If you eat healthily, you could ensure your baby’s wellbeing as well. During pregnancy your normal healthy eating plan still applies but there are specific nutrients that you need more of. You can get some of them through supplements but it is good to eat more of specific foods to assist your health, the natural way.
Take in more Calcium, about 700-800mg daily will assist with your baby’s bone and teeth development and also protect your own. Drink a large glass of skimmed milk; eat a pot of yogurt or a matchbox-sized piece of cheese. Calcium is also found in sources such as oranges, beans and spinach.
As your intake of Calcium increases, you should also increase your intake of Vitamin D that carries sources to assist with its (Calcuim?) absorption. Vitamin D can be found in oily fish, eggs and butter.
To help your baby create a healthy blood supply, you need to make sure you take in enough Iron. Iron isn’t just limited to red meat or fish but can be found in green vegetables, dried fruit and some breakfast cereals as well.
Increase your intake of Vitamin C because it will help with the absorption of Iron from sources that aren’t meat. Remember: Don’t drink tea (apart from Rooibos) or caffeine during pregnancy; it hinders the body’s natural uptake of Iron.
Eating plenty of green leafy vegetables such as spinach and including broccoli and cereals rich with folic acid into your diet can reduce your baby’s risk of getting spina bifida. Spina bifida is a birth defect caused by the incomplete closure of the embryonic neural tube.
Make sure you eat at least two servings of oily fish such as salmon, sardines or pilchards per week? They contain long chain omega 3 fatty acids that ensure the best brain development. Linseeds and flaxseed oil is also fantastic sources.
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