Our theme this quarter is prenatal & new mom nutrition and our fundraising beneficiary is the March of Dimes- we will all be walking in the March for Babies on 4/25 at Buffalo Park. Sign up to be on our team here.

Week #2

Do you double your portions because you’re now “eating for two”?

Not so fast. The recommended weight gain for the average pregnant woman is 25-35 pounds. It only takes approximately 300 extra calories a day to meet this recommended weight goal. Great, extra calories, you say? A snack equivalent to 300 calories is an 6-ounce container of yogurt and a 1/4-cup of raisins. So you can see while you are eating for two, you are not eating for two adults. You are eating for one adult and a fetus that starts off the size of a grain of rice!