Sunlight for the pregnant woman
The pregnant woman who desires to give her developing child the best possible body, and at the same time save her own tissues and hhealth, will do much toward realizing these ends by taking sun-baths during pregnancy. Still better re¬sults will be secured if these sun-baths are begun months be¬fore conception. Many women give up to their developing children the calcium, as well as other elements, from their own bones. “For every child a tooth,” is an old saying, and some women lose more than one tooth for every child they bear, because of the demand of Nature for building material for the child. A perfect diet will do much to preserve a pregnant woman’s tissues from this drain; but a less perfect diet, pro¬vided it is not markedly deficient in any element or elements, will serve the purpose if she secures plenty of sunlight directly upon her body. The best plan, of course, would be to have the best possible diet, plus sunlight. Sunlight and diet are not the only factors necessary for ensuring the health of a pregnant or nursing woman and her child, but no other fac¬tors surpass these in importance.