Published on October 30, 2009.
If you are pregnant, you have to remember that you are eating for two. So you really need to start paying careful attention to your food intake in order to ensure that your growing baby gets all of the nutrients that he or she needs. Knowing the foods to eat when pregnant is extremely important not only for your baby’s health, but for your health as well.
One mistake many pregnant women make when considering foods to eat when pregnant is overeating during pregnancy. It’s easy to get carried away with the whole eating for two concept, but please keep in mind that you really don’t need to eat much more than usual in order to properly nourish a tiny little baby that is growing in its mother’s womb. As a matter of fact, most women do not need any additional calories during the first six months of their pregnancy, and then for the remaining three months they only need around an extra 200 calories a day. Eating more calories than one needs will often lead to excessive weight gain, and this can lead to a whole host of health problems for both the mother and the baby. Therefore, watching your portion sizes and your overall calorific intake is a very important part of ensuring that you are following a healthy pregnancy diet.