Surviving the First Trimester of Pregnancy: Tips for Nourishment and Support
The first trimester of pregnancy can feel overwhelming — between nausea, exhaustion, food aversions, and constant body changes, you may not feel like yourself. Eating well during early pregnancy is tough enough, but if you have a history of disordered eating, the stress of food choices and body changes can bring up old struggles. This blog shares gentle first trimester nutrition tips — from eating smaller meals more often to finding foods you can tolerate and honoring your hunger cues — so you can feel supported during this challenging season.
5 Ways to Cope with Body Image During Pregnancy
So many women struggle so profoundly during pregnancy watching their bodies transform rapidly in front of their eyes. If you had any struggle with your body image pre-pregnancy, chances are high that you also will during pregnancy…here were a few things I found very helpful to bolster my body image during pregnancy.
6 Tools to Navigate Pregnancy in Recovery
Congratulations - you’re expecting a little one! While being pregnant is an incredible process, it can be a challenging experience if you are recovering from an eating disorder/disordered eating. Between your changing body, food cravings and restrictions, and unsolicited comments from strangers, pregnancy can bring negative feelings to the surface, even if you’ve been working hard towards recovery. Below, we’ve put together a few tools that can help.
Navigating Food Restrictions During Pregnancy (in ED Recovery)
If you’re pregnant and have a history of eating disorders or disordered eating, it can be challenging to face the long list of “foods to avoid during pregnancy” without it triggering feelings of restriction. Foods like soft cheeses, deli meats, raw fish, caffeine, and runny eggs are all on the “do not eat” list. Of course, moms-to-be want to make sure that they and their baby stay healthy. But what does the scientific evidence actually say?