BBC 英语学习 6分钟英语 新妈妈的食物

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I'm Georgie, and I'm Beth. Leaving home, getting married and apparen't dying are three of the most important experiences in many people s lives, but perhaps

the most defining moments in some women's lives, is the miracle of birth.

In other words, having a baby.

Throughout pregnancy, a lot of care and attention is given to expecting mums, but as soon as the baby is born, this attention moves to the newborn baby, making sure they are healthy, warm and safe.

We talk a lot about baby nutrition, but what the mother eats can be just as important, especially the 1st meal after the intense effort of giving birth, whether it's chicken soup, a glass of champagne or a good old cup of tea.

In this program, we're talking about what women eat and drink in the 1st few weeks after having a baby, and as usual, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.

But 1st, I have a question for you, beth, A typical pregnancy last about 40 weeks, but when does an unborn baby's stomach start to grow?

In the mother's room? Is it A at three weeks?

B at five weeks, or see, at eight weeks?

I'll say the baby's tummy starts to go at about five weeks.

OK, beth, we'll find out if that's the correct answer later in the program.

Giving birth is not called for.

It's hard work, leaving the new mum, physically and emotionally exhausted and in need of food that's im nourishing for both herself and her baby.

Here's Alison omen Lawi, deputy director of Nutrition to the United Nations World Food Program, explaining more to BBC World Service Program the food chain a woman who is breastfeeding, and during that postpartum time, the 1st six months, she could need up to 650 additional calories a day, which actually is quite a bit more than she even needed.

In addition during pregnancy, alison says that women need to eat even more calories postpartum, meaning after childbirth, then they do during pregnancy.

That's especially true for mothers who are breastfeeding, feeding their baby directly with milk from her breasts.

How new mums get those extra calories changes from place to place, and different cultures have developed their own traditions about what foods are best.

For Chinese American mum hangoo, roast pig trotters were one of the best things to eat after childbirth, because they contain a lot of collagen, which helps produce breast milk.

And when Rumor, whose Punjabi family originally comes from India, gave birth to a baby boy, her mother cooked Pangeri, a kind of spicy nutmix with cashews, almonds and melon seeds, to promote breast milk and help the healing process.

Listen now, as Rumor explains how important her mother's help was to BBC World Service program the food chain.

So the 1st ten days were amazing.

My mom came to stay, and it gosh, it was so important, because I was on, I had A-C section, so I had some very strong pain killers, as in a days anyway.

And and to be honest, because she was here, I was fed, you know, so she would look after me while I would look after baby.

And my husband was very handsome as well.

So that 1st ten days, whilst it was really hard, I didn't fall apart, which I might have done if I'd been by myself.

When Rumor talks about her mother's help, she uses the word gosh, an exclamation used to show a feeling of wonder or surprise.

Rumor also says she was in a days because of medicine she was taking for pain.

If someone is in a days, they feel confused and cannot think, clearly, maybe because of a shock or surprise.

Luckily, rumour had help from her mom and also her husband.

He was very hands on, meaning that he was closely involved in organizing things and making decisions and didn't leave it up to someone else.

Along with her mother's healthy home cooking, the help rumour got from her family meant she didn't fall apart.

A phrase, which means become so emotionally disturbed that you're unable to think or act calmly or to deal with the situation you're in.

Newmans have to be expert jugglers balancing a new baby and recovering from childbirth with getting too little sleep.

No one do. They need hot, healthy food to eat.

Right? Isn't it time you revealed the answer to your question?

Georgie? Sure. I asked you when an unborn baby's stomach starts to grow, you guessed it was at five weeks, which was the correct answer?

Beth, at about five weeks, the cells forming a baby's stomach, lungs, bone and brain, all start to divide and grow.

Right? Let's recap the vocabulary we've learned in this program, starting with postpartum meaning following childbirth.

Breastfeeding is feeding a baby directly with milk from the mother's breasts.

The exclamation gosh is used to express a feeling of surprise or wonder.

If you're in a days you feel confused and unable to think, clearly, often because of a shock or surprise.

If someone is hands on, they're closely involved in organizing things and making decisions, rather than just talking about it or getting someone else to do it.

And finally, the frasal verb fall apart means to become seriously emotionally disturbed, so that you are unable to think calmly or to deal with the difficult situation you are in.

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