Nina Planck grew up on a farm in Virginia and ate foods like chicken liver, eggs, and whole milk. It was a diet she didn't think much of until she experimented with vegetarianism and low-fat foods as an adult and her health suffered because of it.

As a pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum educator for more than 12 years, it still breaks my heart to see how hard mothers-to-be and new mothers are on themselves.