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I wouldn't change anything too drastically in pregnancy. But a lot of paleo ideas would be great and many women do paleo before during and after pregnancy.

The upped protein encouraged by paleo is great for pregnant women. Eating more fruits and veggies and less sugar, carbs and junk food is great. But I wouldn't do a "diet" because that is usually a restriction. Just make the healthier changes and I think you will get the benefits.

Prior to getting pregnant, I ate a modified "paleo" diet (Didn't know what else to call it, but basically no carbs, no processed sugars, etc. I didn't want to cut out all dairy or legumes, but mainly ate veggies, fruit, and proteins). This first tri has been really rough, and I've been eating WAY more carbs than I usually do, but I've been trying to keep my eating to proteins, veggies, and fruits as much as I can.

I'm 12 weeks today, and am hoping that in the next few weeks, I'll start to feel better and can cut out the carbs again. We'll see! At this point, I still feel so crappy that I'm just trying to get as many nutrients for the little bub as I can, with whatever I can stomach.

No I do not think paleo is a healthy way to eat and especially not during pregnancy. I would focus on eating healthy real food. For example beans are a pregnancy super food!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Um, and just to clarify - I'm not advising anyone to drastically alter their diets during pregnancy!! That would be crazy.

I'm sticking mostly to my primal diet now and though it's hard because I have nausea and sometimes bland carbs are the only things that taste good. Overall I think paleo is fine during pregnancy, but listen to your body.

I feel you on the feeling lethargic and needing more energy, I'm a vegetarian so when I do a Whole-30, I usually call it a "Half-30" which stands for half-a$$ed. I follow most of the rules, but I also follow the vegetarian plan, which allows for full fat yogurt and tofu and non-canned beans, so I still eat chickpeas and lentils that are soaked from dried. My biggest concern personally would be the lack of dairy, since chocolate milk and yogurt are my big calcium sources. You could probably reap most of the benefits from Whole 30 by cutting out all grains and sugars, and only eating whole foods, without having to be totally strict. I think cutting sugars and carbs down would probably help with your energy levels. Or maybe you're lethargic because growing a person is darn hard.

@Greentea: What about paleo do you think is unhealthy? I think it's healthier than the average diet, I do not eat this way but I don't think it's unhealthy at all.

I ate paleo through 2nd and 3rd trimester (and for two years before that). If you describe your way of eating as the "paleo diet" people may be alarmed but it's full of super nutritious food. It's also very close to gestational diabetes diet recommendations.

Sticking to paleo made such a difference in how I felt pregnant. I'm convinced it helped cut down on swelling and carpal tunnel for me (things I experienced only when I ate non paleo food so I stopped).

I have eaten a modified Paleo diet for a year. I see nothing wrong with doing a paleo diet during pregnancy but I would steer clear of a whole 30. I did one in March of this year and it is intense. In fact, I have moved away from paleo and just focus on whole foods so as to not eliminate any food groups and I feel like paleo is not long term for me though I gave it a solid shot.