“It’s not easy” — A qualitative study of lifestyle change during pregnancy

Maternal lifestyle in the months leading up to conception and throughout pregnancy has both immediate and transgenerational impacts on offspring health. To explore how women’s lifestyles change when they become pregnant, and their perspectives of the lifestyle advice they receive throughout pregnancy. A descriptive qualitative approach was used. Semi-structured interviews with 17 childbearing women (mean gestational age, 30.2 ± 2.0 weeks)...