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Article: (Pregnancy is a very ... )
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- The Malay Mail
- Article date:
- February 20, 2001
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PREGNANCY is a very special time in every woman's life.
Educating yourselves to be good consumers, knowing your options,
and how to provide yourselves with the best possible care are
essential to a healthy pregnancy.
Your health and nutritional status, both before and during
pregnancy, may have a bearing not only on your baby's health in
infancy, but on his or her health right through to adulthood.
It is sensible for the prospective mother to prepare herself for
the pregnancy with suitable diet, folate supplements, exercise, and
weight control.
She should also give up smoking (one of the major causes of low
birth- weight babies) as well as alcohol.
The reason for the importance of good care ...