Hello All! I've been in this community for quite some time but this is my first post. So, hello!
I am a pregnant vegan (5 months, woo-hoo!) and very confident in my health and the health of my baby. As Im sure you can imagine, other people feel a bit differently. I'm lucky enough to have incredibly supportive friends and family and midwives, but
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Frankly, I don't think people need one to think this. Most people (at least the ones I know) really think that this vegan stuff is actually unhealthy. No matter how many times you can prove that you can get all your nutrients through plantbased food (except B12 of course, they'll always latch on to those pills), the majority in our countries doesn't live that way SO it's unhealthy. And being pregnant you are responsible for someone else and SO you should make the mainstream decision and just eat normal already.
Sorry I can't be of more help!
I'm very glad that your friends and family and midwives are supportive. Good luck with everything!
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My pregnancy was all vegan and I had an extremely healthy baby-- and she still is, ridiculously so, at 9 months. She's so damn healthy I'm exhausted. Be confident in your decision-- it's the right one. Everyone's going to try to make you scared -- just b/c they are. Don't be. You and your baby will be great.
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If anything I'm sorta pissed - frustrated that I know all these amazing, thriving vegan children (irl and via stories) and have never ever heard of an unhealthy vegan child (that was properly fed), and yet still I always am faced with these questions. Where is all the fear coming from?? It seems baseless, and I hate baseless fears.
So anyways, I was hoping maybe there was a study that would explain why people thought this way. At least then it would make sense!
Love the icon. She's adorable. =)
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Just hang in there. The baby itself might do all of the convincing, lol.
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I've never been pregnant but one thing I know about vegans is that they are very experienced in KNOWING what goes into their body...what is made up of what, what kind of nutrients it holds, etc. I'm not sure all omni moms are that diligent .. simply because they don't have to be. We really don't have a choice but to read labels and know what is going on...making your chance of being healthy higher than someone who just eats what they think they should be eating during pregnancy without doing the research.
Be confident in your decision...and enjoy this amazing
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Anyway, yeah I am more aware of what I eat than 90% of the people I know. I'm quite confident - I just want to be able to reassure them! =)
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