Birth Mother Nutrition

Making sure to eat the right foods and receive the proper vitamins and minerals will help both you and your baby.

The food you eat every day, even before you are pregnant, is important for your health.  Once you become pregnant it is even more important to eat right since you are eating for both you and your baby. Your diet before pregnancy and while you are pregnant should contain the vitamins and nutrients that your body will need to help your baby develop and grow the way he or she should.

Practice healthy eating and take multivitamins and or prenatal vitamins every day. If you are eating a healthy diet before you become pregnant, you may only need to make a few changes to meet the nutritional needs of pregnancy. You will probably need to increase your usual servings of a variety of foods from the four basic food groups. This Pregnancy, Health, Nutrition, and Weight Gain government website is a good place to help you get started.

You may be eligible for free or low-cost programs offered through the U.S. government and your state government.  The website link Government Assistance Programs and the information and links below will help you get in contact with these programs.

Child Nutrition Programs give you the link to the government programs including the National School Lunch Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, School Breakfast Program, and the Special Milk Program.

The Department of Education can provide you with information about nutrition, pregnancy, insurance and other programs.

Food Banks provide a nationwide network of food warehouses that offer free food to fight hunger. 

Food Stamp Programs help low-income people and families buy the food they need.

Health Departments in can help you find out about health, nutrition, insurance, and school programs.

WIC, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children provides nutritious foods, nutrition counseling, and referrals to health and other social services to participants at no charge. 

We truly care about you and your baby and about other women in your situation.  We want to do everything possible to help you and your child.  There are many kinds assistance programs available to help you and other pregnant women, birth mothers and children free of charge.  These include financial, medical, nutritional and health assistance programs as well as a variety of support and information groups. If you need help you can click this link to find all kinds of assistance programs. And the following links will help you find pregnancy support groups as well as parenting and adoption support groups.  If you want our help you can call us anytime and from any place in the U.S. (toll free # 1-800-943-0400). You can get our help whether you are pregnant or have already delivered and are raising your child yourself or want to place your child for adoption. We are here to help you and there is never any cost or obligation on your part. 

If you are considering placing your child for adoption we are also here to help.  We would be happy to help find a safe and loving home with a family that has been very carefully and thoroughly screened. We can help you regardless of what state you are in.  Our services to you are free, your medical and legal expenses will be provided for and we will make sure that you receive whatever reimbursement for housing, lost wages and living expenses that state laws allow.  You may reach me, Dr Vince Berger, or my staff by calling our toll free number at 1-800-943-0400 or you can contact me by email.  If there is anything we can do to help you and your baby, please contact me.