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June 12, 2023

Pregnancy diet month by month

By:
iMumz Expert Panel
If you are pregnant, it is important to follow a healthy diet as your body will also be growing and developing. Diet is vital to maintaining a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy. The following articles provide you with an introduction to pregnancy diet month by month and information on how it works.
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August 2, 2023

Month 1

Please start eating healthy when trying to conceive, and start a folic acid supplement. Women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant should get at least 400 micrograms (0.4 milligrams) of folic acid daily before conception and for at least 3 months afterward.

Month 2: Weeks 5-8

  1. On waking up: A glass of warm water with lemon juice + 2 soaked walnuts and 4 soaked almonds
  2. Breakfast: Oats veggie chilla with coriander chutney and 1 cup of warm milk
  3. Mid-morning: 1 citrus fruit (like orange, mosambi, kiwi, etc)
  4. Lunch: Carrot + beetroot salad with whole wheat roti + spinach sabzi + curd
  5. Early evening: Fistful of roasted makhana (fox nuts)
  6. Dinner: Palak moong dal khichdi with tomato chutney

Month 3: Weeks 9-12

  1. On waking up: 2 dried figs + 4 soaked almonds + 1 cup of cumin seed water
  2. Breakfast: Ragi dosa with coconut/ peanut chutney + 1 cup of milk
  3. Mid-morning: 1 tender coconut water
  4. Lunch: Mixed vegetable pulao with onion tomato raita + steamed sprouts
  5. Early evening: 1 seasonal fruit
  6. Dinner: Phulka with seasonal sabzi and vegetable stir fry with 4-5 cubes of paneer

Month 4: Weeks 13-16

  1. On waking up: 4 soaked almonds + 4-5 soaked black raisins + 1 cup fennel seed water
  2. Breakfast : Sprouted moong dal chilla with coriander mint chutney + 1 cup milk
  3. Mid-morning : Cut fruit salad [Apple/ pear/ Pomegranate/ orange/ watermelon/ muskmelon] + Coconut water
  4. Lunch: Cucumber and Carrot salad + ****Brown rice with lauki chana dal with a subzi and Buttermilk with chia seed or sabja seed.
  5. Early evening: Sprouted green moong salad with lemon squeezed in it
  6. Dinner: Dal khichdi with sauteed mixed vegetables

Month 5: Weeks 17-20

  1. On waking up: 4-5 black raisins + 2 dried figs with a glass of warm water
  2. Breakfast: Paneer paratha with curd
  3. Mid-morning: A glass of buttermilk with pinch of cumin powder
  4. Lunch: Rice with sambar (add mixed vegetables) + kala chana salad
  5. Early evening: Mixed vegetable soup with 1 medium fruit
  6. Dinner: Beetroot roti with any seasonal green leafy vegetable dry sabzi + stir-fried tofu with mixed vegetables

Month 6: Weeks 21-24

  1. On waking up: Herbal ginger tea + 2 dried apricots + 2 soaked walnuts
  2. Breakfast: Stuffed methi paratha with plain curd
  3. Mid-morning: Boiled Corn and pomegranate chaat + lemonade
  4. Lunch: Mixed dal + beans and carrot dry sabzi + jowar roti + buttermilk
  5. Early evening: Chickpeas and green peas tikki with mint coriander chutney
  6. Dinner: Millet pasta made in pink sauce with mixed vegetables (sauce with button mushrooms, broccoli, carrot, beetroot puree)

Month 7: Weeks 25-28

  1. On waking up: 4-5 soaked almonds + 2 dates + a glass of warm water with 1 tsp chia seeds
  2. Breakfast: Mix vegetable idli with coconut/peanut chutney +  milk
  3. Mid-morning: Lentil soup
  4. Lunch: Kidney beans curry with rice + mixed vegetable salad + curd
  5. Early evening: Ragi khakhra with 1 seasonal fruit
  6. Dinner: Multigrain roti with green leafy vegetable sabzi

Month 8: 29-32

  1. On waking up: 2-3 pitted prunes + 2 soaked walnuts + 1 cup fennel seed water
  2. Breakfast: Oats upma with green peas and peanuts + 1 cup of milk
  3. Mid-morning: 1 seasonal fruit
  4. Lunch: Brown rice + vegetable curry, blanched broccoli and steamed sprouts salad + curd
  5. Early evening: Peanut and puffed amaranth chikki - 2 pc
  6. Dinner: Vegetable dalia with coriander chutney

Month 9: 33-Birth

  1. On waking up: 2-3 dates + 2-3 soaked walnuts + 1 cup boiled & strained ajwain water
  2. Breakfast: Methi Paratha + Fresh Turmeric Pickle + Curd
  3. Mid-morning: Boiled sweet corn chaat + 1 cup milk + 2 strands of saffron
  4. Lunch: Bajra rotis + Raw banana and black bean curry/ gassi + blanched broccoli salad
  5. Early evening: 2 tsp roasted pumpkin seeds
  6. Dinner: Vegetable kutki dalia + banana flower chutney

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In the Article

Month 1

Please start eating healthy when trying to conceive, and start a folic acid supplement. Women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant should get at least 400 micrograms (0.4 milligrams) of folic acid daily before conception and for at least 3 months afterward.

Month 2: Weeks 5-8

  1. On waking up: A glass of warm water with lemon juice + 2 soaked walnuts and 4 soaked almonds
  2. Breakfast: Oats veggie chilla with coriander chutney and 1 cup of warm milk
  3. Mid-morning: 1 citrus fruit (like orange, mosambi, kiwi, etc)
  4. Lunch: Carrot + beetroot salad with whole wheat roti + spinach sabzi + curd
  5. Early evening: Fistful of roasted makhana (fox nuts)
  6. Dinner: Palak moong dal khichdi with tomato chutney

Month 3: Weeks 9-12

  1. On waking up: 2 dried figs + 4 soaked almonds + 1 cup of cumin seed water
  2. Breakfast: Ragi dosa with coconut/ peanut chutney + 1 cup of milk
  3. Mid-morning: 1 tender coconut water
  4. Lunch: Mixed vegetable pulao with onion tomato raita + steamed sprouts
  5. Early evening: 1 seasonal fruit
  6. Dinner: Phulka with seasonal sabzi and vegetable stir fry with 4-5 cubes of paneer

Month 4: Weeks 13-16

  1. On waking up: 4 soaked almonds + 4-5 soaked black raisins + 1 cup fennel seed water
  2. Breakfast : Sprouted moong dal chilla with coriander mint chutney + 1 cup milk
  3. Mid-morning : Cut fruit salad [Apple/ pear/ Pomegranate/ orange/ watermelon/ muskmelon] + Coconut water
  4. Lunch: Cucumber and Carrot salad + ****Brown rice with lauki chana dal with a subzi and Buttermilk with chia seed or sabja seed.
  5. Early evening: Sprouted green moong salad with lemon squeezed in it
  6. Dinner: Dal khichdi with sauteed mixed vegetables

Month 5: Weeks 17-20

  1. On waking up: 4-5 black raisins + 2 dried figs with a glass of warm water
  2. Breakfast: Paneer paratha with curd
  3. Mid-morning: A glass of buttermilk with pinch of cumin powder
  4. Lunch: Rice with sambar (add mixed vegetables) + kala chana salad
  5. Early evening: Mixed vegetable soup with 1 medium fruit
  6. Dinner: Beetroot roti with any seasonal green leafy vegetable dry sabzi + stir-fried tofu with mixed vegetables

Month 6: Weeks 21-24

  1. On waking up: Herbal ginger tea + 2 dried apricots + 2 soaked walnuts
  2. Breakfast: Stuffed methi paratha with plain curd
  3. Mid-morning: Boiled Corn and pomegranate chaat + lemonade
  4. Lunch: Mixed dal + beans and carrot dry sabzi + jowar roti + buttermilk
  5. Early evening: Chickpeas and green peas tikki with mint coriander chutney
  6. Dinner: Millet pasta made in pink sauce with mixed vegetables (sauce with button mushrooms, broccoli, carrot, beetroot puree)

Month 7: Weeks 25-28

  1. On waking up: 4-5 soaked almonds + 2 dates + a glass of warm water with 1 tsp chia seeds
  2. Breakfast: Mix vegetable idli with coconut/peanut chutney +  milk
  3. Mid-morning: Lentil soup
  4. Lunch: Kidney beans curry with rice + mixed vegetable salad + curd
  5. Early evening: Ragi khakhra with 1 seasonal fruit
  6. Dinner: Multigrain roti with green leafy vegetable sabzi

Month 8: 29-32

  1. On waking up: 2-3 pitted prunes + 2 soaked walnuts + 1 cup fennel seed water
  2. Breakfast: Oats upma with green peas and peanuts + 1 cup of milk
  3. Mid-morning: 1 seasonal fruit
  4. Lunch: Brown rice + vegetable curry, blanched broccoli and steamed sprouts salad + curd
  5. Early evening: Peanut and puffed amaranth chikki - 2 pc
  6. Dinner: Vegetable dalia with coriander chutney

Month 9: 33-Birth

  1. On waking up: 2-3 dates + 2-3 soaked walnuts + 1 cup boiled & strained ajwain water
  2. Breakfast: Methi Paratha + Fresh Turmeric Pickle + Curd
  3. Mid-morning: Boiled sweet corn chaat + 1 cup milk + 2 strands of saffron
  4. Lunch: Bajra rotis + Raw banana and black bean curry/ gassi + blanched broccoli salad
  5. Early evening: 2 tsp roasted pumpkin seeds
  6. Dinner: Vegetable kutki dalia + banana flower chutney

Want a more customized diet to suit your tastebuds? Book a free call to know more about our Womb Care Program.


Nutrition
June 12, 2023

Pregnancy diet month by month

By:
iMumz Expert Panel

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