Prenatal and Postpartum Child Development Research

Prenatal and Postpartum Child Development
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Prenatal and Postpartum Child Development
The daily activities a pregnant woman engages in have a great consequence on the infant and subsequent child development. Pregnancy, in particular, is a crucial stage, which needs to be focused on since it is this stage where the raw materials for the child's personality and intelligent forms. As such, a pregnant woman has to be careful on the choice of activities she engages in since it may have either a positive or a negative implication on the unborn child and subsequent child development after birth. To this end, the article will provide a detailed analysis of the activities a pregnant woman needs to undertake and which are beneficial to the infant development.
The intake of the correct amount of nutrients per day is essential to a pregnant woman’s health and also to meet the metabolic needs of the infant health and development. For instance, an average of 340 calories is required in the second trimester and 450 calories per day in the last trimesters of the pregnancy is recommended (Boyle, 2015).Study shows that a low birth weight infant is prone to diseases and is likely to pass on in the first four weeks (Whitney, Linda, Kathryn, & Sharon, 201...