The Brewer pregnancy diet - anyone followed it?

[luna moth]

It might be a good start as a guideline. I looked at it, and it doesn't seem like that much to me - but as a vegan, I don't eat the meat, so would be looking at serves of beans or pulses. I defintiely have at least one a day, and often two.
Anyway, that's ramble.

Also, Heaven's right - liver is definitely not recommended in pregnancy these days - even if you like it. Maybe the plan is a little outdated?

Have you thought about reading What to Eat When You're Expecting? It's a bit long, but pretty good. Tash, I have a (slightly old but still good) copy that I can ship down to you if you like. Otherwise, consider going to your library (oh to be near a quality Melbourne library!) and borrow one of Rosemary Stanton's cookbooks - lots of them have great info in them, and mine has a section on pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Good luck!

[LionsandBears]

Audax - the plan was developed in the 50's, so probably has some outdated bits, but only the liver that I can see

I think I actually have that book - thanks for the offer. Unfortunately, I have to say I struggle with those "when you're expecting books", so it's on the bookshelf. A great book I have is Feeding the Bump, which has receipes for each trimester.

We've developed a basic meal plan and it seems to be working, except I still can't eat much at night. Last night all I could eat was a bowl of steamed vegies with some cheese on top. I just end up really bloated at the end of the day and if I eat too much, am too uncomfortable to sleep. Right now, I'm struggling to finish my yoghurt before I finish work and go home.

kungfubecca - there's still room for treats. I had a scoop of ice cream last night. Happily, I put it down as a tick for more dairy btw, 1 scoop is all I could eat - not like the normal portion of ice cream I'd be scoffing down pre-pregnancy.

It's a weird one. I don't think I'm starving bub, but my portions are so much smaller than pre-pregnancy out of necessity (it's all I can fit in). I think it's actually a good habit to learn for the future - hope I can keep it up later.