Eating Expectantly: A Practical and Tasty Guide to Prenatal Nutrition [Paperback]

Bridget Swinney (Author), Tracey Anderson (Collaborator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1996

Eating for two can be more enjoyable than eating for one...if you're Eating Expectantly!

Rated one of the "ten best parenting books of 1993" by Child Magazine, this originally self-published book is now totally revised and updated for the expectant mother.

This comprehensive guide reviews nearly every aspect of nutrition, from prepregnancy planning to the postnatal period. It combines information on proper nutrition with over 100 practical recipes and 200 complete menus, all of which have an important feature -- they taste good!

Here is a book that details dietary information for each trimester, with extra tips on shopping and cooking, including:

• How to cook and store foods so as to preserve the natural vitamins.

• How to make meal planning easier, with sensible ideas for such times when you "don't feet like cooking," you "don't feel like eating," and "company's coming," Other menus include "vegetarian meals on a budget" and "using leftovers with flair."

• What to do about eating during high-risk pregnancies (such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or bed rest).

• How to add variety and nutrition to snacks.

• How to lose weight after the baby is born.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Few situations are more chaotic than being pregnant and having to eat nutritiously. In Eating Expectantly, Bridget Swinney tackles the daunting task of nutrition during pregnancy with information, recipes, ideas, and--best of all--no finger shaking. Swinney provides eating advice for days when you don't feel like eating and for days of morning sickness. You'll learn how to deal with diabetes, gestational or otherwise; how to get enough calcium in your diet; and all about food safety. Particularly wonderful are the chapters on vegetarian eating, including the detailed breakdown of appropriate food at 38 fast food establishments. The recipes are delicious and nutritious--for both the expectant and the merely hungry.

Review

Eating Expectantly is a practical guide to prenatal nutrition with 100 delicious, easy-to-make recipes and 200 complete menus that are as nutritious as they are delicious. Eating Expectantly shows how to cook and store foods to preserve the natural vitamins, how to make meal planning easier, what to do about eating during high-risk pregnancies, how to add variety and nutrition to snacks, and how to lose weight after the baby is born. Eating Expectantly is a highly recommended addition to any personal or community library cookbook collection. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Meadowbrook (August 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067157048X
• ISBN-13: 978-0671570484
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,294,672 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is really informative and very useful, July 6, 1999

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This review is from: Eating Expectantly: A Practical and Tasty Guide to Prenatal Nutrition (Paperback)

This book has a lot of information packed into it about pregnancy, nutrition, exercise, breastfeeding, and pregnancy complications. The nutrition information is incredibly useful and practical -- foods are detailed for each essential nutrient needed during pregnancy. The information provided on the related topics is also very valuable and understandable, it helps to have ideas about what may or may not happen and what to think about for planning for breastfeeding and postpartum. The recipes are good, they are simple and easy to prepare with very easy instructions. In addition, nutritional information is detailed for each recipe. At the same time I bought this book, I also bought Hope Ricciotti's "The Pregancy Cookbook"; I have found that the two are very complimentary to each other. While this book leans heavily on valuable and precise information, the other cookbook provides more elaborate and interesting recipes for when you want something special to eat that fits well into pregnancy.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My pregnancy food bible!!!!!, March 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Eating Expectantly: A Practical and Tasty Guide to Prenatal Nutrition (Paperback)

There is not a day that goes by that I don't pick up this book. Whether it's for a quick, nutritious breakfast recipe or tips for eating out, I feel so much more in control of my role in developing my baby. The topics really matter in day to day life. It in no way expects that anyone can have the perfect diet all the time, but helps you do the best you can in any situation. All aspects of pregnancy are covered: each trimester, multiple births, bed rest, and even under weight moms. I cannot recommend this book enough!!! I love it!

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly Useful, May 30, 2002

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Marsha Wood Wirtel (Philly's Western 'Burbs) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eating Expectantly : A Practical and Tasty Guide to Prenatal Nutrition (Paperback)

Even though I barely ate a thing the first five months of my pregnancy, I didn't worry about nutrition since this book helped guide me to good food choices that I could also stomach. As I began to feel better, I was able to get more creative with my menus and loved trying the nutritionally sound recipes. I particularly liked the suggested menus with titles like, "I don't feel like cooking" or "I feel awful." Very recommended.