Women and Newborn Health Service
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Nutrition and Dietetics Resources
This booklet provides younger mums with useful information about healthy eating during pregnancy. It covers: important vitamins and minerals for pregnancy, foods to avoid, common problems in pregnancy, healthy meals, and the better take-away choices.
This booklet has information on nutrients and foods that keep you well, support the changes in your body and the growth of your baby in each trimester of pregnancy. It also shows a good balance for healthy eating, and has useful nutrition information for breastfeeding.
This booklet provides very useful information on healthy eating and maintaining healthy weight at menopause. It covers: a low calorie meal plan, serve sizes of different food groups, importance of calcium and prevention of osteoporosis, omega 3 food choices, healthy shopping guide. To help you be more active, walking groups in your area are listed.
This booklet helps women with Gestational Diabetes learn which foods are best for good blood glucose control. It should be used with information from a Dietitian or Diabetes Educator. It includes useful tips on portion sizes, glycaemic index (GI), meal and snack examples and label reading.
BLOOM Program (Better Lifestyle and Obstetric Outcomes for Mothers)
BLOOM stands for: Better Lifestyle and Obstetric Outcomes for Mothers.
It is a series of information and support to help overweight women have a successful, healthy pregnancy. Women carrying excess weight into pregnancy should aim to put on around 5kg or less during their pregnancy. This will safely allow your baby to grow normally, but restrict the extras stores that you put on.
BLOOM information can be accessed at any stage in pregnancy, but the earlier the better! Pack 1 can be looked at early in pregnancy, and then Pack 2 and 3 could give you some extra information through your 2nd and 3rd trimesters, and Pack 4 has some useful tips for preparing you for delivery and the postnatal period.
BLOOM Dietitians are available by phone at King Edward Memorial Hospital if you have any questions.
This first pack gets you started with some great information about the quantity and types of foods best for healthy weight gain in pregnancy. It also has some GREAT tips about the issues most women need to focus on.
This information pack will help you to read labels more effectively. It also has a great resource on the Glycaemic Index. Each pack also contains a diet history form, which is good for personal reflection, or to discuss with your Dietitian.
Pack 3 focuses on grocery shopping and menu planning. It encourages you to write lists, recipes and menu plans to be more effective with the food you buy and have at home. These skills are great for your budget and your weight!
This final pack helps you plan for the busy times ahead, and encourages you to set yourself goals. It also has information about exercising after birth, and about making healthy choices when eating out.
