Looking for continuing education in real food prenatal nutrition?

Whether you’re a registered dietitian looking for CDR-approved CEUs or a health professional who wants to deepen your understanding of fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and prenatal nutrition, I’ve created several resources to help you build practical, evidence-based knowledge in this field.

While the CEU activities below are pre-approved specifically for registered dietitians through the Commission on Dietetic Registration, they can also be valuable resources for other practitioners working in fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, or women’s health. If you hold a different credential, check with your own credentialing board or professional organization to see whether these activities may count toward your continuing education requirements.

Prenatal nutrition is one of those areas where conventional training often falls short. Many practitioners receive only a brief overview of pregnancy nutrition in school, yet in practice, clients come to us with complex questions about nutrient needs, blood sugar, supplements, food safety, fertility, pregnancy complications, postpartum recovery, and more.

Why does there seem to be a dearth of information on gestational diabetes and prenatal nutrition?

We know that it takes ~17 years for research to make it into practice, so I really shouldn’t be surprised, but I still find this disheartening.

All told, this experience reminded me that there’s a huge need for more up-to-date continuing education on real food prenatal nutrition and gestational diabetes.

The resources below were created to help bridge that gap with education that is research-backed, clinically useful, and rooted in a real food approach.

Continuing Education on Real Food Prenatal Nutrition

The resources below include book-based self-study options, webinar trainings, and additional mentorship opportunities. Several are pre-approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration for dietitians, and all are designed to support practitioners who want a more practical, research-backed approach to fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and prenatal nutrition.

Pregnancy Book CEUs: Real Food for Pregnancy

Real Food for Pregnancy is my comprehensive guide to prenatal nutrition and lifestyle, with over 900 in-text citations and a strong focus on nutrient-dense, real food nutrition.

For practitioners, it offers a practical, research-backed foundation in topics like macronutrient needs, key micronutrients, prenatal supplements, blood sugar balance, food safety, pregnancy complications, postpartum recovery, and breastfeeding.

👉 Learn more about Real Food for Pregnancy here.

For RDs, this activity is pre-approved by CDR for 45.5 CEUs.

Fertility Book CEUs: Real Food for Fertility

Real Food for Fertility, co-authored with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, focuses on preconception nutrition and reproductive health.

It covers fertility-supportive nutrition, egg and sperm quality, metabolic health, PCOS, hypothalamic amenorrhea, recurrent miscarriage, endometriosis, male fertility, cycle health, nutrient status, lifestyle factors, environmental exposures, and more.

👉 Learn more about Real Food for Fertility here.

For RDs, this activity is pre-approved by CDR for 48.25 CEUs.

Free Webinar: Prenatal Nutrition Assessment in Pregnancy

Nutrition assessment in pregnancy requires more nuance than a standard intake form or a generic prenatal checklist.

This free on-demand webinar walks through key considerations that are often missed in routine prenatal care, including dietary intake, symptoms, labs, supplements, metabolic health, medical history, and risk factors for nutrient deficiencies or pregnancy complications.

👉 Access the free Nutritional Assessment in Pregnancy webinar here

For RDs, this activity is pre-approved by CDR for 1.5 CEUs.

Webinar: Ethics in Prenatal Nutrition

Prenatal nutrition comes with plenty of ethical gray areas: communicating risk, discussing supplements, navigating incomplete evidence, addressing misinformation, and helping clients make informed decisions without fear-based messaging.

This webinar was created to make ethics continuing education feel directly relevant to real-world prenatal nutrition practice.

👉 Access the Ethics in Prenatal Nutrition webinar here:

For RDs, this activity is pre-approved by CDR for 1 ethics CEU.

Want more in-depth mentorship in prenatal nutrition?

If you’re looking for a deeper, more structured path to specialize in prenatal nutrition and get certified as a prenatal nutritionist, the Institute for Prenatal Nutrition® Mentorship Program (IPN) is my most comprehensive practitioner training.

IPN is an 18-week certification course for health practitioners who already have a science and nutrition background and want to build confidence applying prenatal nutrition research in real-life client care. IPN graduates include various practitioners working in this field, including dietitians, nutritionists, physicians, midwives, physician assistants, acupuncturists, and other licensed professionals.

Inside IPN, we cover pregnancy physiology, nutrient requirements, clinical assessment, lab testing, supplementation, gestational diabetes, hypertensive disorders, postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, case studies, and much more.

Upon successful completion, participants earn the title of Specialist in Prenatal Nutrition and may use the initials SPN after their name.

Enrollment opens once a year and space is limited. Join the IPN waitlist here to be the first to get notified when enrollment opens next.

👉 Learn more about the Institute for Prenatal Nutrition® here.

Until next time,

Lily

PS – A note on pre-approved CEUs for registered dietitians: Each CEU activity has its own approval details and expiration date. Be sure to review the current activity page before enrolling so you know the number of CEUs available, what’s required to earn credit, and when the activity expires.