foodBump is an idea I came up with when I was six weeks pregnant. Awaiting our first scan at 12 weeks and keeping our secret, I found it hard to find real advice on what I could and couldn’t eat. I’m a very excited expecting mum along with a very excited protective Dad to be. We love food but at this point in our pregnancy everything I eat or don’t eat worries us. 

We trawled the Internet and nightly read every pregnancy book that exists. The most frustrating thing would be the amount of conflicting information out there. None of the advice we  found was from people who liked to eat good food instead it was from the medical profession giving blanket advice that air on the side of caution.

And then there was the guilt……the guilt if what I ingest will harm my baby. And for nine months (actually more like ten) you are in a worked up state of what you can and cannot eat. or then you have concerned friends/family members/colleagues or just random passer by’s telling you about something else you should not eat. I quietly struggled with all this and decided I needed to do something that I felt was not been done. I started a food diary which in turn became foodBump

(usual disclaimer I applies: I am not a doctor, and if you are pregnant you should speak with yours before following any of my advice)

My hope for foodBump is to share some of my beautiful pregnancy story with you while generating chat and making us mindful of what we eat pregnant or not.

Enjoy…..