Expect the Best, Your Guide to Healthy Eating Before, During, & After Pregnancy, is packed with the most up-to-date advice about how a healthy lifestyle from preconception to post-delivery helps you to have the healthiest, brightest child possible.
You’ll find dozens of useful, easy-to-follow tips for healthy eating and physical activity, including:
- Why potential moms (and future dads) should achieve a healthy weight before conceiving
- What else a dad-to-be should do before trying for a baby
- How good nutrition helps maximize fertility in women and men, and what to try if you can’t get pregnant
- Trimester-by-trimester advice about what to eat, how much weight to gain, and how much exercise to do during pregnancy
- How to manage pregnancy food cravings
- What to eat when you’re having more than one child at a time
- Why you may not need a prescription prenatal vitamin supplement
- Losing the pregnancy pounds—safely
- The best eating plan for nursing moms
- How to handle conditions including morning sickness, gestational diabetes, and high blood pressure with diet and exercise
Expect the Best also serves up 50 delicious, nutritious, and easy-to-prepare recipes you and your family will love, including Pumpkin Pancakes; Spaghetti with Shrimp, Spinach, and Tomatoes; Broccoli and Cheddar Quiche, Shepard’s Pie; Chocolate-Banana Blast; and Yogurt-Berry Parfait.
Foreward by Jennifer Shu, M.D.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Pregnancy: Starting from a Healthy Place
2 Great Expectations: How Eating the Right Food is Good for You and Your Baby
3 MyPyramid Plans: What to Eat Before, During, and After Pregnancy
4 Pregnancy: Expect the Best
5 The Fourth Trimester: After the Baby Arrives
6 Food Safety: Before, During, and After Pregnancy
7 Infertility, Other Common Concerns, and Special Situations
8 Quick and Delicious Recipes
Resources
References
Index