When you are in the first trimester and feel nauseous-- eat early and often! A little bit every hour or two and something before you get out of bed in the morning. Lemon is a good flavor for the nausea-- a small tin of lemon drops and a can of lemonade are good things to have on hand. Ginger- ginger chews candy. A ziplock bag of cheerios and a sleeve of saltines. Ice cream. Avoid foods with strong smells and cooking.
Second trimester live it up!
Third trimester don't eat for at least 2 hours before bedtime b/o heartburn, prop yourself on pillows and eat small small meals to avoid heartburn. Antacids are safe in pregnancy and can be a godsend. Eat lightly during early labor and have a good meal right after the baby is born. :)
Don't skimp on fish, just choose fish low in mercury. Fish is good for growing a baby! ;) also leafy greens for the folic acid.
Nina Planck, while not a nutritionist, had a book I liked very much while pregnant last year: real food for mother and baby. She ha suggestions per trimester which I though was really interesting!
I'll second the recommendation of the Nina Planck book - I loved it and found it to be a very useful resource when I was pregnant earlier this year. I ate a ton of fish - I love anchovies and sardines, so I had them a couple times a week. I also ate a lot of salmon - mostly canned wild Alaskan Sockeye from Whole Foods, which is sustainable, low-mercury, and extremely affordable. I ate that as salmon patties/burgers or just flaked over rice with sauteed greens with garlic and ginger, and the whole thing dressed with a drizzle of tamari. Avocados were a favorite for me, too - I ate them on salads and sandwiches, or just straight with a little flaky sea salt and fresh lime juice. I found that my body needed a lot more protein in the morning, so my typical breakfast was either a big bowl of plain yogurt with granola, fresh fruit, and flax seeds (also a good source of omega 3s), or a breakfast burrito with scrambled eggs, black beans, cheddar and salsa in a wheat tortilla. And I think I had a Salad Nicoise once a week - especially at the end of my pregnancy. Some sources warn against canned tuna for pregnant women, but my favorite brands (American Line Caught and Wild Planet) are made from smaller varieties of tuna which are naturally lower in mercury. It was a great pregnancy meal - good fish, tons of vegetables, and no cooking required (since I always made sure to keep blanched green beans, boiled potatoes, and hard boiled eggs on hand). Good luck and here's to a happy, healthy pregnancy!
Congratulations! If you are not yet pregnant, it's a good idea to up your frolic acid even BEFORE getting pregnant. Orange juice or your favorite antioxidant super berry blend smoothie makes a healthy snack.
Anemia is very common in pregnancy - your body has to produce so much more blood than normal. So it's also a good idea to eat foods rich in iron - spinach, kale, edamame, molasses, beef, shrimp, etc.
Healthy food prepared by healthy methods; lots of variety (both to have many sources of good nutrition, and, some people believe, to avoid sensitizing the baby to foods by overeating a single kind); lots of fiber (avoid constipation!); moderation in all things!
Definitely foods with folic acid, spinach & other greens. . there are a lot of old wives tradition rules that generally float around.. about what to avoid, Fish since there is a risk of ingesting mercury, Papaya (a meat tenderizer, hence not advised!)..
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Second trimester live it up!
Third trimester don't eat for at least 2 hours before bedtime b/o heartburn, prop yourself on pillows and eat small small meals to avoid heartburn. Antacids are safe in pregnancy and can be a godsend. Eat lightly during early labor and have a good meal right after the baby is born. :)
Nina Planck, while not a nutritionist, had a book I liked very much while pregnant last year: real food for mother and baby. She ha suggestions per trimester which I though was really interesting!
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