Anyone Is Vegan?

I was vegetarian up until the middle of the second trimester. Then my tastes and cravings just totally changed. I have tried to go vegan but love cheese too much...but I hadn't had cow's milk in a quite a while...
I'm 36 weeks pregnant now and from then until now all I want is organic 2% cows milk, tons of it, and ice cream too.
Everyone is different and even though I highly believe in all of the many reasons to either cut down or go without animal products, I have to listen to what my body needs and wants and I couldn't force myself to eat enough kale, etc to get the amount of calcium I need. I just didn't want to eat some of the things I had eaten in the past. Just make sure you get a ton of protein. I didn't like it when someone told me to eat 2 eggs a day, but I feel so much better when I do...so I'm just a little more flexible now...I was just thinking that even though I was vegetarian, this baby sure is NOT!
I have read a bunch of books though, and there are literally tons of websites out there if you just do a search for vegan pregnancy.
One website that has info/recipes is www.manitobaharvest.com
I like their hemp protein powder.

Good luck! I hope it works for you!

I am not 100% Vegan, but I bought a book called Super Baby Foods by Ruth Yaron when my daughter was 4 mo and it has great info, recipes, etc for the vegetarian minded. It is great for making your own baby food and nutritionally balancing it for baby. Good luck.

Buy the super baby foods book the authour is vegan and give a lot of vegan alternative so you can feed your baby that way to.I am not vegan but I found the food ideas very healthy and useful it also teaches you how to make all kinds of things like your own playdogh and organic pesticides.There is a ton of info in this book I bought mine amazon.com for 16.00 including shipping.

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We are not vegans, but I know many moms who are and I started using the Arbonne protein shake mixes to make my kiddos shakes and protein bars. After age one, your little could enjoy some really healthy snacks. Contact me if you are interested.
www.m3vno.myarbonne.com
Forgot to mention, they are vegan. Arbonne doesn't use or test with animals or byproducts. Most of the Moms I have as clients that are vegans have shared many recipes, they focus on adding flax seed, aminos, and definetly recommend a multi vitamin. Of course most of the baby food was breast milk and then pureed baby food from home or whole foods. I was pretty much vegan when I was pregnant with my 3rd baby. I ate small meals all day long and made sure to add lots of kale, mushrooms, and colorful veggies to my diet. I also made a strict vitamin regimen. She was 7.3 lbs and just healthy as could be. I wasn't able to eat meat with that pregnancy because I just went through cancer treatment and the radiation to my throat made it hard to swallow the meat, and I wasn't going to puree, so I did alternatives. :)M.