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Dear
Thanks for contacting Ayurveda with your health concern and following is/are the recommendation for 26 week [ 6 and 1/2 months or end of IInd Trimester and beginning of IIIrd trimester]:

1. Routine antenatal check up:

. to be done every month till 7 months are completed, then every 15 days in last 2 months
. record weight
. record B.P.
. look for edema feet & pallor
. palpate the height of uterus
. in late months, palpate the position of fetus and auscultate for fetal heart sounds

2. Routine Investigations:
. haemoglobin, blood group & Rh
. urine albumin - every month
. ultrasonography - in 9th month

3. Routine ante natal advise:

. well balanced food, with extra proteins
. plenty of green vegetables & fruits
. regular exercise like walking
. adequate rest, with sleep for 8 hours at night and 2 hrs at noon
. daily bath with special attention to cleanliness of vulva [no vaginal douche], nipples should be cleaned, and lifted up if retracted
. avoid long journey. If unavoidable prefer train
. avoid sexual intercourse in last 6 weeks, to prevent ascending infections

4. Diet in 6-9 months

i. ghee medicated with shatavri,liquorice [mulethi] should be given empty stomach [early morning]
ii. sweet gruel [दलिया] prepared from milk with rice,sooji,vermicelli [once a day]
iii. Iron supplements; green leafy vegetables,beet,dates, jaggery, figs, pomegranate [these are natural sources and free from side effects of constipation with regular use of iron tablets in pregnancy]
iv. Avoid soya beans,chick peas,kidney beans, uncooked sprouts, prefer dals, pulses, cooked sprouts,milk,roti
v. water and fresh juice
vi. Avoid pineapple, kiwis,milk shakes,papaya, sour fruits
vii. avoid cashewnuts,walnuts and pistachios [almonds,dates,dry figs, apricots can be taken]
viii. take: bottle gourd,pumpkin,okra,potatoes,carrots,cabbage, bitter gourd, spinach,,fenugreek [मेथी], avoid mushrooms,corn, yams [जिमिकन्द, अरबी]

5. Aloe vera [घृतकुमारी] to be restricted completely and shatavari is completely safe in pregnancy: You can ask for prescription medicine which are safe during breast feeding and increases milk production and Immunity like: Shatavri Churan/granules, Septilin Drops, Suvarnprashan [21 drops], Balanta kadha.

PS. If interested I can courier you the said medicines along with dosage.


Dr. Munish Sood
Consultant Physician
Naimittika

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Dear
Thanks for reverting back

1 Shatavri + ghee preparation:

. atiras XXXXXXX ghrita [given best results, since major part is of shatavari]
. XXXXXXX ghrita
. phala ghrita [not phal XXXXXXX ghrita]

2. balanta kadha is to be administered post delievery:
. balanta kadha 1: from time of delivery to first 10 days
. balanta kadha 2: from 11th day to 20th day
. balanta kadha 3: from 21st day to 60th day

3. balanta kadha itself contains shatavari [2.95 mg per 5ml in 450ml bottle] so can be used safely.


Dr. Munish
Naimittika

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