Of course, your diet can help you conceive, but it's also becoming clear that your diet immediately prior to conception could affect the health of your baby. Here is an article that discusses some of the affects a poor diet can have on your unborn child:
abcnews.com
From the article:
A third study by Tom Fleming of the University of Southampton in England looked at the effects of a low-protein diet just prior to conception and during the early days of fetal development in mice.
Throughout the rest of their pregnancy, the animals were fed a normal diet.
The researchers found that this caused cardiovascular problems, particularly hypertension and arterial disease, as well as other metabolic disorders in the offspring.
Again, there was evidence of stronger effects in male mice.
Fleming said what's happening during this short window of time is that the tiny ball of cells that is the fetus is "sensing" its maternal nutritional environment.
If nutrients are scarce, the embryo will make decisions about how best to get nutrients from its mother, potentially overcompensating.
In a fourth study, researchers have been attempting to get even closer to a human model by looking at primates. Dr. Kjersti Aagaard-Tillery of Baylor College in Houston, Texas, and colleagues studied macaques given a 35 percent high-fat diet.
Some of the animals became obese as a result of the diet, while others did not. But of those who became pregnant, all gave birth to offspring that developed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and high levels of fats known as triglycerides in the blood.
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