Yes. Food again. I’m always thinking about food. Mainly because I consider prenatal nutrition so important. I have been greatly influenced by the excellent prenatal care of my nutrition-obsessed midwife for my first three children. Our midwife in our new town feels the same about the importance of nutrition. I’ve read (and written) a whole lot about pregnancy nutrition.
I have an excellent book in ebook format. It’s not available any longer but I am going to try and see if I can get permission to share the book with you. Until I find out if I can, the book is based on the work of the late Dr. Tom Brewer – who did tremendous work in the field of prenatal nutrition.
Another source of information on Dr. Brewer’s work is the Bradley Method of Childbirth. If you want to take childbirth classes rather than do a home study I recommend Bradley classes. But even if you don’t take them, their prenatal nutrition resources are excellent. You can read it here.
If you look at the top of the Bradley page you’ll see a link to download a spreadsheet. This will help you keep track of your prenatal nutrition and it’s based on research that has shown results. I downloaded it and I’ve been impressed with the spreadsheet. It takes the work out of keeping track of my prenatal nutrition. It calculates protein and keeps track of all my veggie servings and other things I need on a daily basis. It has made it easier for me to be sure I’m eating well.
I didn’t worry so much about my nutrition early on, I just tried to make sure I was getting three healthy meals a day and some protein servings. But now that I’m reaching the end of the first trimester I know that my baby is going to be building up quickly and I want to know that my diet is complete to support my baby. The Bradley spreadsheet is so helpful. I give my many thanks to whomever took the time to create it, and thanks to the Bradley Method for making it available to mothers-to-be free of charge.
It’s also easy to print, so if you doctor or midwife asks about your diet at each appointment you can just print out your sheets and take them in. I hope this resource is helpful to you!
