Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Another question just occured to me -- is it okay to suddenly go raw while breastfeeding? I've heard that if you detox, it can come out in the breastmilk, so detoxing while bfing isn't reccommended... is that so? My older child is 2 and isn't at all dependent on breastmilk for the nutrition, but my 7 mo is exclusively breastfed, no solids yet, so she is a different story! I was concerned about switching my 2 yo to a raw diet being a rough transition possibly -- now it occurs to me that perhaps it will be rough on my baby as well!! Any thoughts or advice? Also, info on raw food pregnancy would be helpful since I hope to get pg again within a year. I saw the site with Jingee (sp?) and was inspired a lot -- any other sites? Personal experience? Sorry I am just flooding the group with questions, but I'm totally into this now and am so excited for my raw future! Colleen ~ Wife to Adam, my beloved and my friend UCbirthing, breastfeeding, cosleeping, non vaxing, richly blessed AP mama to Sarah Angelina (1/1/03) and Mia Catherine (8/23/04) " As a mother comforts her child so I will comfort you " [isaiah 66:13] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Hi Colleen! Even though not everyone on this list agrees with everything Dr. Gabriel Cousens espouses, I am going recommend you read his book, Conscious Eating. There is an entire chapter in it on nutrition for pregnancy. I think it is important to read all different points of view and then decide for yourself what seems most logical to you. Best of luck on your transition! -Poppy Colleen Rivera [colleenrachelle] Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:01 PM rawfood [Raw Food] Going raw while breastfeeding? Another question just occured to me -- is it okay to suddenly go raw while breastfeeding? I've heard that if you detox, it can come out in the breastmilk, so detoxing while bfing isn't reccommended... is that so? My older child is 2 and isn't at all dependent on breastmilk for the nutrition, but my 7 mo is exclusively breastfed, no solids yet, so she is a different story! I was concerned about switching my 2 yo to a raw diet being a rough transition possibly -- now it occurs to me that perhaps it will be rough on my baby as well!! Any thoughts or advice? Also, info on raw food pregnancy would be helpful since I hope to get pg again within a year. I saw the site with Jingee (sp?) and was inspired a lot -- any other sites? Personal experience? Sorry I am just flooding the group with questions, but I'm totally into this now and am so excited for my raw future! Colleen ~ Wife to Adam, my beloved and my friend UCbirthing, breastfeeding, cosleeping, non vaxing, richly blessed AP mama to Sarah Angelina (1/1/03) and Mia Catherine (8/23/04) " As a mother comforts her child so I will comfort you " [isaiah 66:13] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Elchanon, I was very encouraged by your reply to this... I do believe that us becoming healthier can only benefit our children! Thanks for helping to affirm that. I tend to second guess my instincts sometimes :-) Colleen ~ Wife to Adam, my beloved and my friend UCbirthing, breastfeeding, cosleeping, non vaxing, richly blessed AP mama to Sarah Angelina (1/1/03) and Mia Catherine (8/23/04) " As a mother comforts her child so I will comfort you " [isaiah 66:13] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Colleen, Welcome to the list. You might want to check out Storm and Jinjee Talifero's website at www.thegardendiet.com. Jinjee has four raw kids and had two raw pregnancies. She writes about it on her website. There is also a book I saw at the healthfood store called Raw Kids which talks about transitioning kids to a raw food diet (including food suggestions) so that might be helpful as well. Also, the book Raw Family (www.rawfamily.com) is good too, it was written by a Russian-American family that went raw all at the same time, and their experiences with that. swing --- Colleen Rivera <colleenrachelle wrote: > Elchanon, I was very encouraged by your reply to > this... I do believe that us becoming healthier can > only benefit our children! Thanks for helping to > affirm that. I tend to second guess my instincts > sometimes :-) > > > Colleen ~ Wife to Adam, my beloved and my friend > > UCbirthing, breastfeeding, cosleeping, non vaxing, > richly blessed AP mama to > Sarah Angelina (1/1/03) and Mia Catherine (8/23/04) > " As a mother comforts her child so I will comfort > you " [isaiah 66:13] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 You may also wish to post your inquiry to these other groups to obtain personal experience narratives: http://health.RawBaby/ http://health.rawfoodbabies/ http://health.rawmomma/ --- Colleen Rivera <colleenrachelle wrote: > > Another question just occured to me -- is it okay to > suddenly go raw while breastfeeding? I've heard that > if you detox, it can come out in the breastmilk, so > detoxing while bfing isn't reccommended... is that > so? [...there'll be love and laughter, and peace ever after, just you wait and see... ---Vera Lynn] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 Hi Poppy, thanks, I will look into that. --- " Poppy Davis " <poppy@p...> wrote: >> Even though not everyone on this list agrees with everything Dr. Gabriel Cousens espouses, I am going recommend you read his book, Conscious Eating. << ~*~Colleen~*~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 Thanks swing -- it was actually seeing Jinjee and her children that made me realize raw foods was maybe the way to go -- before that I just assumed it was " unhealthy " ... checking out the rawfamily site now! Thanks for the welcome! ~*~Colleen~*~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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