Eating Expectantly: A Practical and Tasty Guide to Prenatal Nutrition

Rated one of the "ten best parenting books of 1993" by Child Magazine, this originally self-published book is now totally revised and updated for the expectant mother.

This comprehensive guide reviews nearly every aspect of nutrition, from prepregnancy planning to the postnatal period. It combines information on proper nutrition with over 100 practical recipes and 200 complete menus, all of which have an important feature -- they taste good!

Here is a book that details dietary information for each trimester, with extra tips on shopping and cooking, including:

• How to cook and store foods so as to preserve the natural vitamins.
• How to make meal planning easier, with sensible ideas for such times when you "don't feet like cooking," you "don't feel like eating," and "company's coming," Other menus include "vegetarian meals on a budget" and "using leftovers with flair."
• What to do about eating during high-risk pregnancies (such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or bed rest).
• How to add variety and nutrition to snacks.
• How to lose weight after the baby is born.