Hey, it's Wendy and it's Jess and you're listening to the Food Heaven Podcast, your online

resource for delicious and nutritious living.

Hey, hey, hey, you're listening to another episode of the Food Heaven Podcast Mini-Sode,

which is a mini episode where we answer questions from you guys.

So we have a question from one of our listeners, so we're going to take a listen and then I'll

jump right in with my best answer.

Hi, I have a question.

I am six months pregnant and I know that I'm only supposed to be eating an extra 300 calories

per day.

But it's very difficult because I'm always hungry.

So I want to know what your recommendation is for making sure to stay within those just

having an extra 300 calories per day, but also making sure to get all the nutrients that

you need and the baby needs to be healthy.

A lot of times a woman's doctor will refer her to me the dietitian because she might

be gaining a little bit more than the recommended amount of weight gain during pregnancy.

And doctors may want her to continue to be healthy and get all of her nutrition, but

slow the weight gain down just a little bit.

I'm sure you're probably wondering how do you even know how much weight that you should

gain during pregnancy or the recommended amount of weight gain.

And you determine that based on your pre-pregnancy weight and your pre-pregnancy BMI.

So if you were someone who was underweight before you got pregnant, they recommended total

weight gain.

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