Bub’s health depends on your pre-pregnancy diet.

Did you know that your diet BEFORE you start trying to conceive could have an effect on your bub? An important read.

Read the full blog post: Bub’s health depends on your pre-pregnancy diet.

*

I really dont think what u eat has much to do with the size your baby will be. I do belive that u should eat healthy lots of meat veg and fruit but the baby only takes what it need in the end.I went for walks evey day and all ways ate my meat vegie's and fruit but I still had a 11 lb 5 oz baby it's to do with the make up of the baby some are just bigger then others

lol... and i ate everything and anything with #1 as was totally enjoying relaxing the diet and she was 6lb 10, so def each mother and baby is diff!!! with #2 i ate normal but with treats occasionally and he was 6lb 6!!!! go figure smile

Plus, remember where the babies head has to pass through. Why eat junk and risk having an obese baby with a huge head?" Double or triple ouch.

Obesity means having too much body fat - it has nothing to do with bone stucture and will not increase the baby's head size. There are skinny mothers who give birth to 10lb babies and there are obese mothers who have 5lb babies.
Yes it's important to have a healthy diet, but if someone is suffering from morning sickness and all they can keep down is junk food - it's better than nothing.

*

I was trying to draw a link between an unhealthy diet and gestational diabetes which does lead to bigger babies.

Not every woman who eats junk food gets gestational diabetes and even fit women can get gestational diabetes - look at Cathy Freeman for example. There are other predisposing factors - such as age, family history and ethnic background. And I think very few women use their pregnancy as an excuse to pig-out. Yes eating healthy is important but not everyone is gonna swim a kilometre twice a week and go for walks right up until the birth of their child - and that's ok. I think there's enough pressure on mothers already - especially with celebrities such as Miranda Kerr, Heidy Klum, Victoria Bekham or more recently Rebecca Judd returning to size 6 within weeks of giving birth. They are unrealistic expectations.
If you wanna run a marathon and count calories go for it but don't judge other people.

I just wanted to say GD isn't caused by pigging out when you are preg. its hormonal.
If you are over weight you are higher risk, but that is generally a factor that is present before the pregnancy.

I have GD but have none of the 'risk factors' at all. I'm young, have good bmi, no cultural risk or family history. Sometimes these things just happen.
Don't just assume that when people have these problems its because they don't take care of themselves.

A few years ago I found out I had polycystic ovaries. For me this meant that I had heavy, irregular periods (5-10 weeks apart), acne, cramps, mood swings and depression. I was unhealthy too. I skipped breakfast, lived on chocolate, did little exercise, couldn't get to sleep and in turn found it hard to get up in the morning.
I don't know what motivated me but I started to make gradual changes. I started eating more fruits and vegetables and found that I didn't need as much chocolate or sugary things. Because of this I started sleeping better and found that I had more energy to exercise.I just felt well, physically and mentally. My depression and mood swings eased. My period was still heavy but the cramps didn't feel as bad. My skin improved, it wasn't perfect but better.
I truly believe that improvements to my overall health helped lessen the PCO symptoms and in turn helped us
to conceive our baby.
I think about how I felt back then and how I feel now and I wouldn't go back. I am passionate about health
food and keeping fit. For me it's not about focussing on being thin, you can be thin and unhealthy. I think
if you get your body in good shape before trying to conceive then that is one thing in your favour, despite
any other conditions you might have.
I am sorry if my previous comments offended anyone. I think everyone of you is correct. I am going to only
post positive comments in the future.

What a silly study, of course eating poor is likely to have poor affects on the bub, what a waste of time and money. Regardless of this, its just another reminder that we should be eating right anyway, for ourselves too, as well as our bubbas. I do feel sorry though for the mother's who didn't have the perfect diets pre-conception and may end up feeling guilty if their kids are over weight etc. We need to be careful too about what information we read and whether or not its valid information. While it makes sense, study's on large populations of humans rather than mice would be more convincing, even if we are similar, mice aren't humans lol!

Thanks Sarah, for bring this interesting find to our attention, this is actually the first blog of yours I've read so I look forward to reading more smile

Uummm! I have only read studies that state that pre-pregnancy diet can affect quality of the egg , and some bits about bub's health but I think mother nature is weird because a baby ( fetus ) will take nutrients it needs to survive. It is good that women are encouraged to eat health and all but I'm thinking from the aspect where by mom never had time to prepare for a pregnancy let alone have a wide range of food to her diet ( she is not from Australia by the way) but of the kids in my family have no particular illness that may have caused us to be unhealthy and mentally we all performed above average in school.This just my perspective, I think inconclusive studies put fear into people and then it triggers trends like dieting whilst pregnant!