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Pregnancy-aware meal planning

Built to steer around flagged foods and emphasise what matters

Pregnancy comes with a long list of foods to avoid and a longer list of things you’re suddenly supposed to prioritise — while you’re tired and possibly nauseous. Plate Planner’s pregnancy profile carries the list so you don’t have to.

Every generated meal is written to follow the avoid-list and lean toward what matters — and, as with everything here, you verify the ingredients yourself.

What the profile does
What it plans with, and around
Planned with
  • Dishes written to be cooked thoroughly all the way through.
  • Folate- and iron-conscious meals.
  • Calcium and protein emphasised across the week.
  • Pasteurised dairy in place of the soft-cheese list.
Kept out, or kept small
  • Raw and undercooked meat, fish and eggs.
  • High-mercury fish: shark, swordfish, king mackerel, tuna steak.
  • Unpasteurised dairy and soft cheeses; deli and cured meats unless steaming hot.
  • Raw sprouts, liver and pâté, and alcohol.

Set it once, in seconds. Turn the profile on in your nutrition goals and every meal, swap, side dish and what-can-I-make suggestion respects it — for you, and for anyone you add to your table. Free, no account needed to start.

Common questions
Is this a substitute for prenatal guidance?

Absolutely not. It’s a convenience that encodes the widely published avoid-list into your meal plan. Your OB or midwife’s advice always comes first, and you should verify every ingredient.

Does it handle aversions and nausea?

Swap any meal in a tap, and the planner’s taste profile learns what you rate down. Pair with GLP-1-style gentle dishes by adding notes to your preferences if strong smells are an issue.

Can you promise the meals are safe to eat?

No, and we won’t word it that way. Recipes are AI-generated, so the honest description is that the profile is written to steer around the widely published avoid-list — not that any given dish has been checked and cleared. Read the ingredients yourself every time.

Why is it called “pregnancy-aware” and not “pregnancy-safe”?

Because “aware” is what we can actually stand behind. The planner knows the list and plans around it; it can’t inspect your kitchen, your brands or how long something was cooked, and calling it safe would imply a guarantee no meal planner can make.

Which fish can I eat?

The profile leaves out the four high-mercury ones named above rather than treating all fish as off-limits, so lower-mercury fish still appear in generated weeks. Confirm the specifics with your midwife or OB.

Does it cover gestational diabetes?

Stack the diabetes-friendly profile on top and every dish is planned against both — the pregnancy avoid-list plus the lower-carb, no-added-sugar pattern, with carbs counted per meal.

What about after the baby arrives?

Turn the profile off in one tap — your other settings stay as they were.

Is it free?

Yes — a full week of meals, recipes, nutrition and a grocery list, free and without an account to begin.

Plate Planner is a meal-planning tool, not medical, nutritional or health advice. Recipes and nutrition values are AI-generated estimates — verify ingredients (especially allergens) before cooking, and plan any medical diet with your doctor or dietitian. Full disclaimer.

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