SAD Pregnancy vs. RAW Pregnancy - Check out the difference!!

[holistica]

This is really impressive! I sent the URL to this thread to a SAD pregnant friend of mine. I'm hoping it'll change her outlook a bit!

[alwayshungry]

Wow!...the pictures speak for themselves.

[chilove]

Wow, those pics are amazing! You are so vibrant and alive looking in the raw pics. Amazing!!!

Very inspirational, thanks so much for sharing!!!

Blessings,

Audrey

[mooranka]

Hi There,

My name is Marienka and I was browsing the internet this morning uner the topic of "raw food pregnancies" when I found your article. Thankyou so much for your inspiration. I have printed your pregnancy side view comparison photo and stuck it on my fridge :) I would much rather look like the raw you as I am 2 months pregnant now and have been toying with the whole raw pregnancy thing and your photo was what I needed to slide into it.

I would like to keep you updated as things progress if that is ok?

Much thanks,

Marienka from Down Under

[Sara1803]

Wow! You look really beautiful and happy!

[Tru]

Amazing! Wow -- great testimony!

[MyRedPanda]

Hi! I just wanted to saw awesome job! I am planning on having more kids in the future, and wanted to know if you would share a typical raw pregnancy day with me, like what you ate, how much, etc.

[Eva]

Love having an excuse to see this again! So inspiring! Eating a mostly raw pregnancy over here too, and TOTALLY loving it! I'm 23 weeks now? and the big things now are 1/ baby kicks a lot and 2/ belly's increasing in size. Otherwise bicycling and enjoying life as usual. Baby loves me moving and enjoying life!

[MyRedPanda]

Eva I love your website :) You are going to be my inspiration, for the next pregnancy. I have been vegetarian for about ten years, was vegan pre pregnancy (although not raw) and I second guessed myself and let other people talk me out of eating vegan during pregnancy. The next time I am just going to listen to my body and eat what feels right, and since starting to eat more raw food I feel better than I have in years

[Eva]

Eva I love your website :) You are going to be my inspiration, for the next pregnancy. I have been vegetarian for about ten years, was vegan pre pregnancy (although not raw) and I second guessed myself and let other people talk me out of eating vegan during pregnancy. The next time I am just going to listen to my body and eat what feels right, and since starting to eat more raw food I feel better than I have in years

Aw, I'm not doing 100%, though. I'm used to 100%... but there have been moments that I have simply craved other foods. Not for emotional reasons, but because my body was telling me something. Not many times! But I am listening... not to others so much... but to my own body.

No reason to ever second-guess yourself! You know your body better than anyone else, and if YOU feel better than you have in years, well good for you for listening to YOU!!

Thanks for the love on the site!! I love to share -- which is putting it mildly. Raw food can just be so flippin' awesome!!

Love, Eva

[MyRedPanda]

Aw, I'm not doing 100%, though. I'm used to 100%... but there have been moments that I have simply craved other foods. Not for emotional reasons, but because my body was telling me something. Not many times! But I am listening... not to others so much... but to my own body.

No reason to ever second-guess yourself! You know your body better than anyone else, and if YOU feel better than you have in years, well good for you for listening to YOU!!

Thanks for the love on the site!! I love to share -- which is putting it mildly. Raw food can just be so flippin' awesome!!

Love, Eva

Well, even if you are 80% while you are pregnant that is awesome. I just gained SO MUCH WEIGHT with my first pregnancy. I gained 60 lbs. Seriously. It sucked. I started out at about 95 lbs and ended up at 157 lbs and my baby was 3 weeks early. No, I did not have GD or pre E. I had a very healthy pregnancy. The crazy thing is I weighed all my food and calorie tracked the entire time and ate between 1800 and 2200 cals/day, and it was all vegetarian stuff, just heavy on the carbs, cheese, and animal protein, because that is what other people were telling me I needed. The next time around I am not going to listen to them. I honestly am a really small framed and short person, and I typically only need about 1200 cals/day for maintenance. So I should have eaten that amount till the end of the first trimester, the upped it to 1400, then to 1600 - 1800. But I was told I would harm my baby if I ate under 1800 cals/day and vegan (mind you, not even raw, just vegan) was out of the question (I was vegan pre pregnancy). Anyway, I really feel like because I listened to the standard idea that you need 1800 cals/day minimum that i gained 60 lbs. I have lost all of it but about 10 lbs now, but still. Carrying around 60 extra lbs sucks, even if it is while you are pregnant. Ideally I think I should have gained about 25 lbs. I think raw food is not only a great way to give your baby all the nutrients it needs, it is also a way to keep your weight in check, while still listening to your body and eating something not raw when the craving arises if you know you need that for nutrition (and not if it is something like cake or a nutritionally devoid food).

[pelikay]

Wow!!! You look fantabulous!!!!! You radiate health and vitality. I'm sure kids 6-8 are also different than 1-5 in all aspects. You are a beautiful soul. Peace and blessings!!!