A healthy pregnancy begins with a prenatal vitamin. When it comes to the best prenatal vitamins, you will find that there are two kinds — whole food and synthetic. Which is best? I’ve researched the differences between the two and rounded up the best prenatal vitamins on the market.

The best kitchen tools mean less time in the kitchen and less work. Which can mean more time for self care. Ease around homemade food is especially important if you feel determined to eat healthy as you welcome your new little one and say goodbye to long stretches of sleep. Working on that perfect latch, managing mastitis, figuring out how to soothe a colicky newborn, or recovering from a few stitches takes a whole lot mojo. And let's face it - a sugar rush and caffeine high will only get you so far.

I promise, I’m done. After these homemade baby food recipes and five day meal plan – you won’t hear another peep from me about iron. Why it matters. Or how to best boost your baby’s absorption of this uber important brain-building mineral. At least, not for a few hours…

Iron and its buddy zinc aren’t the only nutrients for baby that I obsessed over. There’s also vitamin D and long-chain omega 3 fats. If you want to get real, part of my obsession has to do with the fear that many mamas have around giving their babies meat.

Like, how do you even cook it?