Pregnancy Nutrition

Iron is a mineral and an important component of a healthy, balanced diet in babies, children and adults. But, do we really understand how much iron we should be getting during pregnancy, and how much

Over the next few weeks and months as I start my second weaning journey with Ada, I wanted to share my experience and also use it as an opportunity to cover a variety of topics

Very often, the furthest we get in terms of ‘preparing’ for breastfeeding during pregnancy is attending an antenatal breastfeeding class and buying a bra or two. If you want to dig a little deeper, there

I often get questions about specific nutrients and where we can get them from in food for ourselves and for our little ones. So I wanted to put together a short blog to help break

Have you ever wondered exactly why you get free dental treatment during pregnancy? Well the fascinating process of growing a mini human can actually cause issues in your mouth! There are a range of oral

This blog is a bit of a different take to my usual posts. It’s much more of a personal journey, but I thought I would share it anyway. In case it resonates with anyone going

Written by Dr Brooke Vandermolen @theobgynmum,www.thebirthcollective.org Based on the evidence we have so far, pregnant women are still no more likely to contract coronavirus than the general population. What we do know is that pregnancy

The benefits of breastfeeding for mum and baby are well documented. But the purpose of this post is not to focus on those or to promote any particular type of feeding. Simply to give some

For this blog, I want to talk all about a topic that can be quite confusing – what are the recommendations for supplements during pregnancy. Most of the time, the overall guidelines for a healthy

Eating well during pregnancy Pregnancy is probably one of the most important times in your live to try to eat well. Your body is producing a whole other person and you’re growing and changing at

If you’re trying for a baby, typing the words ‘fertility foods’ into a search engine can immediately pull up a mammoth list of lotions, potions. As well as foods that are all supposed to help

As many of you will now know, I’m expecting baby number two in July. Exciting times!! I’ll be updating lots of my blogs on Pregnancy Nutrition very soon, and writing lots more content about this

Blog written by Penny Barnard, Paediatric Dietitian, PhD RD Cert Allergy MBDA. Weaning can be a daunting & anxious time for parents, especially when advice is changing and it is now recommended that common food

Trimester by Trimester! Trimester 3 Each month I’ve been writing about the pregnancy trimesters, with support and recipes from the wonderful Adam from @atdadstable. Adam shares some fab recipes to go along with my blog

Trimester by Trimester! Trimester 2 Pregnancy can be SUCH an exciting time for most new mums-to-be. It’s also a time when there are SO.MANY.QUESTIONS. Then throw changing hormones, unwanted pregnancy symptoms and the realisation that