Part of the Birth Wise Midwifery Care package that they hand out to their clients is a sheet of recommended foods to build a strong amniotic sac. Their list includes:
Fruits and vegetables containing beta carotene (orange or deep yellow)
- Sweet Potatoes
- Pumpkins
- Winter Squash
- Carrots
- Cantaloupe
- Tomatoes
- Spinach
- Kale
- Mustard Greens
A strong sac means a reduced chance of spontaneous, premature rupture of membranes (PROM) - meaning that your water breaks but there are no contractions - as well as PPROM (preterm, PROM).
My midwife always swore that babies in Fall and early winter took longer to gestate (cook - as she would say). Could this be due to the increase availability of fresh and mature fall produce, which includes a high host of the above?
My midwife always swore that babies in Fall and early winter took longer to gestate (cook - as she would say). Could this be due to the increase availability of fresh and mature fall produce, which includes a high host of the above?
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I remember reading about Vitamin C helping amniotic sacs stay strong and with all my 3 pregnancies I craved/ate orange in ridiculous amounts (3-5 oranges every day). With all 3 births my water broke only during my baby's crowning, minutes before birth :)
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