Pre- & Postnatal Nutrition

How Can A Prenatal or Pregnancy Nutritionist and Dietitian Help?

A pregnancy nutritionist and dietitian can help expectant mothers with their prenatal fertility nutrition needs in numerous ways. These include:

• Provide general healthy eating advice.
• Nutritional support of a registered dietitian while preparing for pregnancy.
• Nutritional counselling for fertility.
• Guidance around foods to prioritize during pregnancy, as well as those to limit and/or avoid.
• Ensuring adequate macronutrient and micronutrient intake to promote a healthy pregnancy (i.e. healthy weight gain in mother, fetal development, etc.).
• Prepare a wholesome, balanced prenatal eating plan.
• Dietary management of PCOS prior to conception (weight management, insulin resistance, et al.).
• Lay out guidelines specifically for healthy weight management (weight loss dietitians and nutritionists)
• Gestational diabetes management with a dietitian.
• Digestive health during pregnancy: managing various gastrointestinal conditions (i.e. Irritable Bowel Syndrome management) during pregnancy, while ensuring adequate intake.
• Work with a dietitian and nutritionist for vegetarian diets or a dietitian for vegan diet planning, during pregnancy.
• Promote adequate intake and/or weight gain in mothers who have decreased appetite as a result of symptoms such as nausea, vomiting (i.e. morning sickness).
• Work with a dietitian for anti-inflammation diet.
• Reveal healthier food substitutions for your favourite ‘challenging’ foods.
• Help address other women’s health & nutrition concerns.
• Manage other co-existing health and dietary conditions.
• And more.

Related: See our dietitian and nutritionist for pregnancy, Lyndsay Hall, and her written contributions on topics such as what to eat and drink during pregnancy, supplements during pregnancy, and much more. Take a look.

How Can A Postnatal (Postpartum) Nutritionist and Dietitian Help?

A postnatal or postpartum nutritionist and dietitian can:

• Replenishment of nutrient stores postpartum.
• Weight management (i.e. weight loss) while maintaining breast milk supply.
• Nutritional support while breastfeeding.
• Lactation: ensuring adequate intake to promote breast milk supply.
• Support for mothers following dairy-free diet (for babies with CMPA).
• Work with a registered dietitian and nutritionist for depression.
• Guidance as you adopt a postpartum diet plan
• And more.
  

Related Services

In-Person Appointments

Our prenatal and postnatal nutritionist and dietitian service clients in-person from the following locations: Dietitians & nutritionists in Toronto, Dietitians & nutritionists in Mississauga, and other JM Nutrition office locations.

Also Available For Virtual Counselling

In addition to servicing clients in-person our dietitians and nutritionists who specialize in prenatal and postnatal nutrition also conduct sessions virtually with clients from across Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, B.C. and beyond.

Learn more about working with online dietitians and nutritionists.

How much does it cost to work with a prenatal and postnatal nutritionist and dietitian?

Useful Prenatal and Postnatal Nutrition Resources

In addition to working with a pregnancy nutritionist and dietitian, or a postnatal one, we encourage you to take a look at these valuable resources.

Prenatal Nutrition Guidelines: Government of Canada

Information On Healthy Eating, Vitamins and Minerals, Physical Activity, Mental and Oral Health During Pregnancy

Nutrition During Pregnancy

Prenatal Education

Prenatal Nutrition: Healthy Eating, Key Nutrients, Healthy Weight Gain, Special Concerns and More

15 Healthy Recipes For Pregnancy

A Week of Delicious Pregnancy Meals and Snacks

Your Complete Guide To Postpartum Nutrition

Postpartum Diet Plan: Tips For Healthy Eating After Giving Birth