Pregnancy Diet

The phrase “eating for two” during pregnancy isn’t necessarily correct. During pregnancy, what is critical is to ensure your nutritional needs are fulfilled while gaining the right amount of weight at regular interval. What you eat during pregnancy determines what your to be born will get. A healthy and nutritious diet at the time of pregnancy ensures proper growth of the baby. Hence a healthy diet is more important than a heavy diet.

Are You Aware That:

• • Diet during pregnancy needs to address concerns like.
  • Starting weight of the mother.
  • Nausea and vomiting during early stages.
  • Growth of the fetus in the womb.
  • Digestive complaints.
  • Other complications like anemia, hypertension, gestational diabetes etc.
  • A well planned diet during lactation ensures proper milk secretion for the baby. Diet should be high in calcium, iron and protein so that important nutrients from mother’s body do not get depleted.