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Make sure you keep the twins to prepare themselves physically and mentally. Here are tips for matters of nutrition for expectant mothers of twins.
Calorie
In order to prevent low birth weight (LBW) infant twins, pregnant women need to get enough calories for a baby to grow optimally. In fact, the mother can consume extra calories from the second trimester to the third trimester.
Some experts recommend to consume 600 extra calories per day, in addition to the normal intake or 3000-3500 calories per day if the normal maternal weight before pregnancy. Meanwhile, women with normal body weight exceeding must eat between 2,700-3,000 calories per day.
Protein
To support the growth of infants, pregnant women should increase their intake of protein twins. When pregnant women are usually intake of 60 grams of protein per day, the recommended intake of pregnant women twins 100-175 grams of protein per day in the last three months. For example, eat 7 or 8 ounces of high protein foods (such as meat, poultry or fish) plus 4-6 servings of milk or cheese per day.
Calcium
In order to build bones and teeth of infants, pregnant women twins need to increase calcium intake. Experts recommend that pregnant women twins mendapatian 2,500 milligrams of calcium per day in the third trimester of this twice-number of doses of calcium are not recommended for pregnant women. Pregnant women can mengasup milk or green leafy vegetables.
Iron
Twins pregnant mother's blood volume will increase up to twofold. Therefore, mothers need to increase the intake of iron to avoid anemia due to a lack of red blood cells that have been diluted by the increase in blood volume.
Foods rich in iron is found in meat, poultry, fish, grains, and nuts. Moreover, women also need to intake of foods containing vitamin C, oranges, for example in order to increase the absorption of iron. Recommended iron supplements as much as 60-100 milligrams per day.
