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What is your opinion on smoking, vaping, or drinki What is your opinion on smoking, vaping, or drinking during pregnancy? Do you feel like are any of these things safe in any quantities?โ 
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Gestating parents are advised to avoid or minimize Gestating parents are advised to avoid or minimize activities that involving heavy lifting, climbing, carrying, or standing for long periods of time, as well as avoiding exposure to certain substances such as mercury and lead.โ 
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Did you know that if your job requires you to perform any of these activities or be around any of these materials, you may be eligible for reasonable accommodations during your pregnancy?โ 
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Read more at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/civil-rights-center/internal/policies/pregnancy-discrimination.โ 
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Yesterday we talked about guidelines for exercisin Yesterday we talked about guidelines for exercising during pregnancy; today we're offering some suggestions for prenatal exercise activities.โ 
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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐ค๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ, ๐›อŸ๐ฎอŸ๐ญอŸ อŸ๐šอŸ๐ฅอŸ๐ฐอŸ๐šอŸ๐ฒอŸ๐ฌอŸ อŸ๐œอŸ๐กอŸ๐žอŸ๐œอŸ๐คอŸ อŸ๐ขอŸ๐งอŸ อŸ๐ฐอŸ๐ขอŸ๐ญอŸ๐กอŸ อŸ๐ฒอŸ๐จอŸ๐ฎอŸ๐ซอŸ อŸ๐ฉอŸ๐ซอŸ๐žอŸ๐งอŸ๐šอŸ๐ญอŸ๐šอŸ๐ฅอŸ อŸ๐ฉอŸ๐ซอŸ๐จอŸ๐ฏอŸ๐ขอŸ๐อŸ๐žอŸ๐ซอŸ อŸ๐ขอŸ๐ŸอŸ อŸ๐ฒอŸ๐จอŸ๐ฎอŸ อŸ๐กอŸ๐šอŸ๐ฏอŸ๐žอŸ อŸ๐šอŸ๐งอŸ๐ฒอŸ อŸ๐ชอŸ๐ฎอŸ๐žอŸ๐ฌอŸ๐ญอŸ๐ขอŸ๐จอŸ๐งอŸ๐ฌอŸ:อŸโ 
๐ŸŒผ Walkingโ 
๐ŸŒผ (If you jogged prior to pregnancy) joggingโ 
๐ŸŒผ Prenatal yoga or Pilates - but avoid lying flat on your backโ 
๐ŸŒผ Strength training within your limitsโ 
๐ŸŒผ Biking, either regular or stationaryโ 
๐ŸŒผ Swimmingโ 
๐ŸŒผ Aerobics or water aerobicsโ 
๐ŸŒผ Gardeningโ 
๐ŸŒผ Walking up and down stairsโ 
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Aim for 30 minutes of activity on most days during pregnancy, and ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ, ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž.โ 
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What are some of your favorite exercises to do during pregnancy?โ 
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Gestating parents should get 30 minutes of ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž most days pregnancy. ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.โ 
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๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ:โ 
๐ŸŒผ Consult with your provider on the activities most appropriate to you and your pregnancyโ 
๐ŸŒผ Warm up and drink water before, during, and after activityโ 
๐ŸŒผ Avoid exercises that involve higher potential for physical injuryโ 
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๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž:โ 
๐ŸŒผ Bouncing or jarring motionsโ 
๐ŸŒผ Sports with risk of impact or fallingโ 
๐ŸŒผ Activities in a heated environmentโ€”this includes hot yoga!โ 
๐ŸŒผ Activities at excessively high or low altitudeโ 
๐ŸŒผ Activities specifically contraindicated based on your medical circumstancesโ 
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๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž. (If your job requires you to perform any of these activities, talk to your employer about reasonable accommodations during your pregnancy.)โ 
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This subject and more is covered in our latest post on recommendations for a healthy pregnancy (link in bio).โ 
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References: HHS, CDC, ACNM, ACOG, March of Dimes, Tommy'sโ 
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Did you or do you exercise now during pregnancy? What are some of your favorite activities?โ 
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True or False?: It's possible to gain too little o True or False?: It's possible to gain too little or too much weight during pregnancy.โ 
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True! ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ.โ 
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๐ŸŒผ Gaining too little weight may result in premature birth or a baby with low birthweight.โ 
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๐ŸŒผ Gaining too much weight may also result in premature birth. It may also result in a baby with high birthweight, which may impact the birth.โ 
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๐ŸŒผ Your provider will monitor your weight gain during pregnancy and work with you if you need to make any changes.โ 
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Why are some foods recommended against in pregnanc Why are some foods recommended against in pregnancy?โ 
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๐†๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐-๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ.โ 
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For example, gestating parents are more than 10 times more likely to get listeria than non-gestating parents.โ 
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Other concerns are salmonella, campylobacter, and escherichia coli (E. coli).โ 
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๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž:โ 
๐ŸŒผ Unpasteurized or raw milk or juiceโ 
๐ŸŒผ Soft cheesesโ 
๐ŸŒผ Hot dogs or deli meatsโ 
๐ŸŒผ Raw or undercooked seafood, meat, or poultryโ 
๐ŸŒผ Raw or undercooked eggsโ 
๐ŸŒผ Foods or surfaces contaminated with raw poultryโ 
๐ŸŒผ Raw sprouts or unwashed fruits and vegetablesโ 
Infected waterโ 
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๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐-๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ:โ 
๐ŸŒผ Clean hands, utensils, & surfaces often, including before, in between, & after cooking tasksโ 
๐ŸŒผ Keep raw produce & raw meats separate from each other & separate from cooked foodsโ 
๐ŸŒผ Cook foods to the right temperature, keep hot foods hot before eating, & refrigerate & freeze food promptly & properlyโ 
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References:โ 
https://www.cdc.gov/listeria/risk-groups/pregnant-women.htmlโ 
https://www.foodsafety.gov/keep-food-safe/4-steps-to-food-safetyโ 
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Did you experience any cravings during pregnancy?โ 
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If so, what were they? Did you have any strange cravings?โ 
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Is there anything you craved during pregnancy that you didn't like otherwise?โ 
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Do you still crave or still eat any of the same foods today?โ 
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