What to eat during pregnancy anemia

Pregnancy is actually a particularly difficult process, because during pregnancy women have to face various physical changes and risk accidents caused by pregnancy. Although most pregnant women will supplement their bodies with a lot of nutrients, some will still suffer from pregnancy anemia due to malnutrition. Anemia during pregnancy is very different from general anemia, so what should women with anemia during pregnancy eat to replenish their qi and blood?

Why are pregnant women prone to anemia?

1. Iron deficiency. Women's demand for iron increases significantly after pregnancy. Iron is an essential element for making hemoglobin, which is contained in red blood cells and carries oxygen to other cells in your body. During pregnancy, your body's blood volume increases by 30% to 45%. Therefore, pregnant women need more iron to synthesize hemoglobin for the extra blood volume. Pregnant women also need some iron to meet the needs of the developing baby and placenta.

However, most women do not have adequate iron stores at the start of pregnancy to meet the body's increased iron needs. Especially in the middle and late stages of pregnancy, symptoms of anemia are very likely to occur.

Iron deficiency anemia is more likely to occur if the following situations occur: severe and frequent vomiting during pregnancy; a short interval between two pregnancies; the pregnancy is twins or more; lack of iron in the daily diet; heavy menstrual bleeding before pregnancy. Pregnant women with iron deficiency anemia can eat more iron-rich foods in their diet.

2. Lack of folic acid or vitamin B12. Pregnant women who suffer from anemia due to lack of folic acid or vitamin B12 should not only consult a doctor and take folic acid tablets, multivitamin tablets, etc. in a targeted manner, but should also eat more foods rich in folic acid and vitamins in their daily diet.

3. Certain diseases may cause it, such as hereditary blood diseases like sickle cell anemia.

What to eat during pregnancy anemia

1. Brown sugar, longan and purple rice porridge: Soak the purple rice one night in advance, peel and wash the longans, cook them together with the purple rice and glutinous rice into a sticky purple rice porridge, and finally add brown sugar for seasoning.

2. Cold-mixed black fungus: After soaking the black fungus, wash it, then blanch it in boiling water for one or two minutes, then add sesame oil, light soy sauce, vinegar, and a little white sugar to season it.

3. Stir-fried pork liver: cut the pork liver into slices about 1CM thick, then put it in a bowl, add a little cooking wine, dark soy sauce, and light soy sauce, mix well, and finally add a spoonful of dry starch and marinate for ten minutes. Heat the pan with cold oil, put the pork liver in and stir-fry until cooked through and then serve.

4. Boil eggs in red date soup: Put water in a pot, add ten red dates and a few slices of ginger and cook for ten minutes. Then beat in eggs and cook until done. Finally, add brown sugar to season.

5. Blood-replenishing steamed buns: Mix corn flour, soybean flour, red date powder and brown sugar into dough, then make it into small steamed buns and steam them for consumption.

The above is some content introduced by the editor about what to eat during pregnancy with anemia. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. Calcium supplementation is also very important. The editor recommends that pregnant women should also supplement more calcium and drink more bone soup. When the weather is warm, go outside more often to get some sun.