Nurturing Motherhood: Fertility, Pregnancy, Postpartum, Healthy Childhood - Teenager
In the Maternal Infant Treatment Lígia specializes in the nutrition of women and couples in the pre-conception phase (fertility), as the ideal beginning of this Protocol.
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For those who did not receive adequate care during this period, Lígia offers nutritional and supplemental gestational care throughout each trimester, as well as monitoring the pregnant woman's weight. She uses a specific and exclusive chart, analyzes laboratory tests, and prescribes necessary supplements, such as iron, probiotics with strains that prevent intestinal issues, nutrients that enhance breast milk development, and many other benefits.
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Prescribing prenatal supplements from top brands is one of the advantages of the Nurturing Motherhood Treatment. Lígia continually reviews reports on brands available in the market, assesses special care needed during this period, organizes dietary guidelines for each trimester of pregnancy, and most importantly, respects each pregnant woman's culture, predispositions, aversions, preferences, and lifestyle realities.
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Lígia studied in a postgraduate course in maternal and child nutrition in FAPES, by Andreia Friques, the biggest reference nutritionist in the area.
As she is passionate about this area, she regularly attends annual congresses to stay updated on the knowledge that ensures the physical and mental health of women during human reproduction.
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Preventing postpartum depression is also linked to the nutritional quality of the pregnant woman. This is why all of this care is extremely important for both the health of the baby and the well-being of the mother.
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In the field of child nutrition, Lígia has extensive experience that goes well beyond theory. She followed every step of her daughter's nutritional education, choosing to spend three years exclusively with her from birth until she was three years old.
During this stage of her career, she focused on practical applications in the scientific field, completing her postgraduate degree and applying her knowledge to her own child. Lígia created numerous progress reports as if conducting research in a maternal and child nutrition laboratory.
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As a specialist in food preparation for childbirth, nutrition during breastfeeding, postpartum women’s health, and child nutritional development, Lígia began seeing patients in 2022, feeling ready to share her experience and insights with other mothers.
She offers a comprehensive course on introducing solid foods, with the primary goal of understanding what truly harms the baby and what steps can be taken to establish healthy eating habits in children.
Child Nutrition Education begins during the gestational phase. Throughout pregnancy, the baby starts to be exposed to flavors through the foods consumed by the mother. In the second phase of nutrition education, breastfeeding plays a fundamental role in both the preferred nutrition of the baby and the education of taste.
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In the third stage, we begin discussing the introduction of solid foods. The introduction of solids typically starts for most babies at six months of age, which requires essential care.
There is a hierarchy of priorities in the Nurturing Motherhood Treatment regarding the foods offered.
The first food introduced follows a standard protocol developed by Lígia, as do the foods for the first, second, third weeks, and so on. Certain food substances are introduced during the seventh, eighth, or ninth month of the baby’s life, and some specific foods are ideally offered only after the child turns twelve months old.
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The journey of child nutrition education continues into teenager phase, with Lígia employing different and specific strategies.
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If you want a child or teenager to have a healthy relationship with food, you need Lígia's care through the Nourishing Maternity Treatment.
