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Vol. Nº 11 · Women's Health · Edition 2026

The Prenatal & Fertility Nutrition Handbook

The maternal dietitian toolkit — fertility nutrition, trimester-by-trimester guidance, GDM, HG, breastfeeding and postpartum recovery, with 47 pregnancy-safe recipes.

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The dietitian's reference for maternal and reproductive nutrition. Pre-conception, fertility (including male factor), pregnancy, hyperemesis gravidarum, GDM, postpartum and lactation — built on RCOG guidance (including Green-top Guideline 69 on nausea, vomiting and hyperemesis gravidarum, 2024), NICE (NG247 2025, NG201 and NG3), ACOG and WHO maternal nutrition guidance.
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Actual pages from the handbook — open the free 8-page sample (PDF).

Who it's for

Maternal health dietitians, fertility clinic dietitians, GDM outpatient teams, midwife–dietitian teams, and private practice dietitians.

What's inside

Clinical Guide — pre-conception nutrition (folate, B12, iron, iodine, choline, vitamin D), male fertility nutrition (often neglected), early pregnancy and hyperemesis gravidarum, GDM screening and management, gestational weight gain, pre-eclampsia risk nutrition, iron and anaemia in pregnancy, food safety, substances to avoid, postpartum recovery, lactation nutrition, postpartum mood and nutrition, return-to-fertility.

Patient Handout Pack — 15 handouts: Eating Well Before Pregnancy · Your Pregnancy Nutrition Guide · Foods to Avoid in Pregnancy · Your Pregnancy Supplements · Managing Morning Sickness · Iron-Rich Foods Guide · Gestational Diabetes Meal Planning · Eating for Breastfeeding · Calcium & Bone Health in Pregnancy · Safe Fish Guide · Vegetarian & Vegan Pregnancy · Healthy Weight in Pregnancy · 7-Day Meal Plan & Shopping List · Daily Food & Symptom Diary · Pregnancy Weight Gain Tracker.

Recipe Collection — 47 pregnancy-safe, nutrient-dense recipes flagged for trimester and breastfeeding, each with a per-recipe allergen declaration (UK FSA 14).

Bonus — Hyperemesis Toolkit — a standalone HG management resource: severity check, red-flag and admission criteria, the ginger protocol, prescriber-managed medication context, and the thiamine-before-dextrose safeguard. This is the piece competing prenatal products do not include.

Evidence base

RCOG guidance (including Green-top 69, 2024), NICE NG247 (2025), NG201 and NG3, ADA/Endocrine Society GDM guidance, IADPSG/WHO GDM thresholds, WHO maternal nutrition, ACOG nutrition in pregnancy, and FIGO preconception and maternal recommendations. 57 references, every one traceable to its primary source.

What you save

A full maternal pathway. Handouts patients will keep on the fridge.

Also available in a bundle

The Women's Health & Hormones Bundle — six handbooks across the female lifespan, nominal $534 for $249. The Complete Vault carries all 18 handbooks for $399.

Format & delivery

Instant PDF download · A4 · print-ready · single-clinician licence. Not a subscription — one purchase, yours to reuse across your caseload for as long as you practise. All sales final — no refunds.

Four print-ready PDFs — Clinical Guide (60 pp), Patient Handout Pack (37 pp, 15 handouts), Recipe Collection (53 pp, 47 recipes) and the bonus Hyperemesis Toolkit (8 pp) — delivered as four separate instant downloads.

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