“What should pregnant women eat? And what types of foods are best for me and my baby?”
These are two of the most common questions I am asked as an OB/GYN when I see a new patient in the office for her first pregnancy visit. Now more than ever, my patients are very conscious of their nutrition and their overall health, and how we can make their pregnancies the healthiest possible from start to finish. Diet, exercise and regular prenatal care are all cornerstones that we look to in keeping our patients healthy, happy, and with good pregnancy outcomes. I also now have another answer to those questions: Protiva.
My Protein Recommendation for Pregnancy
I’m OB/GYN and a mom to my 4 year-old and 6 month-old daughters. I recommend Protiva Pregnancy to all of my pregnant patients and Protiva New Mom to all of my patients to aid in recovery from delivery and to fuel the body for breastfeeding, because I’ve used it myself.
Protiva is a convenient and easy way to pack in an extra 15 grams of protein a day. It’s formulated specifically for the needs and safety of new moms and babies—including being allergen-free. I recommend it to all of my patients but especially those who have a surgical procedure, such as a C-section or episiotomy, as we know from established medical literature, that patients recovering from surgery and procedures need extra protein for wound healing to make that area stronger and functional.
Convenience can be just as important as nutrition
My schedule as a mom and OB/GYN is incredibly demanding, but I can easily make a shake on my way out the door and feel good knowing I’ve done something healthy for myself and my daughter. As a breastfeeding mother, it’s so important to know what’s going into my body and I trust the preservative-free, allergen-free, and natural ingredients in Protiva as opposed to a lot of the chemical and preservative ingredients found in traditional protein supplements that were never designed with pregnant or breastfeeding women in mind.
Protiva Collagen is Clinically Proven — and I was a test subject
Not many nutritional products are studied in pregnancy, but it was important to the makers of Protiva to not only get input from OB/GYNs, but also to do a clinical trial to evaluate safety and efficacy. I was part of a clinical study to test the product—as both a doctor and patient. I was pregnant with my youngest daughter when we began the 7-month trial and thought there’d be no better way to test the product than to use it myself and see if it was worth recommending to patients. Now when I recommend it to my patients, I can do so with great confidence because it’s not just something I studied or read about, but something I used and trust myself.
Nutrition is becoming one of the most important areas of medicine where we can make a great deal of impact in the lives of our patients, and I am excited to offer a safe and effective product to my patients that can help me achieve the goal of giving them a healthy pregnancy from start to finish.
Dr. Kerry C. Price is an OB/GYN Physician at Orange Coast Women’s Medical Group in Laguna Hills, CA. She graduated from The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California Irvine Medical Center. She is a mom to two daughters, 4 years-old and 6-months-old.