Pregnancy Diet: 5 Tips For Proper Prenatal Nutrition

Looking to support a healthy pregnancy? On this week's episode of The Sitch, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and new mom, Whitney English is dishing up the details on prenatal nutrition!

What you eat during pregnancy has a profound effect on your baby's development and future success in life. Healthy babies start with proper prenatal nutrition!

What foods should you eat during pregnancy? Are certain diets unsafe during pregnancy? Which vitamins and minerals are important for pregnancy? We cover all of these questions and more!

These tips are geared toward all women, but especially helpful for those following a predominantly plant-based diet or women with a vegan pregnancy.

As always, the references for this video can be found on my website:

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[Lilbro-nz]

I'm in my first trimester, I'm always hungry but at the same time have 0 appetite. I'm having a hard time with my food intake because the thought of food makes me sick.

[AlisaFleming]

It can be scary being responsible for a growing little human! Love that these tips really simplify it.

[lorieyarro]

Love these no nonsense tips. There’s so much around out there that seems overwhelming but all this sounds so simple!!!

[BumpandBeyond]

Each tip is super well explained and I love that the introduction backs up the need to eat healthily with research. Thank you.

[PsychicReadingUsaFacebookGroup]

Good luck! I’ve had so many issues over my pregnancies with getting diagnosed. It’s so stressful that so many doctors don’t take it as seriously!

[MomTheChaosCoordinator]

Loved all these tips! Will be very helpful carrying out my twin pregnancy! :)

[Mystika_Legends]

Okay Im 16 weeks now and I'm just having so much trouble with what to eat and not even feeling as hungry as I should. Its confusing cuz I know my body is hungry but I always feel sick. I struggle every day not knowing what to eat. I go into the kitchen nothing looks good or healthy to me or makes me feel sick. Im sensitive to smells. Is it bad I just want someone to be the one to cook food for me. To help motivate what to eat. I just feel horrible and like im becoming malnutritioned. Should I just go live with my mom.

[smilingismyfavorit]

Love these key tips you summarized! Most women know to take a prenatal, don't smoke, don't drink, and avoid raw sushi and that's about as far as their prenatal counseling goes. This is a great summary of prenatal nutritional requirements that women don't get from their OB's, I hope this video reaches a lot of pregnant women!!!

[Dark_Abyss]

You know I am just now finding out proper nutrition for my baby, and I have 3 months left. I feel so horrible my doctor hasn’t been helping me with how I eat. I have been gaining too much weight but she just tells me to lower my calorie intake so I do. And I eat when I’m hungry and stop when I’m full. I feel like such a horrible mom. I feel like my dr could have helped me more and today I had to leave work because I am so light headed and feel like I’m going to pass out and she just told me to drink more water but I drink more than enough water. Anyone else struggle with this because I just feel horrible.

[Herefortheballoons]

I’m so worried right now… I’m in the first trimester and entering the second… I throw up a lot I never feel like eating and I struggle finding anything I can stomach. I really want to feed the fetus well for a healthy baby :(

[mrs.k]

Than you so much, I've been looking for a good prenatal. Can't wait to try these.

[PsychicReadingUsaFacebookGroup]

Talking to a Japanese friend, sushi is completely fine as long as you eat fish thats low in mercury, salmon (shashimi) has little to no mercury so its okee dokee. In Japan, pregnant women eat sushi on a daily basis and there has never been any pregnancy complications connected to sushi. Its just "taboo" in America and Canada.

[katherineskrzypek]

This is such a great resource! Thank you for sharing!

[hexed]

I’m in my first trimester and I can barely eat at all :( I’m so worried about my baby she makes me so nauseous that I can’t even look at food. My mom forces me to eat and it sucks because I cry because I can’t stand the smell or the taste of food.

[GliderSlayer]

I’m so confused about if I should take a pre natal vitamin with healthy food or just eat a lot of healthy food.

[HealthyMomHappyFamily]

Such great tips! Nutrition during pregnancy is so critical to both mom & baby and can feel so overwhelming. Love these tips and cant wait to share

[ChefSaraHaas]

Such a great video. Loaded with great tips that are practical!

[claudiagal]

I'm 15 weeks pregnant and no one believes me cause I'm so small. I have no appetite because I've always done intermittent fasting and get full really fast. My husband wants me to eat more but he is also into bodybuilding and can't eat alot because of fasting. We are trying to add more meals but it's been really hard to force my self to eat throughout the day. It's stressful I hope I can get my intake up.

[sweettyms]

Hi dear,

After 3 months I'm planning to get pregnant. I heard folate is good than folic acid. But we both don't have any idea to choose the best prenatal vitamins. Could you please suggest the best one for us?

[cocar]

Wow who knew about extra protein being a negative for the baby 😮