Your Vegetarian Pregnancy: A Month-By-Month Guide to Health and Nutrition

by Holly Roberts

When you're eating for two, you need to eat well.

When you're eating for two, you need to eat well.

There's no question that a vegetarian or vegan diet is just as nutritionally sound during pregnancy as one that includes animal protein. In fact, vegetarian nutrition offers pregnant women valuable health benefits that you simply won't find in a nonvegetarian diet, such as higher levels of folic acid, lower cholesterol, and an abundant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743224523
• ISBN13: 9780743224529
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Good book, some info you don't get from other books.

I used this book through both of my pregnancies. I really liked it, especially that it was specifically for us vegetarians. It's not expensive, so if you are a vegetarian and pregnant (or want to get pregnant) you can't go wrong with this book.

More than what I expected

This book is truly a great find. When I purchased it I expected to read about nutrition of pregnant vegetarians, which was indeed descrybed in great detail, but I've got more than that: it covers literally everything about pregnancy, beyond nutrition. Having this book I do not need to buy any additional. There are many books that overpriced, but this one is great value for money.

My favorite pregnancy book!!!

I bought about 4 pregnancy books and I liked this one the best - no doubt about it. The question and answer parts were really helpful and easy to read. But the thing that I appreciated the most was her compassion and her understanding of what it is like to be human, horomonal and going through the ups and downs of being pregnant. I am a vegetarian but I'm not obsessed with minute nutritional details so thank you for not boring me with that! The book focused on what to expect each month as a pregnant woman and in addition how to do it as a vegetarian. At the end of my pregnancy when I was so hormonal, this book gently reassured me that what I was going through was normal. Thank you Dr. Roberts.

Thank Goodness for Dr. Roberts!!!!

I used Your Vegetarian Pregnancy during my pregnancy and found it to be extremely helpful - for both myself and my healthy newborn vegetarian son, Josh!!! As Dr. Roberts seemed to have written this book as an experienced compassionate physician who was also a vegetarian and a mother, she seemed to know exactly the questions I would be concerned about. She also knew of straightforward ways I would be able to deal with all of them and still keep being vegetarian. I greatly appreciated her description of pregnancy's month-by-month changes and all those specific nutritional needs I would face as a vegetarian during my pregnancy. I felt so secure and reassured knowing I was able to fulfill all American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists nutritional guidelines during my vegetarian pregnancy simply by understanding and following her guidelines. I especially appreciated her explaining how I could combat morning-sickness, hypoglycemia, too much weigh gain, and anemia as a vegetarian. They all worked!!! Thank goodness my son and I were able to benefit from this book just in time for my pregnancy.