What can you drink pregnant?

Everyone knows that pregnant women need to drink liquid in large quantities. But ordinary tasteless water can quickly get bored. Then the question arises: what kind of drinks are useful and safe for women in the situation? What else can you drink pregnant? The use of which beverages should be limited, and which ones should be abandoned altogether?

To quench the thirst for future mothers safest all with clean drinking water (bottled or filtered boiled). In addition to water, pregnant women can, and even need to drink freshly squeezed juices or fruit drinks (for example, compote), as well as herbal teas, if there are no individual contraindications to their components.

What can not be taken by pregnant women in the early and late periods?

Strictly forbidden future mothers:

1. Alcohol. Despite the widespread opinion about the harmlessness of alcohol in minimal doses, scientific research proves the opposite. In addition to the fact that the use of alcoholic beverages can cause congenital malformations and malformations of the formation of the baby's organs and systems, they are also a frequent cause of severe illnesses after birth (eg, leukemia).
2. Energetic drinks. They include caffeine, which adversely affects the nervous system and blood vessels, and can also cause the tone of the uterus. In addition, "energy" can not be drunk with pregnant women because they contain such dangerous substances as: taurine, which prevents the normal functioning of pancreatic cells; carbonic acid, negatively affecting the gastrointestinal tract and causing excessive gas formation. A large percentage of glucose contributes to an excessive release of adrenaline, leading to a narrowing of the vessels.
3. Carbonated drinks. They also have a high percentage of sugar and carbonic acid. In addition, they include phosphoric acid, which promotes the formation of stones in the gallbladder and kidneys.

Drinks that are worth limiting

Those who are accustomed to the daily use of tea and coffee, remember that during pregnancy you can drink them, but only in strictly limited quantities. In addition, it is allowed to use (not more than 1 cup per day) just natural coffee, since the composition of the soluble also includes a number of chemical elements that make it so.

Tea is better to drink diluted, so you can reduce the percentage of caffeine. It is a mistake to believe that this element is less in green tea, however, preference should be given to him, because of the high content of useful microelements and bioactive substances in it.

Limit the need for a drink such as cocoa. It is a strong allergen. In addition, this drink flushes calcium from the body.

Remember that in the early stages of pregnancy, you can drink almost as much liquid as you want. And closer to the 3rd trimester, to avoid edema, the amount of fluid consumed should be reduced.