Diet and nutrition anxiety
Hi guys! I’m 19weeks pregnant and have anxiety. Recently I’ve been anxious about not getting enough nutrition for both baby and me. I keep hearing online about how much energy you use during pregnancy and I think I’m worried I’m not getting enough iron/protein/calories in general.
I do have a very varied diet and eat a lot of unprocessed and home cooked meals so this kind of thing didn’t bother me pre pregnancy.
I’ve had to delete social media off my phone because I see so much “do this” or “don’t do this” but it’s becoming a bit overwhelming!
I just want to keep both myself and the baby healthy as he grows 🩵 Any advice for nutrition or any links to good sources for this kind of thing would be greatly appreciated xx
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I would start with NHS guidelines.
https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/keeping-well/have-a-healthy-diet/
Get a good multivitamin and don't read lots into stuff about this topic if you already have anxiety about this.
It sounds like you are already eating really well!
I did so much reading on vitamins and not really any the wiser. I think multi vitamin makes sense :) an iron deficit would of come up in blood tests and if you have a good diet it will be fine. You got this.
Fully understand the anxiety ♡
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