5. Eat Healthy
It becomes essential for you to choose healthy food for yourself and your baby. It also helps keep miscarriage at bay and promotes the growth and development of the baby. According to HealthLine, pregnant women must avoid fish with high mercury, under cooked meat or fish, caffeine, unpasteurised dairy products, unwashed foods or processed foods to prevent miscarriage.
6. Manage Your Chronic Illnesses
According to NIH, chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension can adversely affect the pregnancy of a woman. Most pregnant women suffer from type-2 diabetes and this can cause miscarriages, neonatal complications, still births, restrictive growth and development of the baby. It is advisable to manage diseases like hypertension, thyroid, diabetes with the help of counseling, dietary changes, glycemic control and certain medications under doctor’s advice.
7. Quit Smoking
Cigarettes contain harmful substances like tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide that puts the mother and the baby at risk. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, smoking results in placenta complication and slow fetal development which can result in miscarriage and still birth (miscarriage after 20 weeks).
8. Quit Drinking
There is no known amount of alcohol, type of alcohol or timing of drinking that can be considered safe during pregnancy. According to the CDC, the alcohol in the mother’s blood can pass on to the baby through the umbilical cord causing physical, mental and intellectual damage for life and increase the chances of miscarriages or still birth.
9. Manage Stress
Studies have shown that women who stay relaxed and happy during pregnancy are at a lower risk of miscarriage.
