Planning your pregnancyIf you are planning to get pregnant, You should also ensure your overall lifestyle is healthy, to give yourself and your baby the best start. Look at your diet including your alcohol intake, and how much exercise you do, with the aim of achieving a healthy weight for your height (a healthy BMI) before you conceive. Health in pregnancyDietWhere possible plan your day to ensure a varied diet and base your meals around foods high in nutrients such as fruit, vegetables, wholegrain and pulses. Avoid foods high in fat and high in sugar. Eating well will help you get the right balance of vitamins and minerals required for growing a healthy baby it will also control appropriate weight gain during pregnancy You are more likely to achieve and maintain a healthy weight before, during and after pregnancy by: Basing meals on starchy foods such as; potatoes, bread, rice and pasta (choosing the wholegrain option where possible).Eating fibre-rich foods such as, oats, beans, peas, lentils, grains, seeds, fruit and vegetables.Eating a variety of at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day.Eating a low-fat, low-calorie diet.