Re: Pregnancy
asmaosman, nothing you eat will make you have a 'gora' baby. That's just nonsense. Please eat healthy and focus on having a healthy baby rather than a gora baby.
I know this one lady who had posters of european babies all over her bedroom and she would carry coconut with her and munch on it all day. Unfortunately for her, she never had a gora baby. Instead of loving her child, she cried her eyes out in the hospital room when she had her kid.
Anyway, You must eat fruits, veggies, dairy products and protein (fish, chicken, etc.). Try mixing fruits with milk (as in a milkshake) if you can't eat fruits by themselvs. Or have some yoghurt. Danone yoghurt is delicious. You'll be surprised how many things you did not like eating before that you will start to love during pregnancy. I started eating porridge every day and before I would never touch it.
The first and last trimesters are the hardest. First trimester, cause your body and insides are changing and you have no clue what is going on, horrible mood swings, nausea, diarrhea, being by yourself with no other female support ... it's really, really hard. It's especially scary when it is your first and you are by yourself in a foreign country. Now you are in your third month, you have a few weeks to go and inshallah things will start feeling better. I felt like crap until my fifth month and then it got better. Last trimester has its own challenges cause you're just so big and tired and you have to stay stress-free. I still do my exercises everyday though. It's just one of those things you have to do for yourself and your baby.
Focus on being healthy for you and your baby. Remember, by the time you reach your last trimester, the baby can feel everything you are feeling. It can even hear your voice. So talk to your little one and try and be happy. Keep all negative thoughts away and don't get yourself into stressful situations .... stress for you is stress for your baby! Everything you feel, the baby will feel it too.
There is this great documentary out there called In the Womb by National Geographic.
All future/expecting parents (mothers and fathers) should download it.