Pregnant and detoxing??

[LauraPaulsen]

Hello all,

Due to my recent blood work, I'm going back to 100% raw. Do I need to worry about my body going through some detox while pregnant?

Someone IRL told me I would have to be careful...is this true??

[Nurse in the Raw]

Raw is the best thing you can do for yourself and your baby. You may detox but it won't harm the baby.....you will just feel a little under the weather. It's not much different from a cold or flu so I wouldn't worry about it. Keep taking your prenatal vitamins though.

[LauraPaulsen]

Raw is the best thing you can do for yourself and your baby. You may detox but it won't harm the baby.....you will just feel a little under the weather. It's not much different from a cold or flu so I wouldn't worry about it. Keep taking your prenatal vitamins though.

Oh thank you!!

My children already have the flu...so I'll fit right in.

SO far i'm feeling great. I went for some fasting bloodwork and just ate an entire cantelope...it was delicious.:D

[ElephanTigeR]

Congratulations!!

I am almost 12 weeks pregnant, and I have been wanting to go raw for MONTHS! But I have NO self control! Probably due to a lot of the wrong foods I eat lol. So, my 2008 resolution list included going high raw and exercising at least 15 minutes everyday.

So if you want a pregnancy buddy lmk!!

EDD- 7/18/08

Do you homebirth and all that too?

[Peachy]

I have been thinking about the same thing and trying to get info. I am 14 weeks pregnant with my third child and have been very sick. But I am starting to feel more human and I really want to go raw but have been worrying about all the junk built up in my body from all the years of terrible eating.

I was wondering how it has been going for you? Did you go raw? Did you find any info about starting raw while pregnant?

Thanks for the help,

Peachy
EDD 7-18-08

[jules88]

My son is 7 months old now. My first 3 months of pregnancy I could not eat a thing and what I did was whatever my husband brought home along the way from work. In other words fast food. After I lost the morning sickness or in my case all day sickness. I went 100% raw a never thought of the the detox issue. I don't recall any ill effects and my baby was delivered with no problems, no drugs in about two hours. That was going from dialated to 2+ to delivery in two hours. Somedays I lived on green juice or as my girls call it green go go juice. I felt great my the last 6 months of pregnancy. I would just do it and feel the great results.

[jgagnon]

About prenatal vitamins...read the labels ingredients very carefully. I found my prenatal vitamins had Sodium Laurel Sulfate in them! Nice eh?

[trinity082482]

About prenatal vitamins...read the labels ingredients very carefully. I found my prenatal vitamins had Sodium Laurel Sulfate in them! Nice eh?


And they constipate pretty bad lol.. yikes :(

[Nordicone]

I am 16 weeks pregnant and have symptoms of detox. But I would rather my baby was getting nutrition from spinach rather than a bowl of icecream.....