Lingonberry leaf during pregnancy

Lingonberries during pregnancy can be a great alternative to certain medications. But it is important to remember that it contains many components that can not only support a woman in an "interesting" position, but also cause harm. Even if the expectant mother often ate lingonberries before and has no contraindications, during pregnancy the body is rebuilt and can react in an unexpected way to the usual food.

The benefits and harms of lingonberries for pregnant women

Different parts of the lingonberry have similar, but not the same, effects. The leaves are a medicinal product, you cannot take them without a doctor's prescription, especially during pregnancy. The effect of berries is much milder; doctors use them as an auxiliary, not a remedy.

In any case, whether it is possible for pregnant lingonberries should be decided by the doctor. Careful intake of the leaves is not discussed, but the berries can be harmful because a woman in a position can aggravate diseases that she did not even think about. If a pregnant woman is registered in a timely manner and regularly visits a doctor, she does not need to go to the clinic specifically to find out if she can use lingonberries. It is enough to ask a question at the next examination.

The benefits of lingonberries during pregnancy are clear if you carefully examine their composition:

• vitamin C has the ability to relieve inflammation, maintain immunity and promote collagen synthesis;
• B vitamins have a positive effect on the nervous system, improve metabolism;
• vitamins E, P strengthen and elasticize blood vessels, which is of great importance during pregnancy;
• pectins work like a vacuum cleaner that collects and removes harmful substances from the body of the expectant mother;
• the minerals contained in lingonberries are needed for the musculoskeletal and nervous system, for cell regeneration and bone growth, for the normal functioning of all organs;
• organic acids accelerate the recovery processes and are needed for the work of the heart;
• arbutin acts as an antiseptic;
• tannin prevents the development of bleeding, which reduces the risk of miscarriage.

Lingonberries for pregnant women can become both a friend and an enemy. It is important not to overuse teas and berries, consult a doctor and not self-medicate. For some reason, many people consider leaves and fruits more harmless than drugs, take them uncontrollably, and are surprised when "herbs" harm the body. However, they forget that the most powerful poisons are of plant origin. And the expectant mother is responsible for two lives.

Why lingonberries are useful for pregnant women

During pregnancy, lingonberry tea, broth, juice, fresh or frozen berries can help:

• get rid of edema (due to the diuretic effect);
• saturate the body with vitamins and minerals;
• replace antipyretics and antibiotics undesirable during pregnancy during a cold;
• relieve inflammation and moderate joint pain;
• prevent exacerbation of chronic diseases;
• calm the nervous system;
• remove harmful substances;
• in case of poisoning;
• lower blood pressure;
• reduce the amount of sugar in your blood;
• in the treatment of cystitis;
• cope with anemia (due to the presence of iron in fruits and leaves).

Naturally, you cannot self-medicate. As well as being limited only to taking lingonberries, especially with serious health problems.

Lingonberries during early pregnancy

Lingonberry is especially useful for women whose pregnancy begins in winter or early spring, when the body suffers from a lack of vitamins - after all, the berries are easy to freeze or keep in water, and the leaves are dried.

Sweet and sour fruit drink can moderate toxicosis. It is important to know when to stop, as well as to consume berries and drinks before 17-00 so that the diuretic effect does not appear at night.

Traditional medicine recommends taking an infusion of shoots with lingonberry flowers, strongly diluted and slightly warm, to prevent miscarriage.

Lingonberries during late pregnancy

According to reviews, lingonberry leaf during pregnancy in the later stages helps well against edema. In addition, approximately 10% of women develop specific gestational diabetes in the late second and early third trimester. This disease goes away after childbirth, but can harm the baby. Lingonberry mildly lowers blood sugar and helps you avoid medications.

At the end of pregnancy, women are limited in fluid intake. Kissels and compotes with lingonberry berries, diluted juice will help to cope with thirst.

How to take lingonberries for pregnant women

Pregnant women can eat lingonberries when the doctor says so. He also determines the dose, and, importantly, the time of taking berries and drinks. The temperature of infusions, teas and decoctions matters.

You can not eat the fruit on an empty stomach - this can cause irritation of the gastrointestinal tract mucosa, heartburn.

Lingonberries during pregnancy from edema

Edema can accompany a woman throughout pregnancy, but more often occur in the last trimester. They bring a lot of inconvenience to expectant mothers, and are the result of fluid retention in the body. To cope with edema, while saturating the body with vitamins and microelements, lingonberry juice will help.

Lingonberry juice recipe

A glass of fresh or frozen lingonberries are crushed with a blender, or first doused with boiling water, and then rubbed through a sieve. Pour 350 ml of hot water. Bring to a boil over low heat. Insist for 2 hours, filter, drink 100 ml 3 times a day 30 minutes after eating.

Lingonberry for colds during pregnancy

Cold illnesses can be very dangerous during pregnancy. After all, the list of approved drugs is limited, and the symptoms must be removed quickly so that the inflammation does not harm the child. Lingonberry tea, made from crushed berries, drenched in boiling water and flavored with sugar or honey, can be recommended for pregnant women.

If you add leaves to the drink, its effect will be stronger, but first you need to consult a doctor.

Cold recipe

Take a teaspoon of dried lingonberry leaves and fruits, pour 200 ml of boiling water, leave for 10 minutes. Strain the drink, add a teaspoon of honey, drink warm.

Can lingonberry leaves during pregnancy

Lingonberry leaves during pregnancy cannot be taken without the permission of a doctor. This is a drug recognized by official medicine, and a rather strong one. The doctor should also give instructions on the use of lingonberry leaves during pregnancy: how to brew, when, how much and at what temperature to drink. It is better to ask again if something is not clear than to harm the child.

Lingonberry leaf during pregnancy from edema

Swelling can appear in the last trimester, even in a completely healthy pregnant woman. To remove them, it is enough to pour a teaspoon of dry lingonberry leaves with a glass of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes over low heat. Insist for 2 hours, strain, add up to 200 ml and take 50 ml 4 times a day or 2 times 100 ml.

How to brew lingonberry leaves during pregnancy

If the doctor prescribed a pregnant woman to take lingonberry leaves, he should tell her how to brew medicinal raw materials. There are four main ways:

1. Broth. It is the most powerful remedy, obtained by boiling the leaves in hot water for the time indicated in the recipe. Then the broth is infused (no more than 6 hours), filtered. For pregnant women, it must be diluted with water to reduce the concentration and taken before meals in doses not exceeding the doctor's recommendations.
2. Infusion. Lingonberry leaves are poured with boiling water, infused for up to 6 hours. The proportions, preparation time and dosage depend on the doctor's recommendations.
3. Tea. Raw materials are poured with boiling water, infused for no more than 10 minutes, drunk like a regular hot drink. In lingonberry tea during pregnancy, it is advised to put no more than 1 dessert spoon of dry leaves per liter of hot water.
4. Tea balm differs from the herbal drink in that ordinary tea leaves are added to the lingonberry leaves.

Lingonberry juice during pregnancy

Lingonberry juice is often referred to as hypoallergenic. But a person may have an individual intolerance to any berries, especially of red color. Pregnant women need to be doubly careful, especially with foods that they have not eaten before.

And although the cranberry medicine is (from the point of view of official medicine) leaves, and not berries, before drinking the juice, you need to be examined. The fact is that during pregnancy, chronic diseases that the woman did not know or did not think about earlier can become aggravated. And the acid irritates the gastrointestinal mucosa, can provoke the release of stones from the gall or bladder, and cause an exacerbation of pancreatitis.

So, in any case, it is advisable for pregnant women to drink juice from lingonberries diluted at least 2 times with water, and always sweetened. The fact is that sugar, its substitutes (for example, stevia) and honey soften the effect of the acid.

But it is best to add juice to jelly, jelly, compote. So it will undergo additional heat treatment, which will moderate the effect of especially aggressive acids, it will be thoroughly diluted with water. Kissel and lingonberry compote quench thirst, retaining most of the vitamins and microelements, and have a mild diuretic effect.

Is it possible for lingonberries when breastfeeding

Before taking lingonberries while breastfeeding, you should not only consult your doctor, but also think carefully. Moreover, if mommy did not understand why she was allowed to eat berries or drink infusions from the leaves, you need to ask again or contact another doctor. Yes, exactly if allowed!

Why does it often turn out that a pregnant woman can have lingonberries, but a nursing mother cannot? The fact is that the unborn child is protected by such a powerful natural shield as the placenta. And everything that the nurse eats and drinks enters the baby's body along with breast milk.

How can lingonberries be dangerous for a baby?

1. There is a possibility that the baby was not born completely healthy. He is unable to say that he is in pain, and crying can be explained by many reasons.It is possible that the newborn has some problems in which it is undesirable to take the substances contained in the lingonberry. And there are a lot of them, including a whole set of acids.
2. The diuretic effect of berries and leaves may not affect a nursing mother in any way, but a child needs much smaller doses. Together with urine, salts and elements vital for a fragile body are excreted.
3. The same can be said for the mild laxative effect. Does the child need diarrhea? Perhaps simply necessary if he has constipation. And if not?
4. If a mother reacts normally to lingonberries, it does not automatically follow that the child will accept her well. And doing allergy tests on a baby so that the parent can eat a few berries is already beyond good and evil.
5. There are many more reasons why it is better to skip lingonberries while breastfeeding.

Limitations and contraindications for use

All restrictions and contraindications directly related to breastfeeding are discussed in the previous chapter. Lingonberries are often prescribed to pregnant women as an independent or auxiliary drug. The main thing is not to self-medicate, but to act under the supervision of a doctor.

Lingonberries are not allowed for pregnant women in such cases:

• under reduced pressure;
• stones in the kidneys, gallbladder and bladder;
• with individual intolerance;
• diseases of the gastrointestinal tract with high acidity;
• with renal failure, glomerulonephritis;
• after any operation;
• during an exacerbation of pancreatitis.

Lingonberries, teas, infusions and decoctions should be taken with extreme caution:

• in the first trimester of pregnancy;
• for any kidney disease;
• with pain in the right or left hypochondrium;
• threatened miscarriage.

In any case, you should remember the following points:

1. Lingonberry leaves are a medicine. Even tea or balm with them cannot be drunk without the permission of a doctor.
2. It is better to refuse lingonberry juice, replacing with jelly, teas, jelly, compote. In any case, you need to dilute it and add a sweetener.
3. An "interesting" situation is not the best time to test new products on yourself. If a woman did not eat lingonberries before pregnancy, the best solution would be to replace it with another berry or herb.
4. Lingonberries are so rich in acids, biologically active substances, vitamins, minerals that their effect on the body of a pregnant woman is difficult to predict for a non-specialist. It is wise to seek the advice of your doctor.
5. You need to start eating lingonberries with 1-2 berries, gradually increasing the dose. In any case, even a healthy pregnant woman should not eat more than half a glass of fruits per day.
6. The safest way to use lingonberries is to cook jelly from it!

Conclusion

Lingonberries during pregnancy can both replace drugs of chemical origin and cause big problems. Before eating berries, drinking juices, infusions, teas and vitamin supplements, you should consult your doctor. And in no case should you appoint them yourself, or by listening to your friend or neighbor.

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