Today I'm chatting with Crysta @plantbased_motherhood from www.firsttastenutrition.com. Crysta, originally from the US is a plant based prenatal dietician, she works with women throughout all stages of pregnancy and also with families postnatally. We're chatting about moving to Australia, setting up her business, the differences between care in the USA and Australia.
As midwifes we get very little dietary and nutritional training and anywhere I've worked it's never been the norm to refer pregnant people to dieticians. Although we will check levels of things like iron, Vit D and B12 and advise of supplementation there's so much more you need to know. What foods should we be recommending to increase intake of? I've first hand seen bad/incorrect nutritional advice given. And what about our hospitals? Shouldn't good nutrition start there? Has anyone worked at a hospital with amazing, healthy food choices? Great nutritional information can help women and babies thrive. As the old adage says "Food is medicine".
