So far we ve seen you ll need to eat a bit more to provide a healthy environment for the baby growing inside you.
Another important factor is eating a diverse, balanced range of fruits, vegetables, grains, proteins and dairy products.
If you order these food types in terms of how many servings of each you should have per day, your pregnancy diet should be dominated by whole grain foods, e.g. whole wheat bread, whole wheat tortillas, cereals and whole wheat pancakes.
You want at least 6-11 servings of whole grains per day.
 
Your second priority in attaining a well-balanced pregnancy diet is a good share of organic vegetables, some 3-5 servings per day. 
Fruit? About 2-3 servings per day will provide the natural anti-oxidants that baby needs.
On par with fruit, pregnant women need their lean meat protein, seafood and vegetable protein as a fundamental building block of the baby s body. You ll need some 2-3 servings per day from these protein sources.
Concerned about mercury in fish? Check out our Bad Fishies, Good Fishies section to help you choose which are healthy and enriching for baby and you. There are good scientific studies now show that seafood is baby brain food!
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