We’ve established that anaemia is pretty bad, and one of the causes could be an incomplete diet during pregnancy. But how bad could it possibly be to have anaemia during pregnancy? What’s worse is if you don’t even know you have it! Let’s get to the root of the problem first. During pregnancy, the need for vital vitamins and nutrients increases significantly for both the mom and junior hiding inside her stomach.
One of these essentials happens to be iron. If mommy doesn’t increase her iron intake significantly during pregnancy, not only could she stunt her baby’s growth but also develop Iron deficiency anaemia.
Earlier on you may experience symptoms of anaemia and mistake it for those of pregnancy but you’ll figure it out soon enough. If you’re feeling so lazy and sluggish and drained out that you can’t even do your usual stuff, then odds are that you’ve got the anaemia thanks to a diet in dire need of more iron. If you experience the following you better get it checked –
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Headaches
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Dizziness
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Shortness of breath
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Chest pain
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Pale skin
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Low body temperature
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Mood swings more than usual
Your doctor is going to conduct a CBC for you if you contact him in time which will help him tell you whether or not you’ve got anaemia. CBC stands for complete blood count and will tell whether or not you have enough Red blood cells and that is what determines your condition my friend.
Although the risks are not very high since any good doc will check for anaemia from time to time during pregnancy, if you don’t treat it you can risk your kid’s potential, limiting his growth and he or she may be born preterm or even underweight. Why take such a risk when you’re bringing a junior you into this world?
Doesn’t make sense does it? So it’s much better to be on the safer side and eat a healthy iron rich diet with foods such as Spinach, Kale, and Beef etc. Also eating sweet limes, oranges, lemons and Vitamin C supplements will help increase the iron absorption and benefit you further.