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Eating properly

You don't have to worry about your baby too much yet, particularly if you're breastfeeding, but don't forget about your own nutritional needs. The extra demands on your body don't stop when your baby is born. It takes nine months to make a baby and your body will need just as long to recover. Taking a tailored multivitamin and mineral supplement such as Sanatogen ProNatal can help your body rebuild your stores of nutrients.

Best Food for Pregnancy

• Plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables - aim for five portions a day.
• Starchy foods such as bread, pasta, rice and potatoes to give you the extra energy you'll need.
• Plenty of fibre, found in wholegrain bread, pasta, rice, pulses and fruit and vegetables. After childbirth, bowel action can be disrupted and constipation is particularly painful, but fibre helps with both of these.
• Protein such as lean meat and chicken, fish (especially oily fish) eggs and pulses (beans and lentils).
• Dairy foods such as milk, cheese and yoghurt, which contain calcium and are a useful source of protein.