Parent to Be: How to Support Your Nutrition During Pregnancy

Nutrition plays a crucial role in supporting wellbeing during pregnancy. This provides parents-to-be with a great opportunity - to maximise both their own wellbeing and baby’s wellbeing. Eating a balanced and nutritious diet is important for a healthy pregnancy and can also help to prevent complications. It fuels this amazing process that your body is doing. This workshop for parents-to-be will provide key messages on nutrition in pregnancy and will create a platform for parents-to-be to share their thoughts, worries and ideas with others.

We recognise that there can be unhelpful messages which create and perpetuate feelings of guilt in pregnant and new parents, and this is not the aim of this workshop. We also recognise that guidance given to pregnant and new parents is everchanging and this can feel confusing and overwhelming. This workshop will provide up to date advice and guidance in a way which acknowledges the challenges around nutrition you may or may not be experiencing. This is about giving information and choices to empower parents-to-be to make decisions about nutrition for both them and their unborn children.

This workshop will cover:

- Key research on the importance of nutrition

- Supplements to take during pregnancy

- What you can and can’t eat during pregnancy (dispelling common myths!)

- Extra precautions to take around food and food preparation during pregnancy

- Concerns about food, weight and pregnancy-related symptoms

- The link between food and mood

- Understanding food labels and easy swaps

- Quick wins and key tips for eating well during pregnancy

- Resources and signposting to further support

This workshop will provide an introduction to the topic. We understand that some participants may already have prior knowledge in this area, which may overlap with the content covered. We appreciate your patience as we aim to make our workshops accessible to parents to be with a range of experience and understanding.

This workshop will be 90 minutes in duration followed by a 30 minute question and answer. This session will take place via Zoom, you will be sent a joining link in your confirmation email which is the simplest way to join the session. Zoom can also be accessed by clicking the "View the Event" button on the reminder email and log into your Eventbrite account to access the event. More detailed instructions will be sent with your confirmation email, or can be accessed via the Online Events Page by following the instructions above.This session will take place via Zoom, you will be sent a joining link in your confirmation email which is the simplest way to join the session. Zoom can also be accessed by clicking the "View the Event" button on the reminder email and log into your Eventbrite account to access the event. More detailed instructions will be sent with your confirmation email, or can be accessed via the Online Events Page by following the instructions above.

Please note that attendees are not able to access their cameras and microphones throughout the workshop. Our main interaction tool throughout the workshop will be SLIDO where you can share written responses to questions. Slido is anonymous, but other users will be able to see what you have written. When answering questions please do not include personal or sensitive information such as names or anything that can identify you or your child. By using Slido, you are consenting to your anonymised responses being used in possible service evaluation, research projects, publications and/or promotional material. Our workshops are recorded and uploaded to YouTube, please be aware than anything shared on Slido may be included in a publicly accessible recording.