Promoting Healthy Weights, Lifestyles and Nutrition in Pregnancy

Each participant will meet with the intervention Registered Dietitian twice in pregnancy and have two follow-up phone calls. Participants in this group will have on-going, supportive discussions with the intervention Registered Dietitian about healthy lifestyles in pregnancy. Discussion topics with the intervention Registered Dietitian at each visit will be participant-centered, allowing the participant to guide the conversation. These conversations will be reinforced at every future contact made throughout pregnancy.

Each participant will meet in person with their respective Registered Dietitian twice in pregnancy and have two follow-up phone calls. At these visits, each participant will complete questionnaires and have anthropometric assessments (height/weight). From home, each participant will also complete online questionnaires at week 26, and week 34. Postpartum,each participant will complete an online questionnaire. Optional postpartum participation includes a focus group in the postpartum period and the option to meet with a Registered Dietitian postpartum.