Vegan Pregnancy,Meat Eaters, Vegan Weddings

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Regarding vegan pregnancy:

I was vegan for years before my pregnancy and

ovo-lacto before that and vegan during (still) my

pregnancy. My son is almost 22 mo. and very healthy.

I think I've mentioned before on this list that he was

born with a heart defect (2 holes and a valve

problem). The ped. cards are always amazed that he

has never needed meds or surgery (they can't explain

it) and they are super happy that he is vegan (several

of them are veg). I really didn't eat anything

special during pregnancy and ds is nursing (he eats

tons of solids too). I take a B12 and I take the

vegan multi-vitamins from Pangea. The key to any diet

(especially when pregnant and nursing) is a variety of

whole foods. I told all my doctors/midwife/doula/etc.

that I was vegan and our ped. knows as well. The ped.

was the only person who really thought much about it

and he suggested vit D supplements when ds was much

younger, but quickly changed his mind and said if all

his patients were as healthy as my ds he would be out

of a job.

 

Regarding the Christmas present:

I just finished Carol Adams' new book " Living with

Meat Eaters " . I highly recommend it to any

vegetarian/vegans. She has a lot of good tips on how

to deal with different situations and a lot of it

isn't really about meat eating or veg*nism...just the

way relationships work in general. Anyway, she talks

about things our meat eating friends and families

might do like 'If you loved me you would feed me

meat.', etc. Some of the things she suggests is to

make sure the person knows that you love them and ask

why they feel unloved. Of course your dad may not

have phrased it that way so it may be a loyalty test.

Is this something he asks for every year? I would try

to not be on the defensive and not preach to him (I

have done that for years and I'm convinced it doesn't

work). For the last couple years I've tried to look

at everyone as if they were a vegetarian at heart and

Adams' sort of says this in her book. She calls

non-veg people 'blocked vegetarians'. Too much to go

into here. I guess I would say it is never too late

for someone to change, but they have to want to change

and do so on their own. I would personally never feel

comfortable buying animal products for anyone, but I

would try to get my dad something really special that

has nothing to do with food. You have to do what is

right for you. Good luck!

 

Vegan Weddings:

Someone asked a long time back about vegan weddings

and receptions. We had a vegan wedding and I've been

to two others. If someone still has a question,

please email me offlist.

 

Linda

Savoy, IL

 

 

 

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