Tracking Your Nutrition
Awareness is the first step in preventing and solving challenges! Nutrition is so central to healthy pregnancy.
Here are some fun facts about nutrition that you may not know:
You need 100 grams of protein a day.
Your blood is expanding by 50% so you have to re-populate the new blood with new red blood cells. It takes iron and B vitamins to make red blood cells.
Electrolytes are essential for mineralization. Add 1 packet of electrolytes to your water daily.
Copper helps cells mature
Vitamin A stimulates cell differentiation for both red and white blood cells
B12 and Folate are required for early red cell development
D3 helps white blood cells mature
Magnesium helps white blood cells develop
All pregnant women are slightly insulin resistant so focus on more protein and fewer carbohydrates
If you haven’t been conscious of your nutrition, it’s helpful to start with recording what you eat for a week. Then you can see what needs to change.
Here’s an old school form you can fill out If you are a pen and paper tool. There are also plenty of apps where you can add your food and log your water so you know if you are hitting your targts.
If you are looking for great resources so you don’t have to do a DIY overhaul of your nutrition plan for pregnancy, we recommned:
