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"I Gained Fifteen Pounds in my First Trimester!"
Help! You're expected to put on some pounds during pregnancy, but what if that weight comes too fast? Read on to learn what to do if this happens to you. 

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Quick & Healthy Breakfast Ideas

Most Important Meal of the Day
-- By Liz Noelcke, Staff Writer

It’s been said time and time again just how important it is to eat breakfast every morning in order to start the day off right. This really is true! Ten minutes of munching can sustain you for hours on end. Too busy? Don’t have time? Make time! You don’t want to be weak, lethargic, or nauseated throughout the day, which is exactly what can happen without the right start. Your baby needs the jump-start just as much as your own body is craving some fuel.

Breakfast eaters have a much higher intake of vitamins and minerals than those who skip this meal. This is because non-breakfast eaters are more apt to snack throughout the day, which is certainly not a bad thing, but it all to often is on unhealthy food. Breakfast foods are great at providing a variety of vitamins and minerals, such as fiber and folic acid. If you think you are doing yourself a favor to avoid a lot of that pregnancy weight gain by skipping the calories at breakfast, think again. Your body will struggle to make it to lunch time.

Here are some relatively simple and healthy ideas. If you aren’t getting enough nutrients, your baby will actually tap your stored resources. So, make what you eat count!

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"Beacuse I have had to take another Iron supplement on top of my prenatal vitamin. My doictor warned me to take them far apart to avoid constipation. And on the instructions it warns to not eat dairy an hour before or after taking the suppliment. So it was making it hard to fit into my day! Then I realized if I take it in the morning, and have lunch for breakfast, and breakfast for lunch, I can take my iron pill first thing in the morning! It works great beacuse other wise I was forgetting it." -- JCSBAYBEE
"a whole wheat peanut butter and banana sandwich or wrap is always a filling yummy healthy option esp paired with a glass of 2% milk." -- MOMMYAMANDA24
"I'm surprised the article did not mention OATMEAL. It's a good way to fill up while eating heart-healthy. Also, if you make it from scratch (which BTW is much cheaper than buying the instant variety), you can make all sorts of different flavours - my personal fave is Maple Brown Sugar ^_^ I'm contemplating creating a chocolate flavoured batch to curb my craving for chocolate :P" -- LAC925
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