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5 Real foods to emphasise during pregnancy

17/9/2015

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Early in my pregnancy, I experienced morning sickness, strong food aversions and intense cravings for junk food. But once the horror of the first trimester ended and my body got the hang of being pregnant, I desired and had the ability to eat the most nutritious foods possible. 

Just like most pregnant women, I intuitively felt that I should be eating certain foods to nourish my growing baby. I emphasise that I craved foods, not multivitamin tablets or iron supplements! 

Traditional cultures from around the globe each had unique foods that were especially valued for fertility, pregnancy and breastfeeding. But in our modern culture, we’ve lost the connection with these traditions and focus instead on individual nutrients. Here's the nutrition information I most commonly hear dished out to pregnant women:

"Make sure you get enough folate or your baby will develop neural tube disorders." 
"You must supplement with iron to avoid anaemia in pregnancy!" 
"Take a good omega-3 supplement to support baby's brain growth."

I have no qualms with taking a decent natal multivitamin before, during and after pregnancy, and some extra nutraceuticals when and if they are required. But focusing on one little vitamin or mineral rather than the whole food from which it is sourced ignores many other nutrients, a phenomenon known as nutritionism.

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Additionally, 
obtaining nutrients from food is far safer than getting them from supplements as this carries a lower risk of overdose and potential side effects. And there's no better time to practice kickarse nutrition than during pregnancy!

So in this article, I will focus primarily on food. The foods I discuss here and felt intuitively drawn to during my pregnancy have hundreds if not thousands of years of use in our diets. Modern science is just beginning to reveal why these foods serve such an important role in our health. I will point out which nutrients are abundant in these nutrient-dense foods and how they support foetal development and mum's health.

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my Third Trimester

12/9/2015

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Feeling happy and high at 32 weeks.
According to my phone's pregnancy app, at the time of writing this I'm 37 weeks pregnant. Which means I am officially out of the danger zone of giving birth to my baby prematurely and people freaking out because of it, woohoo!

For most of the third trimester, life has been peachy. The endorphins my body has been pumping out during pregnancy (and will continue to do once labour starts) are natural painkillers that relax me and reduce pain. For most of the last two months since my last pregnancy blog, I've been living in a comfortable cloud of pregnancy bliss. Yes, I feel like I've lost half my brain cells. And I couldn't care less. Recalling someone's name if I haven't seen them in over six months is impossible. 

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