[Nutritional recommendations in gynecology]. / Recomendaciones nutricionales para ginecología.

In pregnant women, appropriate eating habits has a key role to play in the development of the foetus and is also related with the amount of labour at delivery, helping to avoid complications. In addition, correct nutrition is also necessary during the puerperium to encourage breast feeding and provide the new-born child with an adequate nutritional status without leading to any deficits in the mother.