1. Keep up the good habits. Minimise discomforts and maximise yours and your baby's health by continuing to lead a healthy lifestyle and eat a good diet.
2. Nearing the end. You may often be uncomfortable now, but the strong foetal movements you are feeling mean your pregnancy is reaching its natural conclusion.
3. Nutritional resources. Your baby is drawing heavily on your stores of calcium and iron. Keep your intake of these high so you do not become depleted yourself.
4. Vary your foods. Babies in the womb stick out their tongue and taste the amniotic fluid. Eat a variety of foods to introduce the baby to new tastes.
5. Normal swelling. Every pregnant women swells to some degree and it is only considered a problem if you have high blood pressure.
6. Fibre. Keep your fibre and fluid intake high now to counteract constipation and avoid haemorrhoids, which are a common problem in pregnancy.
7. Bladder control. Inhibit bladder leakage by doing exercises daily and drink lots earlier in the day to avoid interrupting your sleep to urinate during the night.
8. Energy output. Broken sleep and the energy it takes to make a baby will fatigue you in the third trimester, so eat energizing unrefined carbohydrates.
9. Small meals. You may start off hungry but be unable to finish your food, so the key to comfortable eating in the third trimester is small, frequent meals and snacks.
10. Homemade. To get the high-quality nutrition you need now, make your own meals to take with you, so you can control exactly what is in them.
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