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I had the best intentions to stay keto/low-carb during the first trimester, but my nausea was so crippling and the only thing that I could keep down was salt & vinegar chips. So I lived on those and sugar free vitamin water for basically 8 weeks. The remainder of my pregnancy was low-carb once my Hyperemesis Gravidarum subsided.

Check out the book Real Food for Pregnancy - There is a lot of science showing that you really only need about 50g of glucose while the baby is in utero. After that, you can eat as low-carb as your body feels comfortable eating. (And as low-carb as your doctors are okay with you being given your medical situation.)

The only things I can stomach right now are bread and cheese, potatoes, cheerios and fruit. And Ensure. My diet is typically 75% plant based (lots of veggies, whole grains, legumes) so its radically different from what i'm used to. FWIW the same thing happened to me in my first pregnancy and after about 16 weeks I was able to go back to my normal diet with no problems. If you or your husband wants to get scientific about it, I've heard good things about Real Food for Pregnancy, which is evidenced based nutrition for pregnant people. Even this author, who is a nutrition expert, says that the first trimester is all about survival!

A nutritionist suggested I read the book "Real Food for Pregnancy: The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition." It has good suggestions about how to eat to for optimal mom and baby health.

If you want to start, though, why not start now? Why wait a few weeks?

In the US, fully 42% of food-borne illness is from fresh fruits + vegetables (primarily leafy greens), but there are never warnings to avoid fresh produce in pregnancy.

I recommend grabbing a copy of Real Food for Pregnancy by Lily Nichols

I highly recommend this book. It actually says to eat as much fatty seafood as you want (high selenium in them cancels out the toxicity of mercury), and eating liver is extremely important to fetal development. Highly recommend!

I have never been low carb during pregnancy but this book has come highly recommended by my midwives. I’ve found it very practical and helpful. The author also has a book specifically for those with GD.

I just started reading It Starts with the Egg this past weekend and so far I'm really enjoying it. I really love knowing there are practical ways I can help my chances of a successful pregnancy and since I'm getting close to TTC I actually wish I had read this a little earlier on and started making changes a few months ago.

Another book I'd highly recommend is Real Food for Pregnancy. The author does seem to touch on similar themes as ISWTE, but goes in depth into nutritional science as well. I think those two books are going to be my guiding lights through preconception and pregnancy.

Also, great choice about TCoYF. I recommend that book for every woman, regardless of their plans on getting pregnant. It is just such a wealth of information on how our reproductive system works. I wish I had read it as a teenager, honestly!

I’ve been vegetarian most of my life and that also excluded eggs. Since becoming pregnant I incorporated eggs because of choline after reading about it in this book. What I’ve found really helps is to boil them. Eggs disgust me but I started buying pasture raised eggs and I boil two a day to put sliced on toast with butter and salt and pepper, it’s really really helped make eating them tolerable.

I don't want to talk too much and sound overbearing, but I found this book really helpful when trying to understand what I should be eating/not eating when pregnant: https://www.amazon.ca/Real-Food-Pregnancy-Prenatal-Nutrition/dp/0986295043

In my experience it's really hard to eat when you're pregnant sometimes as there can be so many aversions, so do what you can and be gentle with yourselves inshallah

I’m a couple weeks ahead of you, these two books so far have been helpful. So many myths out there and felt like we’re head of the curve by figuring out diet and then some falsity checks

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That this book existed. It's my Bible (although there's no way I could follow it during my first trimester). Real Food For Pregnancy

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