Twins "I have been thinking about twins and how to grow healthy babies. The old axiom that you are eating for two becomes eating for three! Though it has been discounted by many, it really is true. Dr. Tom Brewer wrote about the importance of good nutrition and how twins need mom to eat healthfully to grow two babies. The importance of nutrition cannot be overemphasized in pregnancy, and even more so with twins. Dr. Brewer discovered that with good nutrition, voilá!—the babies rarely come prematurely. A dear midwife friend told me, “Babies come out early because they are hungry.” We as midwives and doulas have a responsibility to the mothers and babies we serve. Doctors rarely tell mothers about the importance of nutrition to support healthy pregnancy. So please, take the responsibility to help moms with this (fairly easy) thing they can do to grow a healthy baby or babies. Let them know that prenatal care is what they do between visits to their midwife or doctor. Good nutrition can prevent prematurity, preeclampsia, abruption of the placenta, long hard labor, hemorrhage, time in the neonatal intensive care unit and a multitude of other problems we are just beginning to discover. It is up to us who care for mothers and babies to spread the message of the importance of prenatal nutrition. So tell the world far and wide of the value of nutrition in pregnancy. Let’s help empty out those neonatal intensive care units! For helpful information regarding prenatal nutrition, visit the Dr. Brewer Twin Pregnancy Diet page." Jan Tritten, mother of Midwifery Today Jan Tritten is the founder, editor-in-chief and mother of Midwifery Today magazine. She became a midwife in 1977 after the amazing homebirth of her second daughter. Her mission is to make loving midwifery care the norm for birthing women and their babies throughout the world. Meet Jan at our conferences around the world, or join her online, as she works to transform birth practices around the world. Jan on Twitter: https://twitter/jantritten Midwifery Today on Facebook: facebook/midwiferytoday Jan on Facebook: facebook/JanTrittensBirthPage International Alliance of Midwives on Facebook: facebook/IAMbirth Birth Is a Human Rights Issue: facebook/birthisahumanrightsissue Midwifery Education: Caring and Sharing: facebook/MidwiferyEducation
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:33:59 +0000
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