The Prenatal Dietary Package enables women to optimally nourish themselves and their unborn babies throughout the three trimesters of pregnancy by providing 3 Meal Plan variations: one for each trimester.
Already almost in your second trimester? No problem! The first trimester Meal Plan still needs to be designed, as it forms the basis for the second and third trimester plans.
The Prenatal Dietary Package is broken down into three separate, dated services as follows;
1. In-depth clinical assessment: The first service is an in-depth clinical assessment, which is broken into two parts:
a. The first part of the assessment includes review of personal and family medical history, recent lab results, current medications and nutritional supplements, as well as your waist and hip measurements (10 minutes).
b. The second part of the assessment is a comprehensive dietary and lifestyle review, where I will collect detailed information, including what you like to eat and when, food likes and dislikes, religious, cultural, or ethical dietary restrictions, and other factors that impact your health and weight, such as sleep habits and activity level (50 minutes).
2. Design of 3 versions of the Individual Meal Plan: The second service is the design of three versions of your individual Meal Plan, one for each trimester, which will take into consideration the information collected during the assessment, medications you may be taking, risk factors you may have, lab test results, food preferences, and food restrictions, if any. It will serve as a nutritional roadmap, taking the guesswork out of what to eat, when to eat, and how much to eat throughout your pregnancy.
A detailed, multi-page Meal Plan Summary handout will be prepared to accompany your Meal Plan, summarizing the content of what you will be taught during the upcoming Nutritional Education Session. This Summary will also serve as a reference for you as you implement your Meal Plan.
The turnaround time for completing your Meal Plan will be approximately 2 weeks from the time I receive any requested or missing information, such as any nutrition labels or pending lab test results.
3. Nutrition Education Session: The third service is the Nutrition Education Session, which begins with you receiving your Meal Plan, as well as the detailed, multi-page Meal Plan Summary handout.
The visit will begin with a review of any existing risk factors, including weight, waist circumference, or out-of-range lab test results.
It will be followed by step-by-step teaching of all three versions of your Meal Plan, including food categories, serving sizes, number of portions, and how to make substitutions within each food category at each meal.
Unless time doesn’t permit, the session will conclude with an opportunity to ask questions to clarify what you were taught. You will also be invited to send an email with questions you may have within a few days of the Nutrition Education Session, and your email will be answered at my earliest convenience so that you can begin to implement your Meal Plan.
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