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The Everything Vegan Pregnancy Book: All you need to know for a healthy pregnancy that fits your lifestyle (Everything (Health))

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This book guides you through ALL your pregnancy with amazing information. Fully loaded with nutrition tips, exercise, and month by month questions that arise during pregnancy and labor. Also has really good recipes :) I really appreciated the nutritional content of the book, so important when there are not many books on the market that talk about this important stage in a vegan woman's life. Thumbs up for The Everything Vegan Pregnancy Book!

I absolutely loved this book. I have a few other books on general pregnancy and none of them really address vegetarianism or veganism. This book fills in the gaps. There are separate chapters for some of the more important nutrients that you need while pregnant. I love that the author explains why you need that particular nutrient and what's happening in your body that spawns an increased need for it. Then it goes into what foods you can get those things from naturally and there's a really helpful list at the end of each chapter that gives you some ideas of how to easily add a little bit of this or that to your food. Sometimes it's things like nutritional yeast or kelp flakes that you can just sprinkle on your food for a bit of extra nutrition.

There is some good information on how to deal with people who might have issue with you being vegan while pregnant. There are some great tips on how to respond to some of the comments you might get and what information you might want to share with people who are saying certain things. The end of the book even has some recipes, which could really be helpful if you're unsure of how to eat now that you're pregnant. I haven't made any of them, but I did look through them. All of the recipes look fairly simple and quick, which is a bonus when you're tired and you need to eat and don't really feel like making food.

I really can't recommend this book enough. If you're vegan or even just vegetarian, pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant, you should definitely pick this up.

I bought this and What To Expect When Expecting: Your Ultimate Pregnancy Guide (*Special Edition*) at the same time. I returned What to Expect the next day. It simply wasn't as informative as this ebook. This book goes into more details and helps you figure out what it is you need to be thinking about since, as it turns out, a health-conscious vegan doesn't have a whole lot of changes to make in the dietary department.

The recipes in this book are perfect for a family on a budget with a diverse palate. It ranges from pancakes to Thi food. This book is gonna stay in my kitchen even after the pregnancy. All of the pregnancy stuff is adequate and refreshingly catered to vegans.

I didn't find the book terrible, just not the best. A lot of the information is fluffy and related to general pregnancy, not vegan specific. I also would have preferred more scientific information to help explain why it's possible to be vegan and pregnant. The recipes are pretty bad, I've yet to have success with any of them, and I know not all vegan food tastes that bad!

It's probably an alright book if you're looking for general pregnancy information with a vegan angle but not if you want in-depth discussion of veganism during pregnancy.