Generally, women felt that making nutritional adjustments was one of the few things they could actually do to positively influence the well-being and health of the child.
Women going all the way tended to be somewhat more driven by the interest of the child than the other two groups.
Furthermore, women continuing the same way tended to
think somewhat less of the expectations of the social
environment. However, as time elapsed, shifts in motivations for nutrition behaviour could be observed; firstly, a
shift from interest of the child to interst of the mother.
Women who became more aware of their nutrition mainly
out of interest for the child saw that good nutrition was in
their own interest too. They experienced advantages with
regard to their own well-being, by feeling (mentally/
physically) healthier. In addition, women with an increased
nutrition awareness right from the start of their pregnancy
became somewhat laxer later in pregnancy. Their child was
doing fine. Consequently, tastiness became more prominent
than the health aspect of nutrition. Furthermore, other
things in life became somewhat more important again, such
as work.