Prenatal Nutrition Resources

• Overviews of Prenatal Nutrition
• Specific Nutrient Information
  • Quick Look-up
  • When you have more time to research
• Sites for Patients
• Local Food Resources/Services

Overviews of Prenatal Nutrition

• eMedicine – Prenatal Nutrition
• UpToDate – Nutrition in Pregnancy 
• Pregnancy and the Vegan Diet - from the Vegetarian Resource Group
• MyPlate.gov – from the USDA; for professionals

Specific Nutrient Information

Quick Look-up:

• Micronutrient Information Center – from the Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University
• Complementary Medicine - University of Maryland Medical Center
  Click on "Supplements" or "Herbs" to select nutrient of interest. Each report includes warnings for pregnancy and breastfeeding, when applicable.
• MDConsult Drug Reference (same content as Clinical Pharmacology Online)
• Some Popular Herbs and Nutritional Supplements
  Chart in Bope, et al.: Conn's Current Therapy 2011, 1st ed.
• Overview of Selected Natural Products
  Chart in Ferri: Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2012, 1st ed.
• Herbal medicinal products during pregnancy: are they safe?
  BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  Volume 109, Issue 3, March 2002, Pages 227-235
• Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center
  Provides evidence-based information about herbs, botanicals, supplements, and more.
  [search example: ginger AND (pregnant OR pregnancy)]

When you have more time to research:

• PubMed Clinical Queries [search example: ginger AND (pregnant OR pregnancy)]
• PubMed Dietary Supplement Subset - Searchable from this page – or from regular PubMed [Limits: Subsets: Dietary Supplements]
• Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed) – From the NLM. "A peer-reviewed and fully referenced database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. Among the data included are maternal and infant levels of drugs, possible effects on breastfed infants and on lactation, and alternate drugs to consider."

Sites for Patients

• MedlinePlus
• Tips for the Savvy Supplement User: Making Informed Decisions and Evaluating Information - from the FDA
• ACOG Information for Patients
• MyPlate for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding - from The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA
• Information on Vegetarian and Vegan Diets - from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine [Note: "Vegetarian Diets for Pregnancy" in the right-hand column.]
• Nutrition During Pregnancy for Vegetarians - from the Cleveland Clinic
• Evaluating Websites

Local Food Resources/Services

• Women, Infants & Children Nutrition Services (WIC):
     New Hampshire
     Vermont
• Willing Hands
• The Upper Valley Haven (Food Shelf)
• Other Food Shelf Locations in NH
• Other Food Shelf Locations in VT
• Dieticians at DHMC