Another thing that keeps women from eating properly while pregnant is that they have a misconception of what "healthy eating" is. It is not always eating ONLY fruits and veggies. Sometimes it is eating other things like butter, eggs, red meat, fish, seafood, poultry, breads, grains, nuts and milk. These items, while they do contain some things that have been labled bad by different groups, are essential in a pregnant woman's diet. God has clearly stated that he has made these for our consumption.

Romans 14:14 As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I am fully convinced that no food is unclean in itself.

Acts 11:9 The voice spoke from heaven a second time, Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.

I Timothy 4:4-5 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.

These verses show us from the Bible that God has made all food clean and we should eat what we need to give life to the growing child in our wombs. It is so hard in today's culture to be able to lay this down while pregnant and even afterward, while nursing. So many people are worried about the outward appearance, the flesh, but this is not the time to worry, but to pour out our life for the child that is growing inside of us.

Now, onto the diet.... (I think you thought I would NEVER get there! LOL)

As you probably can already tell, I eat a lot of different foods. So I will give you some basic examples on how I ate while pregnant the last two times.

With Isaac, I just made sure that I ate as much protein as I could possibly get into me during a day. I would eat two cheeseburgers, two chicken breasts, almost two of everything that I could get my hands on while pregnant. I also drank a lot of milk.

With Mackenzie, it was a little different. I had morning sickness. I was so nausious sometimes, that I couldn't even think about food, let alone eat it. Nothing took the nausia away, I mean nothing. So I ate when my stomache had settled. Most morning sickness will pass by the second trimester, then you can start increasing your protein and watching more carefully what you should eat. With Mackenzie, I lost all my appitite for starchy foods. I barely ate a veggie, salad was out and I couldn't even buy a bag of potatoes. I couldn't stomache any eggs, so I learned to sneak them into a milk shake that I made every morning for breakfast. It made breakfast fast and easy, which, when you are further along, is really nice. So my first advice is to ease your way into eating a lot of protein. You don't really have to start doing this right away. But as your appitite increases, increase your protein and not your carbohydrates.

Here is a list of what you should have in a day....