Vegetarian and pregnant?!
I am trying to get pregnant and researching if being a vegetarian is healthy for the baby!. I have been a vegetarian for 3 years but I am afraid the baby wont get the nutrition it needs!. Any thoughts!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
Obamas Shoes, that artical was caused by the parents abuse, not researching, consulting a non bias nutritionalist OR feeding the proper diet to the baby!. It has nothing to do with veganism,only the parents stupidity!.
In the vegan sourcebook there is a quite a bit of info about vegan pregnancies!.
As a pregnant vegan you need to eat enough food to maintain an idea weight gain!. For most women that is about 1 1/2 lbs per week starting at the 4th month of pregnancy!.
Limit empty calorie foods!. Your baby needs to be healthy, so do you! Strictly healthy foods, litte, very little junk food!.
When pregnant as a vegan(Not true as vegetarian beacuse you can get b12 from milk and eggs) you need a b12 suppliment, your baby needs it more than you do!.
Lots of calcium, a calcium rich diet is best!. Between 1000 and 1300 mg per day!.
Lots of iron! Your doctor might perscribe an iron suppliment for you, even if he/she does, still try to eat lots of leafy green veggies to get iron!
You NEED sun exposiure! To get vitamin D you need to be in the sun! If you are put on bedrest or can not get outside, a suppliment is best!.
Letting you know, it is verry possible to raise a 100% vegetarian child, but contacting a nutritionalist and pediatrition about it is a good choice!.
I suggest talking to a nutritionalist about your diet, and your docor and see if they perscribe anything or tell you to do anything species to have a 100% healthy baby!
The vegan sourcebook also has some good infomation about riasing a vegan child, that also applies to vegetarian!
:)Www@FoodAQ@Com
In the vegan sourcebook there is a quite a bit of info about vegan pregnancies!.
As a pregnant vegan you need to eat enough food to maintain an idea weight gain!. For most women that is about 1 1/2 lbs per week starting at the 4th month of pregnancy!.
Limit empty calorie foods!. Your baby needs to be healthy, so do you! Strictly healthy foods, litte, very little junk food!.
When pregnant as a vegan(Not true as vegetarian beacuse you can get b12 from milk and eggs) you need a b12 suppliment, your baby needs it more than you do!.
Lots of calcium, a calcium rich diet is best!. Between 1000 and 1300 mg per day!.
Lots of iron! Your doctor might perscribe an iron suppliment for you, even if he/she does, still try to eat lots of leafy green veggies to get iron!
You NEED sun exposiure! To get vitamin D you need to be in the sun! If you are put on bedrest or can not get outside, a suppliment is best!.
Letting you know, it is verry possible to raise a 100% vegetarian child, but contacting a nutritionalist and pediatrition about it is a good choice!.
I suggest talking to a nutritionalist about your diet, and your docor and see if they perscribe anything or tell you to do anything species to have a 100% healthy baby!
The vegan sourcebook also has some good infomation about riasing a vegan child, that also applies to vegetarian!
:)Www@FoodAQ@Com
Yes vegetarianism is perfectly healthy during pregnancy :)
I was a vegan throughout my pregnancy, and gave birth to a very healthy daughter at the end of it!. 1!.5 years later, I still breastfeed and we are a happy, healthy vegan family!.
With regards to the article posted by Obamas Shows- that instance had nothing to do with the parents being vegan!., In fact, the judge in the case concluded that they just used 'veganism' as an excuse to try to get out of it, and that it was simply a case of them being neglectful parents!. There is no reason at all why vegan children should be unhealthy given a well balanced diet!. If that woman had had 2 brain cells, or any interest in her childs well being she would have breastfed, not given the baby soy milk!.
But anyway, yes you and your baby will be fine on a vegetarian diet!. Most doctors fully agree with this- in fact my own doctors response when I told him I was a vegan was ''Oh good, I dont need to bother lecturing you on good diet then''!.
Just ensure you have a well balanced diet, and as with all pregnant women, take your pre-natal vitamins!.
Good luck and dont worry!Www@FoodAQ@Com
I was a vegan throughout my pregnancy, and gave birth to a very healthy daughter at the end of it!. 1!.5 years later, I still breastfeed and we are a happy, healthy vegan family!.
With regards to the article posted by Obamas Shows- that instance had nothing to do with the parents being vegan!., In fact, the judge in the case concluded that they just used 'veganism' as an excuse to try to get out of it, and that it was simply a case of them being neglectful parents!. There is no reason at all why vegan children should be unhealthy given a well balanced diet!. If that woman had had 2 brain cells, or any interest in her childs well being she would have breastfed, not given the baby soy milk!.
But anyway, yes you and your baby will be fine on a vegetarian diet!. Most doctors fully agree with this- in fact my own doctors response when I told him I was a vegan was ''Oh good, I dont need to bother lecturing you on good diet then''!.
Just ensure you have a well balanced diet, and as with all pregnant women, take your pre-natal vitamins!.
Good luck and dont worry!Www@FoodAQ@Com
The mother of my children was vegan, so am I, and so are those children their whole lives!. We had home births using midwives!. The best experience ever!. Midwives are about 100 times more knowledgeable than doctors at hospitals in regards to birthing!. Not to mention, they are gentle, kind, and not on some sort of schedule, and being born at home, they are not born into a hospital environment where there are all sorts of sicknesses floating around!. Our children were born very healthy, no problems at all, very healthy weight, and now they are older and tall for their age and just in overall great health!. There are lots of books about vegetarian pregnancy out there!. Dr Michael Klaper has a good one!. I also recommend "Macrobiotic Pregnancy and Care of the Newborn by Michio Kushi -- fantastic book!.
Midwives also educate you all about foods that you should make certain to eat and certain to avoid!. Such as certain foods can promote breast milk production while others (such as sage) will actually stop it!. Certain foods will cause colic (bad indigestion in the breastfed baby) while others will not!. We just just had the best experience ever with the midwives and I couldn't recommend a better way to have a baby!.
During pregnancy their mother avoided all junk foods, sugar, msg, additives, chemicals, second hand smoke, coffee, caffeine, deep fried foods, fast food, and well!.!.!. all those things that you already know are bad for you (are about 1000 times as bad for a developing baby)!. She just ate a very good whole foods diet mostly organic, all vegan!.!.!. and as a result, the babies were in perfect health!. The midwives see all sorts of problems over the years and they can clearly see the connections between a healthy mother/father and a healthy baby/birth!. Where I live (Canada) midwives are covered by medical!. If you live somewhere where you cannot afford a midwife!.!.!. hm!.!.!. well, think of it as the best investment you can imagine!. The health of a newborn will affect their future health!. It's their foundation of health!. They need a good foundation!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Midwives also educate you all about foods that you should make certain to eat and certain to avoid!. Such as certain foods can promote breast milk production while others (such as sage) will actually stop it!. Certain foods will cause colic (bad indigestion in the breastfed baby) while others will not!. We just just had the best experience ever with the midwives and I couldn't recommend a better way to have a baby!.
During pregnancy their mother avoided all junk foods, sugar, msg, additives, chemicals, second hand smoke, coffee, caffeine, deep fried foods, fast food, and well!.!.!. all those things that you already know are bad for you (are about 1000 times as bad for a developing baby)!. She just ate a very good whole foods diet mostly organic, all vegan!.!.!. and as a result, the babies were in perfect health!. The midwives see all sorts of problems over the years and they can clearly see the connections between a healthy mother/father and a healthy baby/birth!. Where I live (Canada) midwives are covered by medical!. If you live somewhere where you cannot afford a midwife!.!.!. hm!.!.!. well, think of it as the best investment you can imagine!. The health of a newborn will affect their future health!. It's their foundation of health!. They need a good foundation!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Vegetarian is fine since you can get what you need from milk and eggs but being vegan and making a baby may be taking a risk!. Watch your teeth since an inadequate diet will affect them before your baby!. Nursing actually is the time when you will need the most nutrition!.
This article was written by a vegan:
http://www!.nytimes!.com/2007/05/21/opinio!.!.!.
I'm going to get a bunch of down thumbs here, but babies should be healthy!.
As for the video above, most of us do not eat kittens dogs or dolphins!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
This article was written by a vegan:
http://www!.nytimes!.com/2007/05/21/opinio!.!.!.
I'm going to get a bunch of down thumbs here, but babies should be healthy!.
As for the video above, most of us do not eat kittens dogs or dolphins!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Yes, theres nothing your baby need from meat that you can't get elsewhere also, if you give birth and raise a child without meat then you will save lives and your kid will have no cravings for meat!.
Its all good!. :) Good luck with the babyWww@FoodAQ@Com
Its all good!. :) Good luck with the babyWww@FoodAQ@Com
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