Recent news stories have reported that vitamin D intake during pregnancy can have a marked effect on the health of children’s bones later in life. But how important is vitamin D to your pregnancy? Why you need it It has long been established

' dangerous, and if so, what can you do about them?Additives to avoidThe first thing to say is that there's no need to fly into a mad panic about food additives in pregnancy, most women don't change their diet that much during pregnancy and most have perfectly

A study by Aarhus University in Denmark has produced further evidence that overdoing coffee consumption while pregnant can raise the chances of suffering a miscarriage.The research team found that drinking more than eight cups of coffee a day could

, pregnancy is not a good time to diet, but it's also not a great time to feast on empty calories, so keep an eye on how much you are drinking. Buy fizzy drinks in small bottles or cans so that you don’t feel the urge quite so easily to take a top up from

that drinking too much throughout pregnancy could result in your child suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), the term for a range of problems for new babies encompassing premature birth and low birth weight, mental and learning difficulties, lower

research has shown is about as much as your body can absorb in one day.Where to get itAs with other vitamins, the best way to get your calcium during pregnancy is through a healthy, balanced diet. Most people are aware that milk and dairy products are rich