back on raw and prego !!!

[devil's angel]

hello , im cassie and i thought that i was pregnant , kept taking tests and they all said no till today . im pregnant about a month or so . i just went back to raw about a month ago after two months of vegan . i cant get enough of my pure veggie green smoothie , cant stand to much of nut based items and have been craving vegan indian curry . this is my first raw pregnancy , second one all together . it would be great to get any info you might have and i am looking forward to a 100 percent ( if possible ) raw pregnancy ! i am so excited and cant wait for my little baby to be here . my daughter will have a brother or sister !!!!



sw=156 lbs
cw=155 lbs
gw=125 lbs

[Eva]

hello , im cassie and i thought that i was pregnant , kept taking tests and they all said no till today . im pregnant about a month or so . i just went back to raw about a month ago after two months of vegan . i cant get enough of my pure veggie green smoothie , cant stand to much of nut based items and have been craving vegan indian curry . this is my first raw pregnancy , second one all together . it would be great to get any info you might have and i am looking forward to a 100 percent ( if possible ) raw pregnancy ! i am so excited and cant wait for my little baby to be here . my daughter will have a brother or sister !!!!



sw=156 lbs
cw=155 lbs
gw=125 lbs

Another raw preggo here! CONGRATS TO YOU!!! I've got a whole pregnancy page in the works on my site, but for now I've just got the occasional posts on this and that. This raw food thing is AMAZING for the preggo journey! I'm shocked how much energy I have considering that it "takes so much out of you"!!

I am HUGE (look like 4 or 5 months along) but only about 14 weeks along. So Baby is getting some good stuff, to say the least!!

[devil's angel]

eva that is wonderful !!! im glad you r enjoying it . right now im kinda going through detox ... kinda stinks but not too bad b/c i was only veagan for two months so detox should be ok . just got my hubby to ok me getting a midwife and im so excited about that . will make trying to stay raw a whole lot easier . im not 100 percent raw quite yet . have to cut out my coffee and the occaisional indain food . i love their potatoe nan ... it is so good . but other then that i eat all raw . i
am working on it and hope that the coffee and the small cheats wont effect my pregnancy . i know the cravings right now are part of my detox and i am trying very hard to fill my tummy with other raw food and plenty of water . thank you for your post and good luck to you !!!

sw=156 lbs
cw=155 lbs
gw= 125 lbs

[MyRedPanda]

Congrats to the both of you! I want to become pregnant again, but am currently nursing an eight month old so it looks like for now it will not happen. I will be on a raw pregnancy journey with the next little sprout though :) I would love to read what you ladies are eating, and how it works out with the cravings!

And Devil's angel - we used a midwife and I can not say better things about having one. You will be so happy with the care you receive! My midwife wanted to make sure I was getting enough iron and calcium (I was vegetarian at that time) and she was shocked that my Fe levels were much higher than all her other clients. Towards the end of the pregnancy she asked me to take alfalfa capsules and I asked if it was safe to eat my sprouts again (I was told my an MD that sprouts were not safe during pregnancy because of listeria) and she nearly fainted when I told her I had been sprouting my own alfalfa and wheatgrass and was drinking the juice - she could not believe that a doctor told me to stop :) So yeah, you are going to get much better care and nutritional advice!

[Mary Kay]

A big hearty C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S!!!!

I hope you will consider stopping coffee though...It messes with your progesterone, not to mention acidifies you etc.....and right now, you need all the progesterone your body can muster.

Mary Kay

[devil's angel]

well like i said earilier ... im still drinking coffee ... i have cut back from a pot a day to a 6 oz cup a day . im trying to switch it with an herbal tea ... like green tea un caffinated . so far im quite tired going through detox , and cant eat much nut based items . today is my bday so i have to find a cake to make that wont make my little trouble maker unhappy . i will keep posting and congrats on nursing for that long . a lot of women cant make it past the first month . i nursed my little girl for a year and 3 months ... teeth !!!! ouch !!!!

sw=156 lbs
cw=155 lbs
gw=125 lbs

[Mary Kay]

Wow, you've cut it down tremendously! Good for you. I believe though, that quitting altogether is the only solution (sorry to be so preachy, LOL), I also believe that going cold turkey can be miserable and that weaning sounds like the best solution....which is what it sounds like you're doing! Way to go!

Mary Kay

[Eva]

eva that is wonderful !!! im glad you r enjoying it . right now im kinda going through detox ... kinda stinks but not too bad b/c i was only veagan for two months so detox should be ok . just got my hubby to ok me getting a midwife and im so excited about that . will make trying to stay raw a whole lot easier . im not 100 percent raw quite yet . have to cut out my coffee and the occaisional indain food . i love their potatoe nan ... it is so good . but other then that i eat all raw . i
am working on it and hope that the coffee and the small cheats wont effect my pregnancy . i know the cravings right now are part of my detox and i am trying very hard to fill my tummy with other raw food and plenty of water . thank you for your post and good luck to you !!!

You got a good start at least! I have to agree with MaryKay on all counts -- coffee when pregnant is less than ideal -- but it sounds like you are doing an AWESOME job of weaning yourself and working through the addiction.

I'm so looking forward to hearing how your journey progresses. It's so beautiful to be pregnant and full of energy and love and joy at the life inside of you. This is such a magical time! SO amazing!!

[devil's angel]

Well i am trying to put less and less water into the coffee until i can completely wean myself off . i tried to quit coffee cold turkey before and i had a blinding ( literally couldnt see for three hours ) white headache . i will never do that again .
i have been having fresh fruit in mornings w/my coffee , lunch is a green smoothie or just snacking on more fruit and i normally have a pretty light dinner . i havent been extremely hunger lately . i drink at least 2 liters of water a day sometimes 3 . i try to put a sm amount of nuts in my green smoothie b/c my trouble maker doesnt like the nuts . he makes me quiesy when i eat nuts . he does like them mixed with chocolate and fruit though . thats what i had for my birthday yesterday . the upside down berry cake on here . i changed like half the recipe though b/c i had non raws coming over and one of them cant stand coconut . i made it a chocolate berry layer cake . with chocolate frosting and cashew lemon frosting for the frosting writing . it was delious . everyone had a peice and i have no more cashew lemon frosting (this is cinniom roll frosting , forgive me i cant remember who posted it , but thank you )b/c everyone sucked the leftover frosting from the bag !!! it was a fun birthday and i got to take two very long walks yesterday .

sw= 156 lbs
cw= 153 lbs
gw= 125 lbs

[devil's angel]

Well i am trying to put less and less water into the coffee until i can completely wean myself off . i tried to quit coffee cold turkey before and i had a blinding ( literally couldnt see for three hours ) white headache . i will never do that again .
i have been having fresh fruit in mornings w/my coffee , lunch is a green smoothie or just snacking on more fruit and i normally have a pretty light dinner . i havent been extremely hunger lately . i drink at least 2 liters of water a day sometimes 3 . i try to put a sm amount of nuts in my green smoothie b/c my trouble maker doesnt like the nuts . he makes me quiesy when i eat nuts . he does like them mixed with chocolate and fruit though . thats what i had for my birthday yesterday . the upside down berry cake on here . i changed like have the recipe though b/c i had non raws coming over and one of them cant stand coconut . i made it a chocolate berry layer cake . with chocolate frosting and cashew lemon frosting for the frosting writing . it was delious . everyone had a peice and i have no more cashew lemon frosting (this is cinniom roll frosting , forgive me i cant remember who posted it , but thank you )b/c everyone sucked the leftover frosting from the bag !!! it was a fun birthday and i got to take to very long walks yesterday . excited:

[Mary Kay]

and a HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY too!!!!

Mary Kay

[devil's angel]

thank u much and it was awesome . today i had corn , an avo, chickpeas and salt for both lunch and dinner , breakfast was a few coconut larabars grapes and bananas . today was pretty good for me . i only had 3/4 cup of coffee instead of the whole cup . im working on it . and two liters of water . most of my day was grapes . im really craving grapes right now .

sw= 156 lbs
cw= 153 lbs
gw= 125 lbs

[devil's angel]

today is going good . grapes bananas , herbal tea !!!!!!! no coffee today . medjel dates , larabars and so far thats it ... i dont know what to have for dinner tonight . one liter of water for now . bout fill it back up for my second liter . he makes my stomache gurgle about half the day and i actually feel more awake without my coffee . i will see if i can do it tommorrow without coffee as well . if so then i will give away the coffee i have leftover or just leave it for guests . i am feeling costapated ... no number twos yesterday or today ... oh ... been eating dried plums to help with that . anyone else know of something to get it moving ? other then what i have been eating .

sw=156 lbs
cw=153 lbs
gw=125 lbs

[Mary Kay]

devil's angel,

It doesn't sound like you're eating very much at all!!! and your signature line says you're trying to lose weight....I hope you just haven't gotten around to changing it and that you're NOT trying to lose while being pregnant!

LOL, I haven't changed my sig line....it says I'm lighter than I am....ahem.....

Mary Kay

[devil's angel]

dear mary kay ,
i generally snack all day ... just lots of the items i mentioned and yes i am losing weight , but not intentionally, ive actually only lost 5 lbs scince i started back on raw and im fine with that till my baby is born this pregnancy is making me quite nausea. i eat when im hungrey . i make sure to always have healthy food with me . today was a berry smoothie with an orange , cherries , blackberries , blueberries and rasberries and almonds . lunch was two walnut meat lettuce tacos with tomatoes garlic , onions and a spicy salsa . dinner has been cherries an avo , and figs . and one larabar . i have drank two liters of water and no coffee for day two !!! yeah !!! quitting the coffee might be one of the reasons i dropped a lb . u take away something u have been having daily for the past five years u r bound to drop a little bit of weight , at least that was what i always thought . im on liter three right now . my purse always has about five larabars in it at all times and those things actually surprised me with the calories . each one is 220 calories per bar !!! not that im counting calories , it was just something i noticed . oh i forgot i drank one coconut worth of coconut milk and half a bag of dates today . i promise that im not trying to starve myself . thank u very much for ur concern . i really do appreatate all of the advice i get from everyone .


sw=156 lbs
cw=151 lbs
gw=125 lbs

oh my goodness i just reread my last post from the other day and the reason that it seemed so little is b/c i actully only posted my breakfast . i also had for that day ... about five larabars , cherries an apple two avos , more bananas two pieces of my bday cake (so rich) and two and a half liters of water and two cups of herbal tea. i think that was it . sorry if i scared u ... didnt mean to .