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pregnancy

Whilst there is ample information on
the physical symptoms of pregnancy,
very little is written about the
mental symptoms that many women
experience during pregnancy. Fatima
Paruk, Homeopath at the Dubai Herbal
and Treatment Centre and Patrick
Holford, author of Optimum Nutrition,
before during and after pregnancy, share
their insights on the most common
mental symptoms during pregnancy.

is for the ample information that is available is for flaxseed. It is highly recommended
about the mental symptoms of pregnancy before and during pregnancy as its high in
online. Make sure you are well informed as essential fats. Take one heaped tablespoon of
this can help to prevent and reduce symptoms. ground mixed seeds per day. Try mixing flaxseed,
sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds.
is for brain fog, a common complaint in
pregnancy. It is often to do with a lack of is for girls. According to several old wives
sufficient nutrients for both the growing tales, if you are pregnant with a baby
foetus and the mother. Make sure you eat a girl you are more likely to be moody and
healthy varied diet, before and during pregnancy temperamental, whereas if you are having a boy
and go organic if possible. you will be predominantly stable and calm.

mother,bbaabbyy&&cchhiilldd AApprriill 22001111 is for changes in mood and behaviour, which is for hormone imbalances, which during
can occur if the mother-to-be does not eat pregnancy can cause anxiety, mood
enough essential fats in her diet. swings and sometime depression. These
can be easily addressed using micronutrient
is for depression, which is extremely supplementation and classical homeopathic
common after pregnancy but also during remedies.
pregnancy. About one in ten women will
experience depression during pregnancy. is for insufficient phospholipids (found in
fish and eggs) and insufficient essential
is for eczema, fats (found in oily fish, nuts and seeds)
which can be a in a pregnant woman’s diet. This can cause a
symptom that pregnant woman’s brain to shrink as the growing
shows up during foetus robs the mother’s brain to build its own,
pregnancy. It can also hence the saying, ‘Mummy I shrank your brain.’
be a sign that the This often happens during the later stages of
mother-to-be may be pregnancy and causes the mother-to-be to feel
deficient in omega 3 very forgetful.
essential fats.

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