Vitamin D Function for Pregnant Woman

It`s very important to maintain the fetus health, since in the woman`s uterus until the childbirth process. The woman have to complete the need of macro and micro nutrition for the fetus. One of the macro nutrition which is very important to be completed is the vitamin D. It can be supported by a research taken from the Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism which found that if the vitamin D can`t be completed, the baby will have a lower weight.

The vitamin D acquirement can be done step by step. It can be done in the beginning of pregnancy (in the first trimester). It will influence the fetus growth in the next trimester. If the woman has a lower vitamin D acquirement in the first trimester, her uterus will have a high risk twice greater to have some growth disruption.

In this research enrolled 2.146 pregnant woman which is registered in the Perinatal Collaborative Project in 12 Unites State Medical Center in 1959-1965. Their blood sample is preserved and tested how much the vitamin D found in the blood. The result shows that the woman has a lower vitamin D value during the 26 weeks of pregnancy, they born a baby which has an average weight of 46 gram lighter than the normal new born baby.

It is very dangerous because a new born baby who has a lower weight will have a high risk of death in the first month. It also have a high risk to be suffer toward some chronic diseases such as the heart attack, hypertension, and diabetes in type-2.

The biggest research that has been done to identify the correlation between vitamin D in the pregnant woman`s body and the fetus weight. It proved clinically that the woman have to complete an adequate vitamin D supply to improve the fetus weight.

But those research is needed to be reviewed again because there are some possibility for the change of the data because the woman may have a change of her life style. When the woman reduce the activity of smoking it will increase the vitamin D supply from the food which is more better with a vitamin D taken from the direct sun light. Therefore it will have some influences toward the fetus weight which is born. And the interesting thing about the research in 1959-1965 showed that pregnant women who do not consume enough vitamin D are at risk of having a child obesity.

Summary:

• Vitamin D for the pregnant woman will influence the fetus health,
• The vitamin D acquirement can be done by the pregnant woman start from the beginning of her pregnancy,
• Consuming vitamin D will influence the fetus weight.

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Nutrition and vitamin to fill up the pregnant woman need

During the pregnancy the woman will need more nutrition and vitamin to support the fetus growth. The normal pregnancy is about 9 months. During these periods the woman should be aware to manage her life style to be healthier. We must consume some foots which contains a lot of nutrition and vitamin to make the fetus becomes healthy. These are the following example of the nutrition which must be fulfilled by the pregnant women.

• Carbohydrateand fat are the substances which can produce calorie. It can be found in several foods like Cereals and tubers.
• Protein is a substance that is very important for the body as a builder substance. Protein can be found on meat, fish, egg, and beans.
• Mineral has a function as a regulator for our body. Mineral can be found in some fruits, and vegetables.
• Folic acid is a useful substance for the development of the nervous system and blood cells.it can be found in some vegetables which have much chlorophyll such as spinach, cauliflower and broccoli. It can also be found in several fruits such as orange, banana, carrot, and tomato. During the pregnancy the woman will need much folic acid. The woman will need 800 mcg of folic acid in every day, moreover in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. If the woman doesn’t have an adequate folic acid it will obstruct the fetus brain development. Even it will make a congenital defect the brain or the central nervous system of the fetus.
• Iron is very important for the pregnant woman to prevent the anemia. It can be found in some kinds of vegetables (spinach, cassava, kale, and the papaya leafs), meat and liver.
• Calcium is a kind of nutrition that is important for the pregnant woman and the fetus. It has an important role for the bone formation. It can prevent the osteoporosis. If the calcium can`t be completed, the mother`s calcium will be absorbed by the fetus. It will be very dangerous for the mother. The calcium can be found in many kinds of vegetables and beans. At this time the best calcium can be found in the milk.

Vitamins for pregnant women

Vitamin A for the pregnant women has a great role to increase the immunity or the growth of the fetus. The woman is not allowed to consume it excessively because it will create some fetus growth disorder.

Vitamin C has a function to absorb the iron in the mother`s body. It is very useful for the gums and teeth health. It has a great role to protect the organ body system from the damage and it will support the brain by giving the chemical sign. It happens because the vitamin c contains a lot of antioxidant that is very useful for both mother and fetus.

Vitamin D has a great role to absorb the calcium nutrition therefor it will very useful for the bone formation. Vitamin D can be found on milk, egg, and fish liver.

Vitamin B complex has a great role to control the muscular nervous system and heart. Therefore they can work optimally. The vitamin b complex can be found in the cereals , seeds, grains, beans, vegetables, yeast, egg, and milk product.

The need of nutrition and vitamin for the pregnant woman is very important. It can be used to make both the pregnant woman and fetus become healthy. By consuming adequate vitamin and nutrition it will encourage the growth of the fetus brain and nervous composition optimally.

Summary:

• A pregnant woman must consume the adequate nutrition and vitamin therefore the fetus can grow optimally.
• It will be better to get the nutrition and vitamin from the natural resources by consuming the foods that contains a lot of nutrition and vitamin.

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