Current NICE guidelines and recommendations ensure that health professionals involved in antenatal care are effectively trained to give the correct advice and support to mothers regarding their nutritional need’s prior, during and post pregnancy. Health professionals are to give practical food based advise to enable pregnant women to create and sustain healthier choices with their diet and physical activity. For antenatal health, it is recommended that at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables are consumed daily and one portion of oily fish weekly i.e. mackerel, sardines, trout or salmon. Women who are planning to conceive or are in their first 12 weeks of pregnancy are advised to supplement 400micrograms of folic acid alongside eating folate rich foods such as peas, beans and fortified cereals. Calorie intake needs to increase by around 340calories per day when the woman enters her second trimester or around 600 calories if she has a twin pregnancy.[1] If a woman has a BMI over 30, health professionals are instructed to refer her to a dietician for assessment and support with healthy eating and exercise. Although weight loss shouldn’t be encouraged during the pregnancy, a structured plan is to be put in place for the mother following the birth of her child to adopt healthy lifestyle changes.