Nutrition and Pregnancy

Pregnant and Lactating Women Special Circumstances
General Nutrition ResourcesBooks about Nutrition

Information for Pregnant and Lactating Women

• Keeping Childbearing Normal Through Nutrition, from Midwifery Today.
• Nutrition Tips for Pregnancy and Breast Feeding
• Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation
• Bibliographies: Nutrition During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding These bibliographies are reviewed by experts and professionals in the field and are divided into sections for consumers, educators and health professionals
• Nutrition During Pregnancy, from the Health Connection
• Eat Wisely For You and Your Baby, from the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department of Iowa State University
• Pregnancy and Looking Good: Nutrition
• Nutrition During Pregnancy
• Eating for Two: Nutrition During Pregnancy
• GUIDELINES FOR PRENATAL NUTRITION from ALL ISLAND OB-GYN [Adapted from N.A.A.C.O.G.'s Core Curriculum for Maternal Newborn Nursing, 1993]
• Sabrina Cuddy's Bradley Nutrition Guidelines, including info on
  • Bradley(r) Method Pregnancy Nutrition Guidelines
  • Daily Plan for getting what you and your baby need
  • Agrees with the California Dept. of Health Guidelines
  • Section on Iron and Raising Hematocrit
• Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy
• Books, articles and other resources on nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding
• Healthy Eating During Pregnancy, from the March of Dimes.
• Information for Women who are Pregnant, from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. This site includes links to information on:
  • Health Alert for Hispanic Women who are Pregnant
  • All About Eating for Two
  • Breast Feeding Best Bet for Babies
  • Dangers of Lead Still Linger
  • Mercury in Fish: Cause for Concern
  • Folic Acid
  • Vitamin A and Birth Defects
• Vitamins in Pregnancy

Eating Expectantly: A Practical and Tasty Approach to Prenatal Nutrition

Eating for Two The Complete Guide to Nutrition During Pregnancy

Nutrition and Pregnancy: A Complete Guide from Preconception to Postdelivery

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Special Circumstances

• Yahweh's Alive & Well -- Dedicated to a Healthy Body - Inside and Out! This site has organic bulk foods, natural personal care, woodens, baby furniture and other natural products.
• A collection of Vegetarian links
• The Vegan Diet During Pregnancy and Lactation
• Aspartame??? NO! NEIN! NON! NIX! NYET! This anti-aspartame site by Dave Rietz includes the excellent and professionally-done research report on the effects of storage temperatues on the taste and chemical composition of diet coke by 11-year-old Jennifer Cohen for her sixth grade science project: http://www.dorway.com/jcohen.html
• Nutrition and Adolescent Pregnancy
• Eating Disorders
  • ANOREXIA
  • Cath's links to Eating Disorder resources
  • Anorexia Nervosa
• Breastfeeding Multiples: Good Nutrition Means Healthy Twins

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General Nutrition Resources

• Arbor Nutrition Guide
• Resources on ironstatus disorders - both iron deficiency and iron overload.