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Your Vegetarian Pregnancy: A Month-by-Month Guide to Health and Nutrition

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The title just doesn't quite represent the book. It is a very nice book about generally staying healthy during pregnancy, or exploring the idea of vegetarianism, but as a lifelong vegetarian looking for some real in-depth information, I was disappointed. It's very beginner-level.
One glaring omission: absolutely no mention of Dr. Tom Brewer, or his dietary recommendations/discoveries! Not even in her section on toxemia/preeclampsia! There's a quick mention of the theory that calcium may help prevent these problems, but no mention at all of the incredible success of Dr.Brewer's advice: Lots of protein, plenty of water, and salt-to-taste. (and, of course, plenty of veggies and whole grains...) Check out blueribbonbaby.org.

For all of those ladies out there concerned that their vegetarian lifestyle will be a problem during pregnancy, this book will set them at ease. I found this book to be a useful reference guide and found it helpful that they listed sources of nutrients by food type (i.e. calcium, iron, etc.) Whenever I encountered a skeptic that I could be healthy, and carry a healthy child, while living as a vegetarian, I was able to use this book as proof. But even more important, I'm now mother to 2 healthy little girls and I remain healthy myself.

I used Your Vegetarian Pregnancy during my pregnancy and found it to be extremely helpful - for both myself and my healthy newborn vegetarian son, Josh!!! As Dr. Roberts seemed to have written this book as an experienced compassionate physician who was also a vegetarian and a mother, she seemed to know exactly the questions I would be concerned about. She also knew of straightforward ways I would be able to deal with all of them and still keep being vegetarian. I greatly appreciated her description of pregnancy's month-by-month changes and all those specific nutritional needs I would face as a vegetarian during my pregnancy. I felt so secure and reassured knowing I was able to fulfill all American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists nutritional guidelines during my vegetarian pregnancy simply by understanding and following her guidelines. I especially appreciated her explaining how I could combat morning-sickness, hypoglycemia, too much weigh gain, and anemia as a vegetarian. They all worked!!! Thank goodness my son and I were able to benefit from this book just in time for my pregnancy.

I bought this book because I am a vegetarian thinking of getting pregnant and needed a book specifically to target that fact. I was recommended this book by an Amazon employee actually who told me I should wait for this book to come in July cause it was worth waiting for. Considering it's a 378 page book it barely talks about vegetarian related pregnancy issues and instead focuses way more on just standard health issues and concerns related and not related to being pregnant. It's few and far between that it actually deals with vegetarian pregnancy related issues. Many of the question need to be gathered up into a Pregnancy for Dummies book cause they are so incredibly stupid that it's the only place questions like that should belong. If women are actually asking some of these question they have no right having a child! Anyhow, the parts that do deal w/ being vegetarian and being pregnant are good and welll thought out, but I wanted a book that fully dealt with this topic as there was no way for me to know this book would not be that book since it's title is YOUR VEGETARIAN PREGNANCY!!!!!