What kind of milk powder is good for the second trimester of pregnancy

The entire pregnancy period of a pregnant woman is forty weeks, and these forty weeks are divided into three stages, namely early pregnancy, mid-pregnancy and late pregnancy. By the second trimester, the pregnant woman's belly has become larger. This is when the fetus develops faster, so the pregnant woman's nutrition must keep up, and milk powder for pregnant women is a good choice, but what kind of milk powder is good in the second trimester? This issue needs to be understood from many aspects.

1. Core nutrients needed by the fetus:

The formula milk powder on the market now, whether it is cow milk powder or goat milk powder, has added nutritional elements based on the needs of fetal growth and development, and is within the national standard range. From this perspective, there will not be much difference between different brands of cow milk powder and goat milk powder.

2. Mothers should take in a reasonable amount of fat:

After fat is ingested into the human body, it can provide the body with heat energy through metabolic conversion, and it can also provide essential fatty acids for fetal growth and development. The components of fat are involved in the composition of cell membranes and nerve myelin sheaths, and are particularly important for the development of the fetal central nervous system. If pregnant women do not consume enough fat, it will be detrimental to the development of their immune and nervous systems.

The diameter of goat milk fat globules is small, generally around 2 microns, which is only 1/2 or even 1/10 of that of cow milk, and is evenly distributed in the milk. In the digestive tract, it has a large contact area with the digestive juice, and most of it is medium-chain fatty acids, which are easily absorbed. Therefore, the fat in goat milk generally will not be converted into human fat storage and accumulation, leading to obesity. Mothers who are afraid of obesity can consider choosing goat milk powder.

3. Improve immunity:

Only by improving immunity can mothers catch fewer colds and the fetus can have a healthy growth environment. Choose products containing immunoglobulin IgG/IgA in the formula. This is generally found in both cow milk powder and goat milk powder. Goat milk powder contains a special epithelial growth factor (EGF) that can effectively improve the mother's own immunity, ensure the normal development of the fetus, and make the mother healthier. Therefore, goat milk powder is better in improving immunity.

Dietary nutritional conditioning does not only start from the formation of the fertilized egg. In particular, nutrients such as folic acid and DHA (unsaturated fatty acids) that can promote fetal brain development should be supplemented when preparing for pregnancy so that the body's folic acid and DHA nutritional reserves can reach an ideal level in the early stages of pregnancy.