Tips for Safe Traveling during Pregnancy

Traveling during pregnancy is quite safe, but certain precautions should be taken to avoid any mishaps. In fact, it is a perfectly good idea to take a holiday during pregnancy and it is the best way to relax your mind and body before the happy occasion. However, the happy holiday can be a bit dampened if you keep experiencing cramps and morning sickness. It is always advisable to go anywhere calm and soothing like a beach, rather than hilly area during pregnancy. Follow your doctor’s instruction and take the prescribed medication and things should be just fine.

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  Upset Stomach: It is one of the most common problems during any traveling, because often the body takes time to adjust to the new kind of food in another part if the country. For the pregnant woman, this can be quite a bother, combined with morning sickness. The best remedy to this problem is to eat healthy and order meals with less oil and spices. Drink bottled water and avoid ice as you may be clueless regarding the purity of water used in making ice. Always carry a small pouch of soap in your hand, because if you are traveling from one city to another in a car, with no proper accommodation nearby and you need to take a snack, you will need to wash your hands.



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  Avoid Heat and Dehydration: Your body needs plenty of fluids at this stage so always keep drinking water at regular intervals, and carry bottled water when you step outside. Also if it is very hot outside, then always wear clothes made from natural fiber like cotton and take special care to protect your eyes. Humidity will only add to the discomfort, and may aggravate any other problems you might be having during this period. Even air-conditioning can be very dehydrating, so even if you are staying indoors, be sure to drink lots of water. It is best if you keep a daily record of the intake of fluids.



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  Emergency Kit: Carry an emergency kit along with the prescribed medication. Pack in an ORS pack and some mineral supplements. Nausea usually occurs during the first trimester of pregnancy, so if you have already passed that stage, it may be your body is going through some additional stress and you may have to consult the local doctor. So it is always essential to carry your medical papers even if you are on a holiday. Normally traveling should be avoided in the first and third trimester, so try to schedule your traveling plans in the second semester, when you body has grown more accustomed to the internal changes, and the delivery is still a few days away.

WALKING DURING PREGNANCY

Walking is considered as one of the most simplest, effective and easy exercise to keep ourselves fit and healthy. Not much of the efforts are required to walk for sometime daily. Women at the time of pregnancy as well as after pregnancy should walk daily. It will keep them healthy and fit. Walking during pregnancy helps women to improve their endurance and to recover them from pregnancy effects.

WALKING DURING PREGNANCY TIPS:

Walking is very good for one’s body especially during pregnancy. It can regain your spirits and help you feel fresh. It is one remedy for most of the ailments.

There are certain ways, which are recommended for walking during pregnancy:

• One should maintain the right posture when walking. Try to walk straight and try not to lean over someone else when walking. Hold someone’s hand while walking. Relax yourself and walk. This will also help you cure your back pain. Some women also wear a maternity belt when walking. This helps them to maintain their posture.


• Look straight while walking. You should not look here and there while walking. This will help you to avoid walking into someone or something accidentally. It will also help you to cure your problem of backaches.


• Walk at a desired pace. There is no need to run and walk neither walk too slowly. Walking at a normal pace copes with the various exercises you need to do during pregnancy. Do not walk too fast that you lose your breath.


• Always stretch before walking and after walking. As during pregnancy, the muscles tend to stretch preparing the body for the labor pains; therefore, one must stretch oneself before and after walking.

Many hormones are released during pregnancy. They make us feel sore and uncomfortable. Therefore, the chances of getting hurt during pregnancy increases. But if you exercise daily or take a short walk, which is equivalent to exercising, you may get relief.

If you feel bored while walking alone, you can talk to some other friend or relative of yours and can ask them to accompany you for walking during pregnancy. You can also listen to some music while walking which will make you feel comparatively less bored. If two people are walking together, both of them can keep each other motivated. Walking during pregnancy is one of the best methods to keep yourself fit and fine.