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Healthy Snacks for Pregnancy

What are some good, healthy snacks I can munch on while pregnant?

Eating small, healthy snacks throughout the day is a great way to minimize morning sickness and heartburn, manage your weight gain, and ensure that you get all of the vitamins and minerals that you need. That said, it's a great idea to have a go-to list of snacks that are healthy, nutritious, and available.

Here are a few ideas:

Fruit: You can either snack on whole fruits like apples and oranges, or store cut fruit like grapes, pears, bananas, melon and berries in your fridge to grab and go.
Crackers and cheese or peanut butter
Pears with cheese slices
Apples with peanut butter
Half a sandwich
Milk and graham crackers
Pudding (especially made with milk, for extra calcium)
A handful of nuts
Dry cereal (like Cheerios or Rice Chex)
Yogurt
Cottage cheese with chopped fruit or vegetables
Breakfast bars (those with more fiber and less added sugar)
Hummus and pita bread, or pita chips

Answered by Monica Meadows, Ph.D., R.D., L.D.

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babyhalo Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 12/13/2008 - 1:37PM Report Abuse	Humus and carrot sticks...(sans the garlic tho LOL heartburn city!!!!) I also love frozen pudding. I just make regular pops out of pudding and ummmm ummmm ummmm is it good. You can also stick a stick thru the lid of a single serving pudding cup and freeze it. That is just as good!
Gotchyatalkin Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 8/3/2008 - 2:01PM Report Abuse	baby kosher dill pickles and meduim sharp cheddar cheese yummm!! Think I'll go have some.
just_curious Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 6/24/2008 - 9:41AM Report Abuse	I'm going to have some grahm crackers and milk. i don't think i've done that since i was about 5 years old but if you say it's good for me, i'm all over it!
mummmaxine Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 6/24/2008 - 9:24AM Report Abuse	during my pregnancy i usually snack on carrotts like they are crisps and can eat up to 3 pears a day just for a sweetness kick. carrots are full of vitamin A as are pears therefore your getting a great intake of anti-oxi's.
Erin Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 10/2/2007 - 4:18PM Report Abuse	These are really helpful. When I'm pregnant, I'm always hungry but nothing ever sounds good so it's nice to have a list like this that I can go to.