All women at least once heard the statement: pregnancy is not a disease. This is so, as long as it does not concern the use of individual products. Some common foods can harm a pregnant woman.
What to do with ginger: is it useful to expectant mothers or can it do harm?
The benefits of ginger during pregnancy. Can ginger be breastfed?
Now ginger is often used as an additive to various dishes. But useful properties allow you to use it as a remedy for many ailments.
Ginger is able to establish the work of important body systems:
• digestive;
• reproductive;
• immune;
• respiratory;
• nervous;
• circulatory;
• excretory.
Ginger perfectly anesthetizes, fights inflammation and has an antibacterial effect. Its use leads to an acceleration of metabolism, lowering blood pressure, removing toxins from the blood and lowering cholesterol.
The plant is also known as an excellent natural antispasmodic. With his help you can easily remove the swelling of the legs.
Ginger has a special effect on the body and its condition during pregnancy. The root of the plant has a complex of vitamins and nutrients: A, B1, B2, C, PP, magnesium, potassium, zinc, phosphorus, iron, calcium. All this is vital for the normal development of the fetus.
With the onset of pregnancy, a woman's immunity weakens. She is more likely than before to be exposed to colds and flu. Ginger helps protect against the disease. Tea from its root is excellent Prevention in the fight against harmful bacteria and viruses.
In addition, most expectant mothers have experienced ginger as a remedy for toxicosis, which bothers in the first trimester of pregnancy. Ginger drink is able to quickly relieve a woman of nausea, vomiting, increased salivation and dizziness.
This miracle remedy copes with yet another ailment of pregnant women - gas formation diarrhea, a feeling of heaviness after eating. Many suffer from a lack of appetite, which can also be corrected with ginger.
Often pregnant women due hormonal adjustmentexperience a constant feeling of anxiety, fear, irritability. Some become aggressive, lethargic and tearful. Ginger tea or a drink helps calm the nervous system, balance the emotional background and cheer up.
Ginger is also useful for breastfeeding, if not overused. He also calms the nervous system young mother, relieves her of stress and uplifting. You can use ginger as a seasoning or a drink.
Can ginger be used during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and in what form can it be introduced into the diet?
Directional the effect of ginger depends on the formin which it enters the body. For example, a small slice of fresh ginger will save a pregnant woman from nausea. Tea with ginger and mint will help soothe the nervous system of the nursing mother and her baby, and a small amount of valerian can also be added.
During pregnancy and breastfeeding, pills are more undesirable than ever. If you need to relieve cold symptoms, get rid of sore throat and coughthen it’s enough to replace ordinary tea with ginger tea. The result is not long in coming.
During pregnancy and breastfeeding with ginger you need to be careful. It is better to introduce it into your diet gradually. To begin with, it is worth checking the body's reaction to ginger water. Preparing it is simple: 4 tbsp are bred in 1 liter of boiled water. Ginger Root Juice. The resulting liquid is stored in a refrigerator for a long time. It can then be used to make ginger tea.
Try a couple of spoons of ginger water first. It is better to do this in the morning, so that during the day to follow the reaction of the body. And nursing mothers need to follow the reaction of the baby after feeding.
The next stage is the introduction of ginger honey into the diet. In a jar of honey, a volume of 0.5 liters, you need to add 3 tbsp. juice of ginger root. It is desirable that the honey be liquid, so that the ginger juice is mixed in it. This is one of the best cold remedies.
Important! The introduction of ginger honey to the diet of nursing mothers is not recommended, even if neither the mother nor the baby reacted to the ginger water. Honey is a serious allergen and it is better not to experiment with it until breastfeeding is complete..
If there is no allergic reaction to ginger water and honey, you can try ginger tea. In its pure form, ginger tea is rarely brewed. With pregnancy and breastfeeding, it is better if it is with chamomile, currants, cranberries, mint or lemon balm. Tea should not be strong.
It is worth noting for lovers of Japanese cuisine: pickled ginger retains all its useful properties. So now you can indulge yourself with health benefits.
Is it possible to drink ginger during pregnancy and lactation? Are there any side effects from them?
Ginger root - that part of the plant, which is the most healing. Usually decoctions and teas are made from the root.
Ginger tea
What to cook from:
• plant root;
• 200 ml of water.
How to cook:
• ginger root (a piece of 3 cm or 10 g of powder) is poured with cold water;
• a container of liquid is sent to a fire and brought to a boil;
• the fire is reduced to a minimum and boiled for 5 minutes;
• the broth is filtered and cooled.
Ready broth is stored in the refrigerator. Before use, slightly warmed up. The effect of the ginger decoction will be greater if you add a slice of lemon or a teaspoon of honey to it.
Ginger tea
What to cook from:
• plant root;
• a glass of boiling water.
How to cook:
• fresh ginger root is cleaned and rubbed on a fine grater;
• 1 tsp the root is poured with boiling water and insisted for no more than 15 minutes;
• tea is filtered, cooled to warm and drunk.
The longer the tea is infused, the stronger it will be. Strong ginger tea is not recommended for pregnant and lactating women, so it is enough to insist it for 3-5 minutes. Such a drink will help get rid of colds and coughs, as well as perfectly invigorate. By the way, ginger tea can be drunk both warm and cold. It is equally healthy and tasty.
Important! To make ginger tea you need to use only fresh root. The powder in this case is unacceptable, as it will increase nervousness.
Side effects
If there are no allergic reactions from taking a decoction or ginger tea, you should not get carried away with these drinks. The fact is that ginger is both healthy and dangerous at the same time. Uncontrolled and frequent consumption of drinks from the root of this plant can give side effects. It all starts with signs of toxicosis in the early stages - nausea and vomiting.
If you do not pay attention to it and do not stop taking ginger drinks, you can aggravate your condition. There will be diarrhea and an allergic reaction.
If side effects have made themselves felt, ginger in any of its manifestations should be completely excluded from the diet. An alternative to it can be lemon balm and drinks from its leaves.
Can ginger be given during pregnancy and breastfeeding? What are the contraindications?
Ginger has a beneficial effect on the body of a future and nursing mother only if there are no contraindications to its use. What is included in them:
• allergy;
• hepatitis;
• hypertension;
• skin inflammation;
• gallbladder disease;
• elevated temperature;
• diseases of the intestines and gastrointestinal tract (including the presence of chronic gastritis, ulcers);
• any bleeding.
Ginger usually does not adversely affect the fetus, but pregnant women are not recommended to use it if:
• previously had a miscarriage;
• there is toxicosis in the last term.
In the third trimester of pregnancy, ginger decoctions and teas are not recommended at all. They tend to thin the blood, which can easily cause bleeding.
Can ginger be used during pregnancy and breastfeeding? You can, because it has healing properties, even better than many modern drugs. Even experienced doctors recommend ginger during pregnancy and breastfeeding. And yet, before starting to use ginger, it is better to consult a specialist to exclude the presence of contraindications. Also do not forget that everything is good in moderation.
Health to you and your baby!
