, thereby contributing to the removal of toxins and metabolic products from the body of the pregnant; allows you to get rid of constipation.
4. Has a moderate diuretic effect, reducing swelling of the tissues.

It is also necessary to say that the melon itself has a low calorie content. This is especially important for expectant mothers. the increase in body weight from the use of this berry is completely excluded. Moreover, often doctors recommend to include it in the diet to people with excessive body weight, i.e. observing a low-calorie diet.

When you can have a melon while you are pregnant?

It should be noted that far from all periods of the gestational process, the use of this berry is allowed. The whole point is that during pregnancy from a melon can be not only good, but also harm.

This concerns, first of all, the beginning and end of the gestation process. Thus, an increase in the intestinal peristalsis may lead to an increase in the tone of the uterine myometrium. As a result, there is a risk of developing a miscarriage at a short time or premature birth on a large scale. Given this fact, doctors do not recommend eating a melon during pregnancy, in particular in the first and third trimester.

Is it possible for all pregnant women to eat melon and how to do it correctly?

The prohibitions described above do not mean at all that during pregnancy in the 2nd trimester a woman can eat melon as much as she wants. There are violations in which this berry is categorically prohibited. First of all, it is:

• diabetes;
• diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

In addition, it is worth considering the rules of use. So, in any case, melon should not be added to a milkshake; this is fraught with the development of diarrhea, that when carrying a child is unacceptable. This may provoke an increase in the tone of the uterus.

Special attention should be paid to quantity. Diuretic effect can lead to excess fluid loss by the body, which is dangerous for negative consequences during pregnancy. Given this fact, you should not eat berries in the evening and at night.

Thus, as can be seen from the article, a melon is a very useful berry, and it is not prohibited during pregnancy. However, do not forget about the nuances that were described above. Otherwise, there is a high probability that a woman will face a certain kind of problems that, when it is gestational, is of no use.