Do vegetarians have any particular problems during pregnancy?!
Do vegetarians have any particular problems during pregnancy?
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No. I mean, the already-healthy ones whose diet is already fine do not. If the question is 'are they more prone to problems than omnivores,' the answer is no.
People have managed to write entire books about pregnancy and vegetarianism, but it's just not that interesting a topic -- they're pretty much very basic nutrition guides full of stuff that most vegetarians would undoubtedly already know.
The basic pre-natal vitamins cover a multitude of dietary sins, too.
It would probably be a pretty odd question among Hindus.
ETA: there is a minor hassle in finding a vegetarian DHA supplement. But not much. See, for example: http://www.expectalipil.com/expectalipil...
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I _am_ a pregnant vegetarian.
Just make sure your iron intake and protein intake are sufficient. Your growing foetus takes nutrients first and you get what's left. All pregnant women should take a prenatal vitamin to make sure they're getting adequate folic acid and other vitamins. But many pregnant women become anaemic anyway because of the extra blood they have to produce, so iron supplements are often prescribed.
How can veg have any affect pregnancy?no chance it only give a healty child.
Strangely enough i became a vegetarian during my third pregnancy.The sight and smell of meats sickened me.My child was born perfectly healthy and I was much healthier myself.My child is now 9 and meat still turns my stomach.
Watch your Iron levels.
they're likely to give birth to green babies.
Some vegetarians experience anemia. Taking prenatal vitamins and eating dark leafy veggies such as spinach, raisins, etc can help prevent anemia.
Absolutely NOT! My mother is a second generation vegetarian, making me third generation, and she had three prefect babies with no problems.
The medical community strongly advises against a vegan diet during pregnancy. A vegan diet is more of a cult diet and should be kept to a minimum if your health is of any concern to you.
Mothers who ate a vegetarian diet during pregnancy had a five-time greater risk of delivering a boy with hypospadias, a birth defect of the penis. The research team suggests that phytoestrogens, hormone-like compounds found in soy, may be responsible for the link.
Also note that strict vegetarians are much more likely to have some small deficiency of B12, a vitamin that is essential and a lack of which can cause numerous health problems for mother and child, and is in more demand in pregnancy.