Smart Eating for Fertility & Pregnancy:
A Nutrition & Lifestyle Guide
Bringing Optimal Health to Life!
It is now recognised that the lifestyle habits, nutritional status and health condition of both parents before conception are destined to shape the baby’s health throughout their life.
Our Nutrition for Fertility and Pregnancy course provides trustworthy knowledge, insights and practical information to support the key stages in creating new life – preconception, pregnancy and the 4th trimester. The aim is to help couples understand and optimise their unmatched potential to bring into the world a child primed and nurtured for a lifetime of robust good health.
This exciting course is packed with practical information and insights. It is designed to support the work of coaches, as well as for women and couples looking for understanding, insights and tips to help them plan and prepare for optimum pre-conception and pregnancy.
*Please note, this course does not cover topics of infertility/IVF
Who is the Fertility & Pregnancy Nutrition course for?
Health Coaches* looking for trustworthy knowledge, understanding and confidence to support women and men who want to optimise their fertility.
*For those applying for CPD with UKIHCA: Please read the IINH Scope of Practice before taking the course so you are fully aware of your requirements as a health coach
Women and couples looking to gain understanding, insights and tips to help them make smarter dietary and lifestyle choices for their own and baby’s health.
CPD Approved
This course is recognised for 30 CPD hours for UKIHCA members.
Approval provided by UKIHCA
Next Course: Available Now
Course length and cost:
Course will be accessible for 6 months from the date of enrolment. You can watch the videos at any time during this period and download the handouts to keep.
Cost: €349/£305
Delivery
Delivery is fully online:
- 5 hours of pre recorded lecture videos.
- 40 downloadable handouts plus IINH recipes and meal ideas
- Each section is rounded off with a multiple choice quiz to help you consolidate the material.
- There is a Discussion forum that is regularly monitored for any questions.
Awards
IINH Certificate of Completion.
This course is recognised for 30 CPD hours. Approval provided by UKIHCA.
Enrol Now
Are you interested in studying Nutrition & Health? Did you know that you can get this Specialised Short Course FREE when signing up to our BTEC Diploma in Professional Nutrition & Health Coaching?
Cost: €349/£305
Discount codes can be added at checkout
How is the course presented?
The Nutrition for Fertility and Pregnancy course comes in video format along with comprehensive downloadable PDFs. We also provide practical handouts and recipes. Research citations, other references and links are included in the handouts.
Specifically, you will receive 5 hours of video presentations, 40 supporting handouts, plus IINH Taste Health recipes and meal ideas. Please note: while this is not a plant-based approach, there are sections, tips and recipes to support vegetarians and vegans.
Each course section is rounded off with a multiple choice quiz to help you consolidate the material.
Participants will also be supported by the programme creators, Ciara Beaugé and Richard Burton, who will offer 2-hour Q&A sessions intermittently throughout the year.
The course is accessible for 6 months from date of enrolment. You can watch the videos at any time during this period and download the handouts to keep.
Course Outline
Nutrition
- Wholefoods
- Folate / Leafy Greens Daily
- Ditch the Sugar & Swap out White for Brown Carbs
- Protein & Healthy Fats
- Healthy Fats & Oils with Richard Part I
- Healthy Fats & Oils with Richard Part II
Lifestyle
- Stress & Weight Management
- Bisphenol A by Richard
- Reducing Toxins to Support Detoxification
Male Health
- General Health & Foresight
- Testing
- Detox
- Sugar
- Organic Food
- Supplement Use & Fish Oils
- Tips for Sperm Health
General Information
- First 1000 Days
- Nurturing the Microbiome for Robust Health
- Healthy Flora & Foods to Support
- Recommendations for C-Section
- Foods to Avoid in Pregnancy
- Weight in Pregnancy
- Weight Gain Table (from the Baby Centre)
- Nesting & Preparation for Birth & Fourth Trimester
Important Nutrients
- Intro, Folate, Vitamin B12
- Calcium, Vitamin D, Choline
- Extra handout: Sources of Calcium
- Iron, Vitamin C
- Omega 3, Protein
Vegan Pregnancy
- Intro by Richard
- Intro by Ciara – Iron, Calcium & Vit D
- Vit B12, Zinc, Choline & Iodine
- DHA, Fat & Protein
- Vegan Foods & Nutrients Summary Table
Managing Symptoms in Pregnancy
- Introduction
- Morning Sickness
- Heartburn & Constipation
- Extra handout: Managing Heartburn & Reflux
- Extra handout: Including Fibre
- Restless Legs Syndrome & Varicose Veins
- Thrush & Gestational Diabetes
- Image: Blood Sugar Rollercoaster
- Image: Sugars in Popular Yoghurts
- The First 1000 Days Part II
- Post Natal Mood Part I
- Post Natal Mood Part II
- Extra handout: Protein & Building Blocks for Mood
Get your free sample class today
Our FREE sample class is recognised for 4 CPD hours.
Testimonials
Tutors:
Richard Burton,
(Hons) Nutrition
Richard founded IINH in 2002 with a mission to spread understanding of nutrition and health, and to educate, motivate and train as many people as possible to do the same. He is principal tutor for the Nutrition & Health Coaching programme.
Ciara Beaugé
BA (Hons) Psych, dip NT, mNTOI
Ciara qualified as a Nutritional Therapist in 2010 and practises in one to one consultation, delivers community wellness talks, corporate workshops and runs retreat days. She also lectures with IINH and supervises students in their clinical practice Ciara is a Mum of 3 young children and began her nutrition studies while pregnant with her first.
