Calcium is the flame that ignites the vitality of cells, and calcium is the messenger that continues the process of life. Without calcium, life would not have been created at all. At the moment of collision between sperm and egg, it is calcium that plays the decisive factor. If calcium intake is not sufficient, the vitality of the sperm will be greatly diminished. The egg will not even touch a sperm that does not have the “essence”. If the eggs are deficient in calcium, even the most energetic sperm will pass by them. Many men and women who struggle with infertility are missing out on the essential task of getting enough calcium. Calcium also plays a major role in facilitating labor and delivery for pregnant mothers. Many pregnancy complications are affected by the 1 in 10,000 difference in calcium concentration It is well known that the difference in the concentration of potassium, sodium and chloride in the body varies from 1 to 10 times, except for calcium, which is 1 in 10,000, separated by a cell membrane, 1 inside the cell and 10,000 outside the cell. If this exact ratio of 1/10,000 times is disrupted, people can get sick or even die. The only way to maintain the exact scale of 1/10,000 ratio inside and outside the cell is to replenish the calcium. And calcium is an exogenous substance, consumed when one is used up. It cannot be synthesized in the body and needs to be constantly replenished from outside the body. When a woman is pregnant, one mouth becomes two, and many pregnancy complications are actually related to the imbalance of calcium metabolism. If a pregnant mother does not take enough calcium herself, she will take calcium out of her own bones to feed her fetus’ mouth. When the parathyroid hormone secreted by the parathyroid glands takes calcium from the bone bank in an emergency, it is often taken out in excess because the calcium content of the bones is much higher than that of the blood. The extra calcium that is taken out is proliferated in the blood vessels and tissues and becomes a destructive molecule that travels around the mother’s body, eventually becoming “junk calcium” that accumulates in the blood vessels and kidneys. The most deadly thing is that it can destroy the difference in calcium concentration between inside and outside the cells by 10,000%, thus causing gestational hypertension, gestational kidney dysfunction, and more seriously, eclampsia and kidney failure, while the more common high glucose and even diabetes in pregnancy are also related to calcium deficiency, because the precise secretion of insulin depends on calcium instructions. Calcium is the protector of the pregnant mother’s smooth delivery During delivery, the mother’s uterus will contract from weak to strong burst after burst, the mother’s whole body will push out the fetus and placenta strongly under the guidance of the doctor and midwife, the mother’s cardiovascular system circulation is accelerated, and the pelvis is under great tension for this purpose. If the mother is deficient in calcium, the heart’s contraction and diastole are not strong enough, and the pelvis is not strong enough to withstand the full force of the push, and the baby will often be stuck in the pelvis for a difficult delivery. The muscle of the uterus is called smooth muscle, and the skeletal muscle that makes up the human hand and foot is different from the transverse muscle, which cannot be controlled by the will power of the mother, but the principle of contraction is the same, the messenger that causes the smooth muscle to contract strongly is calcium, sufficient calcium ions into the smooth muscle cells, “command” the uterus to contract forcefully, sufficient calcium intake is a strong guarantee of smooth delivery. Adequate calcium intake is a strong guarantee for a smooth delivery. How much calcium should pregnant mothers take every day? A fetus of 2800-3000 grams at birth contains at least 40 grams of calcium in its bones. But the baby’s body cannot produce calcium, it all comes from the mother. The Chinese Nutrition Society stipulates that adults in China should consume 800 mg of calcium per day. But several national nutrition surveys have proven that the national per capita calcium intake is missing half or more. In order to make the bones of the fetus, the mother has to give almost all the calcium she eats to the fetus within 180 days. If there is no additional supplementation beyond dietary calcium intake, then the calcium intake of a mother’s body during pregnancy is zero. If you calculate the daily calcium intake of pregnant mothers, you should supplement at least twice the 800 mg prescribed by the Chinese Nutrition Society, that is, 1600 mg, so that the income and expenditure can be balanced. Pregnant moms calcium supplementation precautions 1, pregnant moms calcium supplementation should eat less and more meals, namely 6:00 am, 16:00 am, 21:00 am each calcium supplementation. These times are the relative physiological low time of the human body, when calcium supplementation can accelerate the absorption of calcium. The calcium supplements for pregnant mothers are double that of normal people, so it is best to choose calcium products that can be absorbed smoothly without the addition of vitamin D. Remember that fat-soluble vitamins A, E and D should never be taken in excess during pregnancy. 2, some pregnant mothers just after the birth of a baby feel great success, automatically stop “calcium supplementation”, this is very dangerous to give up. This is because, although breast milk contains less calcium than milk and milk powder, but it is more easily absorbed by the baby. When a pregnant mother is a new mother, the mother still needs a lot of calcium to repay the “calcium debt” given to the baby, so the breastfeeding mother still needs twice as much calcium as usual. 3, in the past, some experts recommended that women bring some chocolate into the delivery room, that chocolate can make the body produce endorphin bark, and endorphin bark can make people excited, happy, with pain relief effect. It is recommended to bring some calcium tablets that can be absorbed without adding vitamin D. You can take them half an hour apart from the chocolate, and the effect is also very good.