Food at pregnancy

At the beginning of pregnancy, in 1 trimester, flavoring feelings and addictions can sharply change, there are "eccentricities" like love to fried potato, ice cream, pickles. Doctors consider that during this period it is possible to indulge the desires and to use what asks an organism because it signals the woman about shortage of certain substances.

So, came true – you future mother! Ahead excitingly new and extraordinary important period of pregnancy when in an organism of the woman there are changes. Very important during this period to eat properly that the kid received all necessary vitamins and microcells, and his mother felt perfectly.

The body weight of the woman will increase and that the increase in weight wasn't superfluous, it is necessary to adhere to certain rules of food. By no means it is impossible to limit itself in any food at own discretion, differently it can affect then on health of the child as will deprive of it necessary "bricks" in the course of construction of its organism. And at the same time doesn't follow "is for two" only because appetite sharply amplified.



You will be able to receive individual recommendations about a food allowance taking into account a condition of your organism at your gynecologist. And we suggest you to learn that surely has to enter a diet of future mother and that should be avoided.

For example, the desire of potato or pickles speaks about need for vitamin C, and passion to ice cream – about a lack of an organism of iron and calcium. Some products, even earlier favourite, suddenly make sick, for example, meat. It speaks about early toxicosis which will pass soon and everything will return to norm.

In 2 and 3 trimesters it is necessary to treat more strictly a diet and already to conform to certain rules. For example, it is necessary to exclude fried products, having replaced them boiled and stewed. Sharply to reduce salt and salty products because they promote accumulation in a water organism, hypostases and problems with kidneys. Too it is better not to abuse liquid, drinking no more than 1-1.2 l in day. Also it is necessary to exclude coffee completely.

Some rules of food for pregnant women

• Is it is necessary each 4 hours in the small portions. Don't eat right after awakening or for the night, after food 2 hours have to go at least.
• The breakfast and lunch have to be full, and here a dinner easy and not late.
• Moderation – here your basic rule at each meal. Because of a table it is necessary to rise not full, and with feeling that "would eat still a slice".
• During each meal to eat one dish (for example, only soup or only fish with a garnish from vegetables). It doesn't mean that food will become monotonous. On the contrary – food has to be various and include all types of products. But everything isn't useful to mix them together in one step food.
• Eat habitual products. If you are pregnant, it doesn't mean that it is necessary to pass to sushi or bananas with pineapples. Any change of a habitual diet – a stress for an organism. In your situation stresses are forbidden.
• Various and vitamin-rich food – guarantee of health of mother and child. Therefore try to adhere to the main norms of consumption of certain products:

Bread and bakery products: norm of 100-150 g per day. To pregnant women fresh hot bread is insalubrious, it is also best of all to avoid bakery products from white flour of the premium. It is much more useful to eat rye bread, dietary saltless bread, bread from flour of a rough grinding or with bran. From confectionery flour products are acceptable crackers, not butter biscuits and a biscuit.

Soups: 200 g daily. Vegetable soups on water or the diluted chicken broth, with a small amount of potatoes, grain and pasta are recommended. Soups refuel cream, low-fat sour cream, it is very good to add any fresh greens (fennel, parsley, cilantro, a basil, arugula, etc.).

Meat products: no more than 150 g a day. Low-fat beef, veal, a rabbit, chicken meat, a turkey (without thin skin) in a steam or boiled look are resolved. Boiled meat can be baked or done jellied dishes.

Fish: no more than 150 g per day. Only low-fat grades and only in a boiled and steam look.

Whole milk and fermented milk products: all products have to have the lowered fat content. Whole milk – 200 g per day. Milk can be added to tea, porridge, to cook milk soups. Cottage cheese – 100-200 g per day, kefir, curdled milk, low-fat and unsweetened natural yogurts – 100-200 g per day.

Eggs: 1-2 pieces a week, boiled soft-boiled or in the form of steam omelets.

Fats: butter (including melted) – 20 g per day, vegetable oils (for frying and as addition in dishes) – 15 g per day.


Grain and pasta: to use grain, vermicelli and other pasta only as an additive in soups. It is possible to use occasionally as a garnish (this day to refuse bread).

Vegetables: all types of vegetables with an obligatory additive of any fresh greens. If vegetables can be used in the raw, it is better to do quite so. The grated salads from cabbage of a kohlrabi, a girasol, apple, carrots in any combination to a drop of olive oil are recommended. All bean, the garden radish, beet, boiled carrots are admissible in limited quantity. Any stewed vegetables in the form of ragout are very useful.


Sauces: dairy and fruit, low-fat and not spicy sauces, without flour, with addition of a small amount of creamy or vegetable oil are resolved.

Spices: very limited amount of salt and pepper, is possible bay leaf, cinnamon, a carnation. Mayonnaise, ketchup, adjika, spices are strictly forbidden.

Fruit and berries: any, fresh and compotes from them (without sugar).
Sweets: in case of excessively fast set of weight of sweet it is necessary to exclude.

Drinks: rather weak black and green tea, milk, juice and compotes from fruit, berries and vegetables without sugar diluted with boiled water, broths of a dogrose, a camomile.

Products harmful to pregnant women

• Any "fast food".
• In total without exception carbonated drinks, especially Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola, juice in cardboard packages.
• Confectionery from fancy and puff pastry, with cream and without, cakes, pies, chocolate, candies.
• Condensed milk, milkshakes.
• Firm cheese, whole milk and fermented milk products with the increased fat content, sweet yogurts, the glazed cake cheeses, syrkovy masses, cottage cheese casseroles, cheese cakes, cheesecakes.
• Pork, mutton, duck, goose and any fat meat, fat, giblets (liver, kidneys), brains, smoked products, any sausages.
• Fat fish, herring, salty and smoked fish, caviar.
• Any canned and fish meat, especially in tomato sauce.
• Whole meat, fish, mushroom broths and sauces.
• Any the fried and prepared in hot fan dishes.
• Hard boiled eggs and fried.
• All mushrooms in any kind.
• Sweet fruit and berries in large numbers: grapes, melon, pears, bananas.
• Potatoes in any kind.
• Strong tea, coffee, cocoa.
• Chips, snek, croutons with flavoring seasonings.

It is desirable to exclude these products from a diet completely (though some products, like potatoes, it is possible in the first trimester when "flavoring whims" begin)! Also once again we remind that to you only the doctor will help to make a final version of the menu.