Pregnant Mom Dialogue

[IamLoved]

Hello everyone!

Someone mentioned that they would like to see more pregnant woman talking about being pregnant and eating raw so here it is.

I am 7 weeks pregnant, just getting into morning sickness and feelling icky. I was fasting when we conceived and found out that we were pregnant. I broke the fast great and then a few days ago went on a very unfortunate SAD binge that I am just recovering from. And recovering really is the appropriate word too. I feel hung over and very ill.

So I am drinking lemon water and plan on having some fresh OJ and possibly some coconut water as well later. I have plenty of raw foods to get me through, I just need to be able to stomach them. With my last pregancy I couldn't tolerate any raw food for the whole first trimester and I really don't want to go through that again.

So any other pregnant rawies out there? How are you doing?

[c'estlaviebelle]

Hi there! I'm 23 weeks pregnant with my first. Admittedly, when we conceived I was mostly high raw (70-90% on any given day) and was baking some vegan stuff and cooking vegan foods. During my first trimester I fell off the raw wagon and started eating cooked pastas and vegetarian foods with cheese and had a few eggs even (eek!). :eek: It was mostly due to being nauseous a lot of the time, and also this untrue belief I had that if I craved something I must need something in it. I started feeling really gross and breaking out with acne, as well as gaining weight I don't need to carry.

At 20 weeks I decided to go 100% raw again (or as a close as I could get) since I started to feel better. Then I came down with a bad virus for a week, and all I could eat was smoothies or juice, which ironically helped me get back in the groove. I'm anywhere from 90-100% raw everyday now, and I'm feeling a bit better, although I've already gained 15 lbs, most of which was gained before I went raw again (I was up 12 lbs by 18 weeks gestation). I'm trying to only gain what my body *needs*, but I have the tendency to gain weight anyway, so I have to watch it. My slower metabolism is the reason I went raw to begin with. I so want to be one of those women who just bounces back from pregnancy but I'm not sure if that will be the case....

Other than my food/weight concerns, the pregnancy is going really well, baby is healthy and my energy has gone way up again since I went raw and recovered from that virus. I've been taking a raw vegan protein powder supplement in my smoothies, as well as maca and hemp protein occasionally. It has helped me a lot with my energy also.

Good for you for being proactive and already getting back to raw at 7 weeks. I really wish I had been more raw in my 1st trimester as well as beginning of 2nd trimester. I think I could have staved off a lot of the cellulite I've already gained as a result of eating cooked vegetarian and dairy foods, and my energy would have been a lot better a lot sooner too.:)