Why do women always feel tired during this sensitive period?

Symptoms of fatigue will appear in the early stages of pregnancy, which are caused by physiological changes. So don’t panic if you feel tired in the early stages of pregnancy. These soups can help you.

During the first three months of pregnancy, if the body lacks iron, protein and sufficient calories, this feeling of tiredness will be more intense. Don't worry though, this tired feeling is completely normal.

Mitigation measures

1. No matter how tired you are, don't think of using coffee, strong tea, cola, candy or sweet cakes to cheer yourself up. Once the brief excitement they bring to expectant mothers wears off, their blood sugar will plummet, and they will feel more tired than before. Moreover, the harm they may cause to the fetus in the womb is difficult to predict.

2. Do what you can. The expectant father should be especially understanding and caring towards the expectant mother, both physically and mentally, as she is experiencing uncontrollable fatigue she has never felt before. She also has a baby that needs your participation as a future father. This alone is enough to prove that you - and no one else - will start a new journey of life together.

3. Expectant mothers should pay attention to raising their feet when sitting. Go to bed early at night and make sure to get some exercise every day, such as walking.

4. Dietary adjustments can relieve fatigue in a targeted manner. For example, the following menu can be used as a reference for expectant mothers.

Malt and candied dates lean meat soup

Ingredients: 100 grams of malt, 100 grams of lean pork, 20 grams of candied dates, and appropriate amount of salt.

practice:

1. Fry the malt in a pan until it turns slightly yellow.

2. Wash the candied dates and lean pork and cut into slices.

3. Put the candied dates and roasted malt into a casserole and cook over low heat for 45 minutes.

4. Add the pork and turn to high heat to cook until the pork is done.

5. Add salt to season before serving.

Nutritional tips: Malt is rich in vitamin B6, folic acid and phospholipids, which can help expectant mothers relieve fatigue to a certain extent.

Chinese date and yam malt porridge

Wash and soak the rice for 1 hour. Peel the yam, wash and cut into pieces. Fry the malt until golden. Pour water into the pot and bring to a boil, then add rice, yam and malt and cook until the rice is well-cooked.

Chicken with Chinese Yam and Mushrooms

Ingredients: 100 grams of yam, 1 chicken leg, 1 carrot, 5 fresh mushrooms, appropriate amounts of salt, sugar, cooking wine and soy sauce.

practice:

1. Wash and peel the yam, then cut into slices. Peel the carrots and cut into slices. Soak the mushrooms until soft, remove the stems, and make cross-shaped cuts.

2. Wash the chicken legs, chop them into small pieces, blanch them in boiling water, remove the blood and drain them.

3. Put the chicken legs in the pot, add salt, sugar, cooking wine, soy sauce and water, and add the mushrooms and cook over low heat.

4. After cooking for 10 minutes, add carrot slices and yam slices and continue cooking until the yam slices are cooked through.

Nutritional tips: Yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, which are beneficial to the spleen and stomach digestion and absorption; and yam contains saponins, mucus, cholera, vitamin C and other nutrients as well as a variety of minerals, which have a good therapeutic effect on expectant mothers.

Chinese Yam and Wolfberry Porridge

Wash the rice and soak it in water for 1 hour; soak the wolfberries in warm water until soft; wash the yam, peel it, mash it into a paste, put it in a bowl, add flour and mix it into a dough, put it into boiling water and cook until it floats, then remove it from the bowl. Pour water into the pot, put the rice in and cook it into porridge; add wolfberry, cooked yam balls and rock sugar into the porridge and cook for a while.

Mutton and Yam Soup

Wash, peel and cut yam and carrot into pieces; soak wolfberry in water until soft. Put the mutton cut into small pieces into water and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, remove the blood and drain; put the mutton into the pot, add water and bring to a boil, then turn to low heat and cook for 30 minutes, add yam pieces, wolfberry and carrots, and add salt to taste before serving.

Lycium barbarum has a good effect in relieving weak spleen and stomach, fatigue, loss of appetite, and soreness of waist and knees. It is even more effective when eaten with yam. Seasonings such as aniseed, fennel, and nutmeg should not be used in large quantities or frequently, but when used with lamb, they can make the food full of tempting aroma and stimulate appetite. Expectant mothers can add them as appropriate.

Roasted Chicken with Chestnuts

Ingredients: 10 chestnuts, 1 chicken, garlic, salt, sugar, cooking wine, soy sauce, and broth in appropriate amounts.

practice:

1. Make a small cut in the chestnuts, boil over high heat for 10 minutes, remove from the shell and peel off the shell.

2. Wash the chicken, cut into pieces, and marinate with soy sauce, sugar, salt and cooking wine for 10 minutes.

3. Add broth, soy sauce, chestnuts and chicken pieces to the pot and cook until the chestnuts are cooked. Turn to high heat, add garlic cloves, and continue to simmer for 5 minutes.

Nutritional tips: Chestnuts are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and minerals. Chestnuts are a type of dried fruit with a high carbohydrate content, which can provide expectant mothers with more heat energy and have the effects of invigorating qi and strengthening the spleen, and nourishing the gastrointestinal tract. Eating chestnuts regularly can not only strengthen your bones, but also eliminate fatigue. Moreover, the fried chestnuts taste sweet and delicious, and are a very good delicacy.

Millet and chestnut porridge

Boil the chestnuts and chop them finely. Wash the millet, add water or chicken soup and slowly boil it. After it is cooked, add the cooked chestnuts and boil it for a while. You can also add sugar or salt according to your personal taste.

Braised Pork with Chestnuts

Heat oil in a pan, then pour in the pork belly marinated with cooking wine, aniseed, bay leaves, angelica, codonopsis, adenophora, chili pepper, bean paste, and Sichuan peppercorns. Stir-fry for a while, then add water and cook until cooked. Add cooked chestnuts, dates, quail eggs, sugar, salt, etc. and cook over low heat for 20 minutes.

Chestnuts are difficult to digest when eaten raw, and can easily cause gas when eaten cooked, so expectant mothers should not eat too many at one time. However, chestnuts can be eaten as a side dish, which can not only increase nutrition but also enhance appetite.