10+ Foods You SHOULD Be Eating When Pregnant (With Recipes Inside!)

There’s a lot of pressure on mums when they’re pregnant, and food can easily become a source of worry.

With so many lists out there about what you�shouldn’t�be eating, we thought we’d provide a list to help you decide what good stuff you should add more of in your pregnancy diet.

Of course you don’t need to eat them all, so feel free to pick and choose what appeals to you. These foods are just here to give you a nutritious boost, and be of benefit to both you and your growing little one.

So without any more delay, let us serve them up! Here are�10 foods you should be eating when pregnant.

1. Beans

There are so many bean varieties out there, we challenge you to get bored eating them during your pregnancy! From black beans to pinto beans, and every bean in between, these little things contain the most fibre and protein of any vegetable that we eat. Mums need to get a lot of protein during pregnancy, but fibre is also super important because pregnancy makes your gastrointestinal tract slow. This can lead to both haemorrhoids and constipation, but fibre helps to prevent, and relieve, these issues.

Spanish Beans with Tomatoes

Sweet Potatoes Stuffed with Chipotle Black Bean & Corn Salad

Tex-Mex Chicken Chopped Salad

Clare Whitfield Chief Editor

Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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