Pregnancy And Supplement

During my first pregnancy, little I know about nutrition and wellness for pregnant women. I only took what I thought was important to me and my baby. But then, only after I delivered my first child, I found out that what I took was only a part of it.

These are among what is important for a pregnant woman and the baby she's carrying...

Multivitamin to ensure our body gets all the necessary vitamins, thus giving the baby all the vitamins it needs.

Protein is the major food source from which blood, muscles and tissues are built. It's important for the development of the baby and it helps in wound healing.

Iron helps in the formation of red blood cells and prevention of iron anaemia. While Folic Acid helps prevent neural tube defect in the foetus. It is very important for pregnant women (during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy) and those who are planning to conceive.

Vitamin C (best taken with Bioflavonoid to prolong the existence of vitamin C in our system) is an antioxidant needed for maintaining healthy bones, teeth and gums and is important for the baby's immune system. It also aids in wound healing. Meanwhile, for pregnant women it helps to prevent bleeding gums.

Calcium is the main components of our bones and teeth, it influences blood clotting, transmissions of nerve impulses, maintenance of cell membranes, enzyme reactions and hormone secretions.

While Magnesium is important for healthy cells, the manufacture of proteins and normal kidney functions. A deficiency of Magnesium affects the body's ability to regulate its use of Calcium. That's why it's best to consume Calcium together with Magnesium.

It's for the baby's bones and teeth and helps to prevent backache and cramps.

B Complex is essential for the development of red blood cells as well as the normal functioning of the nervous system. It helps promote healthy skin, nails, hair and eyes and also assists in the release of energy from fats, carbohydrates and proteins.

If we can get all these essential vitamins from our daily meal, then there is no need to take any supplements. But the problem is, our eating habit! We tend to consume unhealthy food, mostly fast food which is as we all know, not good for our health! And yet, we prefer to consume it anyway... huhu...

Written on Nov 3, 2009 @ 8:50pm

Najdah MH
Edited on Sept 27, 2014 @ 6:10pm

Set Bersalin

Alhamdulillah, thanx to my beloved hubby coz belikan set bersalin Tropical Herbs ni. Walaupun berpantang sendiri, tapi still boleh guna set bersalin coz yang ni senang sangat nak guna. Semuanya dah disukat dan dipek berasingan, so dah tak perlu nak sukat lagi dah. Semuanya boleh buat sendiri. Bengkung pun boleh pakai sendiri jer, tak perlu tunggu hubby balik baru boleh pakai.

Sebelum2 ni kami dah survey set2 bersalin yang ada kat kedai2. Macam2 brand dan macam2 harga. Setakat yang kami survey, yang ni paling lengkap, senang nak guna and paling murah compared to set bersalin yang branded yang dijual kat kedai2. Bukan tu jer, beli set bersalin ni dapat bengkung FREE (^^).

Set bersalin Tropical Herbs

Lengkap... semuanya ada...

Semuanya dah dipek, senang nak guna, tak perlu nak sukat sendiri...

Yang untuk dalaman (makan/minum) pulak, satu jenis jer setiap hari... habis teh ni baru start makan jamu...
so, takder lah banyak sangat nak kena makan dalam satu hari tu... perut baby pun tak meragam insya Allah...

Najdah MH
June 19, 2012 @ 1:00pm

Supplement - Kenapa Ia Penting

Antara supplement yang diambil setiap hari

Lepas bersalin kali ni, seluruh badan rasa sakit2 coz baby agak besar, so masa teran tu banyak guna tenaga. Memang berbeza sangat la berbanding masa bersalin anak2 yang lain2. Nak jalan pun kena slow2. Teringat masa bersalin Aisyah dulu, lepas bersalin dah boleh berlari. Sihat dan bertenaga. Tak macam orang lepas bersalin (^^).

Tapi walaupun badan rasa sakit, syukur Alhamdulillah, bila maintain ambil supplement, saya masih boleh tolong hubby uruskan rumah. Hari ke 3 bersalin, saya dah boleh basuh baju sementara hubby tolong uruskan anak2 dan kemas rumah. Cuma pergerakan tu agak slow sikit la...

Kesian pulak kat hubby, macam2 karenah anak2. Kejap2 kena sapu lantai. Lepas tu kena mop pulak coz ada yang makan bersepah, ada yang tuang air atas lantai. Syukur sangat2 coz saya masih dikurniakan sedikit tenaga untuk assist hubby uruskan rumah. At least, saya boleh kurangkan sikit kerja hubby kat rumah ni.

Ramai yang bertanya, tak balik berpantang di kampung ker. Bukannya tak nak balik, tapi anak2 sekolah. Lagipun, memang dah biasa berpantang sendiri di KL ni sejak anak ke 2 lagi dah.

Bila difikirkan, memang penting sebenarnya ambil supplement ni. Badan kita jadi lebih sihat dan bertenaga. So, thanx a lot to my hubby coz sediakan set supplement yang cukup lengkap untuk saya. Bila maintain ambil supplement setiap hari, walaupun badan rasa sakit2, tapi still mampu untuk buat kerja rumah.

Dan hari ni, hubby dah start kerja. So, semua kerja rumah, saya dah kena buat sendiri, termasuklah melayan karenah 6 orang anak yang masih kecil. Walaupun baru seminggu bersalin, tapi saya rasa syukur sangat2 coz saya dah boleh uruskan rumah dan anak2 seperti biasa. All thanx to Allah di atas rezki yang dikurniakan, dapat la kami sefamily maintain ambil supplement and also to hubby coz always prihatin tentang kesihatan kami sefamily... I love you bang... (^^)

Najdah MH

June 18, 2012 @ 10:45am

Supplements And Its Deficiency

Not many knows about supplement, even doctors. If you want to learn about supplement and nutrition, ask Nutritionist. Don't ask doctors, most of them only know about diseases and its cure (medicines and drugs). I too knew nothing about supplement during my first pregnancy. That's why, among my four kids, Aisyah is the most vulnerable one coz when I was carrying her, I took not enough supplement.

I only took multivitamin (Obimin, which was provided by the doctor) and calcium + magnesium, to prevent cramps and backache. And after she was born, every month she would catch a fever (after each monthly injection). And when that happened, she would just lie on the bed, weak. Every month we went through the same thing - monthly injection, fever. We thought it was normal but actually it was due to the deficiency of vitamin C.

"Among vitamin C's many functions is the major role it plays in the Immune System, where, according to growing evidence, it helps increase resistance to a range of diseases, including infections and cancer. " - The Real Vitamin & Mineral Book, page 152.

So, after we knew the fact, every time when I got pregnant, we would make sure that I took enough vitamin C for our baby. It was worth it coz Amal, Anis and Fathi are much stronger than Aisyah. They didn't catch a fever after each monthly injection. In fact, they rarely got sick. And if they do, they would still be running, jumping and playing as usual as if they were not even sick. And they would get better in just a few days....Alhamdulillah....

Another vitamin that is very important is Folic Acid. It helps to prevent birth defects in the child and also to prevent defects of the neural tube, the structure in the embryo that gives rise to the brain, the spinal cord, and other parts of the central nervous system (The Real Vitamin & Mineral Book page 136).

When I first got pregnant, I didn't know about the importance of Folic Acid up until I gave birth of Aisyah. She was flaccid. Her backbone took quite some time to get sturdy, and she weren't able to raise her head well up until she was few months old. Different from her, the others were able to raise their heads within two weeks after birth and some even soon after birth. Their backbone were sturdy right after birth.

Alhamdulillah my hubby likes to read. And because of that, we gain a lot of valuable knowledge. Because of that also, we were able to find out the importance of nutrition and supplement, especially to our baby.

Among the books that my hubby always refer to when necessary (related to Nutrition and Supplement) :

1. The Real Vitamin & Mineral Book by Shari Lieberman (Ph.D, CNS, FACN) and Nancy Bruning - authors of Dare to Lose (ISBN 1-58333-152-2)
2. Family Circle - The Vitamin and Mineral Counter by Jody Vassallo (ISBN 174045052-3)
3. Reader's Digest - The Healing Power of Vitamins, Minerals and Herbs (ISBN 1 876689 00 5)
4. Prescription for Nutritional Healing by Phyllis A. Balch (CNC) and James F. Balch (M.D.) (ISBN 1-58333-077-1)

And there are quite some informations on vitamins in Pa&Ma Catatan Lengkap Sepanjang Kehamilan dan Kelahiran - 40 Minggu Nan Indah (ISSN 1823-3368)

Next, will be sharing about other supplements.

Written on Dec 15 @ 5:25pm