Guest Author - Maryn Leister

How do I get nutrition when I have morning sickness?

This is a question that many women ask early on in pregnancy. Of course you want to get the best nutrition you can for you and your baby, but when you feel nauseous a lot of the time, how are you supposed to do that? Green smoothies are packed with vitamins and minerals that your body needs and can provide you with nutrition as well as help decrease your morning sickness! Smoothies are an easy meal, and can be drunk in place of any meal, or as a good in-between meal snack. Did you know that calorie-for-calorie, spinach has more protein than steak? It’s true!

Basic Smoothie Recipe

Spinach or other greens (chard, kale, lettuce, dandelion, etc.)
2-3 Bananas
Water
Fruit of choice (mix and match!)

** Fill a blender to the top with spinach. Add aprox. 1 cup of water. Blend until smooth, adding water as needed. Add 2-3 bananas and blend again until smooth. Add your fruits of choice and blend again until smooth. **

Some Good Fruit Combinations:
Strawberry & Kiwi
Orange & Pineapple
Apple & Pear
Nectarine/Peach & Plum

You can always just add 2 of the same fruit too! (i.e. 2 apples, 2 kiwi, etc.)

To Add More Calcium: Add in some almond milk
For Severe Nausea: Add in some ginger
To Add More Protein: Add in some hemp or flax powder

About the guest author:

Sunny Lee Savage is a practicing doula, childbirth educator, energy healer and pediatric occupational therapist in Flagstaff, AZ. She is a crunchy mama to Justin, age 14, and Ivy, age 3. Together, Sunny and her husband Lee are raising a raw family with a goal of raising happy, free thinking children.

Sunny gave birth to Ivy in a birth center, without interventions, and with no pain. She has attended many births in the past from homebirths to c-sections during her time as a doula. She is currently focusing attention on just supporting homebirths. Her childbirth classes are also taught specifically to homebirthing mamas. Sunny has a passion for educating families on nutrition, and the benefits of attachment parenting. In addition, she will soon be starting studies to become a midwife assistant.