Healthy eating During pregnancy

 

It is important to eat a healthy and balanced diet during baby because your unborn baby gets all its food and nutrients from you, encouraging a healthy pregnancy and a strong and healthy baby.

Pregnant woman need more energy and nutrients in her body that doesn't mean that (you eat for two) rather that you try to eat differnt healthy foods and have regular meals.

As well as taking your Pre-natal vitamins (folic acid) you can also obtain folic acid from some types of food which include..

Green vegetables - brocoli, spinach, Brussel Sprouts

Fruit- oragnges

Yeast

Beans and peas 

Some breads and cereal may contain folic acid (refer to the package)

Its also important to get iron into your body you can find iron in some of the foods below..

Eggs

Peas 

Lentils

Prunes or apricots

Brocoli or spinach

Beef 

Pork

Chicken

Lamb

Fish

Try to avoid high fibre breakfast cereals or tea/coffee tends to reduce the bodys ability to use the iron needed.

Vitamic c

 is also important in the Diet some foods include...

Kiwis

Potatoes 

Peppers

Spinach

Berries 

Oranges

Tomatoes

Be careful not to overcook vegetables as this can actually reduce the amount of Vitamin C in the food. 

Calcuim 

 is another important Vitamin found in the following...

Yougurts

Cheese

Milk

Light butters

Vitamin D foods... 

Yolks of Eggs

Fish-sardines, mackerel 

Some milk and margarine