What's Best

There are a lot of foods out there that's good for you and your baby. Here are a few:

• Orange Juice: This juice is high in folic acid, vitamin C, and potassium, which has been shown to help lower high blood pressure, a real danger during pregnancy.
• Yogurt: An excellent source of protein. It has more calcium than milk and also contains active cultures that reduce the risk of yeast infections, which are more common while you're expecting.
• Broccoli: A good source of calcium, vitamin C, folate, and vitamin B6.
• Figs: They have more fiber than any typical fruit or vegetable, more potassium than bananas, and plenty of calcium and iron whether they are fresh or dried.
  
• Lentils: Like beans, lentils are a good source of folate and are rich in iron and protein. They're also full of fiber, which can help prevent constipation and help hemorrhoids.

Eggs-cellent Choice

Eating eggs during your pregnancy is very good for you and your baby. They are high in protein, and eating them has excellent health benefits. Its been said that eating eggs may build your memory, protect you from certain eye diseases, and reduce your chances of breast cancer and heart disease. Eggs are a great source of choline, a nutrient that helps in developing fetal brains during pregnancy and that may protect against memory loss later in life. Egg yolks contain antioxidants such as lutein and zeaxanthin, which may help avoid free radicals from breaking down cells and tissue in the eyes and causing cataracts and degeneration, a condition that can lead to blindness. The lutein in eggs doesn't just benefit your eyes, it can keep your arteries healthy too. People with high levels of lutein in their blood experienced less thickening of their arteries than those who had lower levels.

Calcium For Your Baby

Here are a few tips that you can use to get as much calcium into your diet as possible:

• Cook rice, hot cereals, and other grains in nonfat milk.
• Substitute nonfat yogurt for sour cream or butter.
• Drink at least one glass of milk with every snack or meal.
• Eat string cheese or fill a bag with low-fat cheese cubes for a snack on the go.
• Try a glass of chocolate milk instead of candy when you want something sweet.

Your need for calcium in your third trimester will elevate do to the baby's skeletal system rapidly growing.

Surprising Fact

All my life, I have always heard that eating hot foods is not good for the baby. The worst that I heard was that it could cause the baby to be blind. But I'm here to tell you that you can eat spicy foods if you can handle it. In fact, it's actual good for you. There are vitamins in peppers that are really needed for you. The only side effect is heartburn. But if you can handle it, go for it.

Nutrition

There are a lot of things about nutrition that you should know while you are pregnant. There are certain things that you have to eat and it is very wise to take your prenatal vitamins daily.