Expecting Mothers!
Healthy Pregnancy
Vitamins and Minerals: Prevent birth defects!
Vitamins: Minerals:
Folic Acid (Vegetables),
Vitamin C (Oranges,
Strawberries, and lemons)
Minerals:
Iron, during the second and third trimester
you have to keep up your iron.
Foods to avoid: Why ?
Seafood: High mercury content
Raw or under-cooked meat: infection or poisoning
Deli meat: risk of listeria
Power foods: Help you and the baby thrive!
Broccoli, Cheese
Breakfast Cereal, Eggs
Bananas, Oat meal
Lean meat, Dried Fruit
Appropriate weight gain:
2-4 pounds within the first
3 months, and 1 pound a week
during the rest of your pregnancy
Total weight: 25-35 pounds
5 tips to eating healthy:
1. Eat many fruits
2. Consume four to six meals a day
3. Have healthy snacks
4. 6-8 glasses of water or juice a day
5. Limit caffeine consumption