Week 36: Your baby is the size of a bunch of bananas

This week your baby will shed what’s left of the downy hair which will mix with the amniotic fluid. The baby will swallow both of these substances along with others such as bile and mucus. This forms what is known as meconium, and will be your baby’s first bowel movement.

Essential Nutrients this Week: Iron, Protein, Probiotics, Vitamin C, Zinc, Glycine, Copper, Calcium, B Vitamins, Magnesium, Vitamin K

Food of the Week: Organic Chicken

Chicken is an ideal food for you and your baby during the third trimester. Half a chicken breast has 27g of protein, nearly 1mg of iron, 12mg of niacin, 0.3mg of vitamin B12, over half mg of vitamin B6, and moderate amounts of phosphorus, potassium, and zinc. Enjoy it as a main dish or part of a soup or salad. 

Recipes of the Week

Chicken Soup

Chicken soup is the ultimate soul food. It is incredibly nourishing and a wonderful way to stay healthy and well. There’s also something therapeutic about making chicken soup and then sitting down to enjoy its delicious goodness.

smaller meals, smoothies, juices, soups

Zucchini Basil Soup

This simple, fast and healthy recipe is the perfect light dinner at this point in your pregnancy. It takes 20 minutes to make delicious soup. To meet your daily protein requirement, you could add some shredded chicken or a handful of cooked legumes to the bowl.

Thai Coconut Chicken Soup

You’ll love this fragrant, creamy bowl of healthfulness. Infused with lemongrass and lime leaves, this soup can be prepared in an hour on the stovetop or cooked slowly in a crockpot for half a day. Preparing this recipe in a slow cooker does enrich the flavour of the soup. Packed with B vitamins, vitamins A and C, iron, protein, copper and other essential pregnancy nutrients this soup will nourish you without making you feel uncomfortably full.

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Resources To Empower A Positive Birth Experience — resources to support you in realising your dream birth