subject: Best Pregnancy Diet [print this page] How to Develop a Diet for Pregnancy Early On
Even though during your first trimester you may not be looking pregnant, you certainly are feeling pregnant, so now is the perfect time to implement a healthy diet for pregnancy to carry throughout your term. Your commitment to getting the right foods at this juncture will set the stage for the rest of your baby's time in utero.
For most women, it isn't until the end of your fourth to sixth week that nausea, fatigue and some dizziness may set in. The hardest thing about developing a diet for pregnancy in the beginning stages is getting and keeping enough foods in your system.
A Simple Way to Enable Healthy Eating During Pregnancy
Buy some tea.
While you may not think tea has the power to decrease the time you spend hanging over the toilet, picking up a couple packs of peppermint or chamomile can really help. When you're feeling nauseous, it is normal for your appetite to wane, but your body still needs those precious calories.
So do your best to ease the discomfort by drinking fluids that have the ability to relax you. With all of the changes your body is undergoing to create a safe place for your new baby, sometimes taking a moment to sip a little peppermint tea will not only give you an herbal remedy to ease your overall achiness and help you to keep food down, it can also give you a much needed time-out.
If you prefer to make your tea at home, boil some whole pieces of ginger and sweeten with agave syrup, stevia or honey. Sip throughout the day or when your nausea acts up.
A Healthy Diet for Pregnancy that is Easy on the Stomach
In the first trimester, healthy foods during pregnancy may not sound good. So choosing food that is going to be mainly liquid will be easier for you to digest.
A large portion of moms-to-be have found that protein-heavy or calorie dense food is completely unappetizing during this time. So when nothing sounds good at all, make some simple soup that packs a lot of nutritional punch.
How to Make Pregnancy Soup
When you are at the grocery store next pick up a few of these essentials:
Organic chicken pieces
Fresh parsely
Black pepper
Celtic sea salt
Fresh garlic
Fresh ginger (optional)
Combine all of these ingredients together and boil. This serves up a savory, simple broth that will be easy to digest and act as an expert agent at soothing your tummy. If you can stand to throw a few carrots and celery bits into the broth, that can help to add a little more substance to the soup.
