Set aside salt, pepper, garlic powder and sweetener such as sugar or a sugar substitute. Include your favorite spices. Tasteless food can be demoralizing. Include olive or corn oil for cooking and flavoring food. Box up basic food preparation tools and utensils to store with emergency food supplies. Make sure you have a can opener, eating utensils, and a cup. Also store a gel-fuel or butane stove with backups of cooking fuel.
Also, if you take the classes too early in your pregnancy, you may forget the information over time. I recommend that you plan to attend prenatal classes between 26-36 weeks in your pregnancy, and ideally completing the classes 4 weeks before your baby is due.
Yes! I recommend all women start taking prenatal vitamins well before they start trying to conceive, and certainly once they stop using contraception. You never know how long it will take to get pregnant. So start the prenatal vitamin of your choice today! The benefit of starting early is that some very important nutrients, particularly folic acid, will be up to par during the first few weeks of your pregnancy, and even before you get the positive pregnancy test.