Hey ladies! Today I'm gonna tell you about some useful things I found out about and used for the pregnancy period. This is my first experience of the kind so I'm still discovering a lot of things along the way. Here would be my list:
1. Drink a lot water in order to not retain water
One of the best advice I've received which tested out to be true, especially if you like to taste saltier foods from time to time. Lack of water results in wrinkles, cellulite, prevents toxins from leaving the body and very important as it impacts your general confort and ability to move around: a lot of water retention at face and ankles level. The very same applies even if you are not pregnant but trying to loose weight and improve on those areas. Best way that I found working was drinking plain water, tea temperature.
Plus, even though not many people may speak about it, the persons who don't drink enough water leave a foul smell after going to the toilet... OK now...Moving on to number two :)
PS: One way to be able to see how much water you drink could be buying a 2l bottle and setting a goal empty it by the end of the day.
Or, if you like technology, you can install a free app on your phone. Waterlogged is a free app where you log the water you drink during the day so you can better follow up on your goal.
2. Find a good pregnancy massage therapist and go for it as often as you can afford.
Most pregnant women, me included get swollen face, feet and hands. What helped the most in my case was finding a good pregnancy massage therapist that worked on draining my face and feet and relieved my back from pain. I go twice a week and for a personalized massage program. The results are very visible: I am 6 months pregnant and don't have problems yet with swollen feet, face, back pain or difficulties in walking around. However, if I miss my sessions, those problems start to appear in a few days. So I can totally say that discipline and perseverance are a key here.
My advice if you want to do this is to search for centers that offer pregnancy services like courses, gym and massage. Since these people are specialized to offer pregnancy services only, normally they should be offering better things than the places that do all kinds of massages for everybody.
3. Have two pairs of specially designed pregnancy pants/jeans.
I found the difference between normal jeans altered to fit a growing belly and specially designed pregnancy jeans to be huge. The best combination that worked for me is under the bump jeans combined with an elastic band. The band from the jeans offers good support for the lower side of the belly which is awesome since most of the time we are sitting in vertical position. The elastic band provides support for the rest of the belly keeping everything in place. This gave in my case a great relief since I am a very active person and like moving around a lot, which means needed my bump to stay in place.
Unfortunately in Romania and Bucharest to be more specific I haven't really found pregnancy clothes that look both young and are available at accessible prices. So two options for pants and not only are www.asos.com and www.newlook.com Below is what I have:
found on asos.com
4. Two elastic bands to support the belly: for all the reasons listed above :)
found on newlook.com
To be continued
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