Eating Healthy During Pregnancy
Making smart food choices can help you have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. Here are some ideas to help you eat healthy during pregnancy.
Eating Healthy During Lactation
Making smart food choices can help you maintain your health during lactation and support breast milk production. Here are some ideas to help you eat healthy during the postpartum period.
The Benefits of Fiber in the Diet
Fiber is part of a healthy diet and can provide a range of health benefits, such as supporting a healthy gut and preventing or managing diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Food Sources of Dietary Fiber
Getting enough fiber is important for overall health, including heart and digestive health. Use the tables in the link that list foods and drinks with fiber that fit your culture and lifestyle. By making shifts toward a healthy eating routine, you can meet your food group and fiber needs.
Thinking About Breastfeeding? Start Here!
Droplet’s is an educational website with videos that help parents and providers learn how to comfortably and successfully breastfeed.
Information About Environmental and Medication Exposures During Pregnancy and Lactation
Mother To Baby is a trusted source of evidence-based information on medications and other exposures during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. Their fact sheets summarize available scientific information to determine whether or not women and their developing babies are at risk because of an exposure in their environment.
Get Answers About Breastfeeding and Parenting
Kellymom.com is a user-friendly website that provides evidence-based information on breastfeeding and parenting.
Looking for FREE Lactation Group Support and Education?
La Leche League USA helps parents, families, and communities to breastfeed, chestfeed, and human milk feed their babies through parent-to-parent support. LLL USA encourages, informs, educates, supports, and promotes the use of human milk and the intimate relationship and development that comes from nursing a child for as long as mutually desired.