We should always incorporate plenty of healthy fats into our diet, but especially during pregnancy. It is vital that a pregnant woman consumes enough fats and oils, not only to help her gain enough weight during pregnancy, but also to help the baby’s brain develop. Fats and oils also balance Vata, which is dominant. Healthy fats can include: organic whole milk, coconut oil, olive oil, nuts, seeds and if possible avocado which deliver prana, or cosmic life force, to the body. They also help to build ojas, or vitality, for both you and your baby. Cooking with ghee (clarified butter) helps promote digestion, which can be irregular during pregnancy, when the Vata dosha is dominant. All Ayurvedic herbs are fat-soluble — this means that their nutrients are more efficiently delivered to the cells and tissues when accompanied by a healthy fat.
Ayurveda says eat all SIX tastes (sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent), but emphasize sweet, sour, and salty. Examples include dairy, sweeteners, oils, fruits, vegetables, beans (mung beans or split mung dahl), spices and nuts.
In Ayurveda, when a food is sattvic it means it is pure and fresh. Sattvic foods will build ojas. A sattvic diet is said to increase the qualities of purity and clarity in the mind. When considering foods to eat during pregnancy “sattvic and abundant” are the key words to remember. This means: avoid leftovers. No processed foods. Pregnant mother needs to consume pure and easily digestible foods that nourish the dhatus, or tissues of both her and her baby. Also, cooked food is better than raw during pregnancy, as raw foods tend to aggravate digestion.
Using Ayurveda begins with classical month by month regimes & Diet & Nutrition which covers the topics of apana vata, the daily routine, yoga asana, meditation, happiness, challenges, herbal medicines and treatments, Indian herbal ghees, and preparing for the baby.
It is important to keep the fetus nourished throughout pregnancy. Research shows low birth weight may be linked to disease later in life. The theory is that if nutrients are insufficient then they will be diverted from organ development to more important areas like brain development. During the time an organ is developing it needs to receive correct nutrition or it may never develop properly.
Weight gain is extremely individualized. The most important factor seems to be a steady weight increase on healthy foods. If the diet is high-quality then there shouldn’t be any worries about whether the weight gain is too high or too low. It is important to pay attention to the body’s messages. Eating when hungry, even if in the middle of the night is important.
All basic principles of Ayurveda need to be applied to deal with the problems of maternal and foetal mortality. Rules of Ahara (diet), Vihara (lifestyle), Sadavrutta (moral conduct), along with varied therapies are used to tackle various problems.
During the 8th month, the ojas moves between mother and baby. It is important to rest during this time and eat ojas building foods.
Pregnancy increases all three doshas: vata with change and expansion, pitta with metabolism and heat increased, and kapha with increased bulk of body. These changes effect the woman’s constitution as well as interacting with the baby’s constitution and environmental influences.
A pregnant woman is to be treated very cautiously like if one is walking with a pot full of oil, in hand without letting a drop to fall. Medicines, diet and other therapies should be soft, sweet, cold, pleasant and tender.
Ayurveda provides nutritional advice as well as practices such as meditation, the daily routine, yoga asanas, and considerations for happiness.
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The aura of a pregnant woman is one of the easiest to see, for it is particularly luminous and full of gold. The gold colour in the aura indicates that the pregnant woman is intensely connected to high spiritual beings who support and foster the embryo. Pregnancy is therefore a privileged time for spiritual growth. Itis a time to do a lot of meditation and enlightening reading, and to work at developing intuition and perception.
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