Pump up your iron intake.
Between weeks 5 and 8, nutrition is the best friend of your baby's digestive, respiratory, circulatory, reproductive, and nervous systems. At 7 weeks, continue to make nutrition a priority.
Between weeks 5 and 8, nutrition is the best friend of your baby's digestive, respiratory, circulatory, reproductive, and nervous systems. At 7 weeks, continue to make nutrition a priority.
For example, iron intake from foods and prenatal vitamins is important.
Increased blood volume during pregnancy and the demands of a growing baby put pregnant women at higher risk of iron deficiency or possible anemia. The most readily available iron in foods is called heme iron, and it can be found in lean meat, including beef, dark-meat and poultry.
Leafy green vegetables, dried beans, and peas also contain iron. To enhance absorption, eat them with foods high in vitamin C such as tomatoes or oranges. Prenatal multivitamins also include extra iron.
