What's happening in your first trimester of pregnancy? It's a time of rapid development! At four weeks, the fetus is asbig as a grain of rice. By eight weeks, it's the sizeof a grape. To support healthy growth,you'll want to stay active, sleep well, and eat healthy. That means lots of fruits and veggies. It also means taking a daily prenatal vitamin that includes at least 400 mcg of folic acid. During pregnancy, you'll need to avoid certain foods like unpasteurized cheese, raw milk products and under cooked meat. Fish can be a great source of protein and nutrients, but can also contain mercury,which can be harmful to your baby in large amounts.This means you should limit yourself to about two meals containing fish each week such as canned tuna and salmon. 
Weight gain is a common concern. Your recommended weight gain depends on how much you weigh before pregnancy. If you're already at a healthy weight, we recommend you gain about 1 pound per month during your first trimester, then about 1 pound per week during the rest of your pregnancy. That means about a total of 25 to 35 pounds. If you're over- or under weight,talk to your doctor about your personal weight gain targets. You may be wondering how staying active helps during pregnancy. Activity helps many pregnant women maintain a healthy weight, sleep better and feel better in general. 
It can also help you cope with labor pain and recover more quickly after giving birth. Aim for about thirty minutes of physical activity on most days. I went to a prenatal exercise class and that was fun because I got to meet other moms and we basically talked about how our joints ached and how our bellies were big and things like that. But I found for me that the best part about being pregnant wasn't so much thinking about the weight in like trying to continually listen to my body and making sure that I felt good. 
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