Can pregnant women eat watermelon? Will it affect the fetus?

Summer is a good time to eat fruit, which can relieve heat and facilitate urination. But some people say that pregnant women can eat more fruits, while others say that pregnant women cannot eat fruits. The completely different opinions have made many pregnant women confused. So, is it good for the baby if pregnant women eat fruit? Let’s find out together.

Can pregnant women eat more fruits?

In hot summer, watermelon is the best fruit to cool down. Many people eat half a watermelon at a time, which is cool and comfortable. So for pregnant women, can they eat more fruits? How much melon can a pregnant woman eat every day?

Pregnant women should not eat too much melon. Although melon has a refreshing and cooling effect, because melon promotes urination, eating too much will bring out the water in the body and cause dehydration in pregnant women.

Secondly, melon belongs to the cool fruit, don’t eat too much at one time, and don’t eat it every day. Pregnant women with weak spleen and stomach constitution need to be more cautious.

In addition, melon contains 90% sugar. If you just want to eat more, it may lead to a large amount of sugar intake, causing sugar metabolism disorders, which can easily cause diabetes and increase the risk of macrosomia, polyhydramnios, dystocia, and postpartum hemorrhage.

Therefore, pregnant women do not need to eat too much fruit and should try to control it within 500 grams.

Is it good for pregnant women to eat fruit?

1. Watermelon is an excellent food with extremely rich nutrients. Pregnant women often eat some melons during pregnancy, which can not only replenish the body's nutrient consumption, but also make the fetus's nutrient intake better. According to statistics, eating some melons in the early pregnancy can promote body fluid and quench thirst, eliminate greasiness and relieve restlessness, and it also has a good effect on stopping vomiting. In the later stages of pregnancy, pregnant women will always experience varying degrees of edema and increased blood pressure. Eating melons regularly can not only help with urination and reduce swelling, but also help lower blood pressure. Eating some melon before and after giving birth can treat and correct anemia in pregnant women. For example, pregnant women who give birth in the hot summer can often eat some melons to prevent heatstroke and relieve the summer heat. The sugar contained in melon can replenish energy and protect the liver. Therefore, it is very beneficial for pregnant women to eat some melon regularly.

2. When you are sweating, feeling tired, your gastrointestinal motility is weakened, your appetite is poor, and your bowel movements are not smooth, eating some melons can not only replenish water, increase the intake of nutrients such as sugar, protein, carbonate, and vitamins, but also stimulate gastrointestinal function and promote smooth bowel movements, thus increasing the secretion of milk and helping to repair wounds in pregnant women after surgery.

3. Although muskmelon has many nutritional benefits, it should not be consumed in excess. Pregnant (postpartum) women with diabetes or other diseases need to consume muskmelon under the guidance of a doctor and should not consume it carelessly to prevent the condition from worsening and affecting the health of adults and children. Although the claim that consuming melon raw or cold is harmful is unreasonable, excessive consumption is indeed not good for pregnant women and children.