Have you changed habits since being pregnant?
December 12, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Women's Health
Once you found out that you were pregnant, did you change any of your habits or did you go on as you were all along?
Some of the vices that could harm a baby are the traditional changes that many women make. They stop smoking or cut down as much as they can, the cut down or eliminate alcohol and they watch what medications they take. Most also try to watch their diet and take prenatal vitamins. But what about more subtle changes.
Did you start trying to get more sleep, not because you were tired, but because you thought it was important? Did you start exercising, did you ease up on exercising? Work more, work less?
I don’t recall making many changes. I didn’t smoke, so that wasn’t an issue. I did have the occasional glass of wine, but never anything more. My diet didn’t really change all that much and sleeping was about what I’d done before. But, I do know women who radically changed their lives from eating only certain kids of organic foods to ridding their homes of anything remotely toxic.
What about you? What did you do?
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