When you are pregnant, it is important to eat plenty of nutritious foods. Of course, you may have some powerful hormone – driven food cravings, but the foods that you eat to satisfy those cravings are not likely to make up the majority of what you eat. There are many foods out there are nutritious, but if you are wondering whether there are any which pack a particularly big nutritional punch, here are a few suggestions. Sometimes your pregnancy cravings can be very specific as in you don’t just crave pizza, you crave black olive and ham pizza from a … Continue reading →

When you are pregnant, proper nutrition is important. However, you need more nutritional support than you can get from food alone. A good prenatal vitamin is not only essential for the health of your growing baby, but for your body too. How do you choose the best prenatal vitamin from the vast variety that are on the market? Even more importantly, how do you keep your prenatal vitamin down if you have trouble with nausea and vomiting? Here are some tips for choosing and taking prenatal vitamins. The most important tip for choosing a prenatal vitamin is to work with … Continue reading →

One annoying thing that pregnant women sometimes have to deal with is feeling like they are being judged for everything that they put into their mouths. Of course, there are things that are unsafe to eat during pregnancy and the list of those things is something that most obstetricians and midwives discuss with their pregnant patients very early in the pregnancy. Unfortunately for pregnant women, everyone in society has his or her own idea about what pregnant women should and should not be eating. These judgments from others could not come at a worse time – I mean, come on, … Continue reading →

The word “diet” is derived from a Greek word that means “way of life.” As the New Year approaches many of us will reconsider out diets and make New Year resolutions to improve our “way of life.” When we consider our diets especially during pregnancy, we must keep in the mind the ancient origin of the word; a way of life, and not merely a temporary period of time used to lose weight, grow a baby, etc. I have learned a lot about the importance of diet as a “way of life” in the last few years. My first pregnancy … Continue reading →

At my last prenatal visit I had my blood drawn to check my hemoglobin levels for the third time. With my initial battery of blood tests my hemoglobin levels were good. As my pregnancy progressed, my levels dropped off and my midwife started me on an iron supplement along with adding more iron rich foods to my daily diet. The results of my most recent blood test showed that my hemoglobin levels were still lower than my midwife wanted to see them. Once again, my diet needs to undergo a change. In addition to adding a third iron supplement to … Continue reading →

Just when I thought I had my daily dietary routine figured out and basically ingrained, I learned that my iron levels are lower than they should be. This is common enough in pregnancy and my midwife said that I might need to start taking an additional iron supplement if my recent blood work showed my iron levels to be too low. As it is, my iron levels have dropped since my first round of blood work (I guess that is not uncommon). So there are some thing that I need to do to remedy my minor iron deficiency. First thing … Continue reading →

Pregnancy is a time in a woman’s life that demands protein. Without sufficient protein, the baby cannot grow properly and well. Babies are basically “built” out of protein. As such pregnant women are encouraged to eat anywhere from eighty to one hundred and ten grams of protein every single day. Eating so much protein may seem like and impossible feat, but there exists a very compact protein and nutrient packed food that can help meet the protein needs of almost all pregnant women. This amazing protein source is the incredible edible egg. Perfectly packaged in an ellipsoid shape, the single … Continue reading →