Pregnancy is the time to start examining your lifestyle choices. Every choice you make  affects the health of you and your baby. It is time to start making good lifestyle choices and avoid bad habits that may affect you and your unborn child.
 

Lifestyle choices you should avoid during pregnancy.

Smoking  : This increases your risk for preterm delivery, low birth weight babies, miscarriages or still birth. These babies are more likely to have breathing and heart problems.

Drinking alcohol :Alcohol abuse during pregnancy can lead to fetal alcohol syndrome. Alcohol can also increase your risk of miscarriage and premature delivery.

Drug abuse : Abusing drugs during pregnancy can lead to long term health problems in your baby. Drug abuse during pregnancy can affect fetal growth and brain development. It also increases your risk for premature birth.

Stress : Stress can negatively affect you and your baby. Join prenatal yoga  classes to help you relieve stress.

Healthy habits during pregnancy

Eat healthy : It is crucial to eat  a healthy and balanced diet during pregnancy. Your baby needs all the necessary nutrients and vitamins to develop into a healthy baby.

Exercise : Exercise during pregnancy helps boosts your energy level. It also helps  relieve some of the discomforts of pregnancy such as constipation, swelling, bloating and leg cramps. Exercising also helps you get a good sleep.

Prenatal care : You need to get prenatal care as soon as you realize  you are pregnant. It makes it easier to catch potential complications and makes them easier to treat.