Eating in the Third Trimester

Contrary to popularly held public opinion, one of the fastest periods of fetal brain development occurs in the third trimester. This means all that careful eating done in the name of protecting baby's brain during the first trimester is incomplete unless careful eating for baby's brain development in the last few weeks of pregnancy follows it up.
In addition to rapid brain development, other vital organs, such as the lungs and heart, are in their last stages of growth as well. Insufficient nutrients during the third trimester can cause just as much harm as other trimesters.
In the last four weeks of pregnancy, the baby will double in size packing on those last few ounces needed to qualify your bundle of joy as "bouncing baby". Low birth weight babies are more susceptible to illness and tend to have difficulty sleeping, nursing or just thriving in general after birth.