Customer Reviews

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

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I read the other reviews, but decided to pick up this book anyway, and I'm glad I did. It makes quick reading, because parts of it are in a question-and-answer format, and you can just skip the questions that don't apply to you.

I don't think the topics are so dumb that you don't deserve to be pregnant if you ask them (?), but perhaps that's because I'm a childbirth professional and have been trained to address questions of all sorts nonjudgmentally.

What I like the most about this book is that it presents nutritional information in a way that I've never been able to find it: logically, comprehensively, and specifically for vegetarians and vegans. I was a little suspicious after reading in a review that she claims one cup of tofu has 40 grams of protein (which she does), and a quick check of my fridge shows that a whole package of tofu contains around 35 grams - but who eats a whole package in one meal?

It is bothersome that she doesn't cite her information consistently, sending me to my fridge or online to corroborate her information, but on the other hand we should never be relying on any one source for information about our health.

I especially like her tables and lists: clear, simple RDAs; examples of foods to eat that are rich in each of the vitamins and minerals, and especially her clear breakdown of lipids (fats and fatty-acids), and what foods provide them. Her information on what's in prenatal vitamins and whether they are or are not veg-friendly is great, in a small section that suggests exactly how much of the vitamins it should have and from what sources.

If you can avoid bits of vague misinformation and don't mind the question-and-answer format, this book is a clear distillation of a confusing abundance of nutritional information that vegetarians and pregnant or trying-to-be-pregnant moms need.

I'm so glad there are some great pregnancy books geared just for vegetarians. This book is very helpful, especially for first time moms who are wondering about everything. I like the nutrition part and I found that a great companion to this book is "The Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook." Out of all the books I read, these are the two that I will keep and refer to with future pregnancies.

I enjoyed Dr. Roberts' book as the first book I read when I found out I was pregnant (and newly vegetarian at the same time). I did find the Q&A format a little tiresome, and I wish she would put the chapters in more of a topical order, saving the "what could go wrong" or "what does this uncommon symptom mean" questions for the end. I have too many pregnancy books that require weeding through information to skip the scary stuff and just get the basics. However, I really enjoyed the tone of this book - she writes with a gentle compassion and supports her case well that being vegetarian while pregnant is a beautiful thing for both you and your baby. She does not push her cause, but rather provides the information with great explanation. There is a large amount of nutrition information that illustrates how much vitamins, nutrients, etc. are in plant-based foods. I found this very helpful. This is a good initial resource for pregnant women concerned about their and their baby's nutrition.

I bought this book because I am a vegetarian thinking of getting pregnant and needed a book specifically to target that fact. I was recommended this book by an Amazon employee actually who told me I should wait for this book to come in July cause it was worth waiting for. Considering it's a 378 page book it barely talks about vegetarian related pregnancy issues and instead focuses way more on just standard health issues and concerns related and not related to being pregnant. It's few and far between that it actually deals with vegetarian pregnancy related issues. Many of the question need to be gathered up into a Pregnancy for Dummies book cause they are so incredibly stupid that it's the only place questions like that should belong. If women are actually asking some of these question they have no right having a child! Anyhow, the parts that do deal w/ being vegetarian and being pregnant are good and welll thought out, but I wanted a book that fully dealt with this topic as there was no way for me to know this book would not be that book since it's title is YOUR VEGETARIAN PREGNANCY!!!!!

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.

I think this book has great intentions.
Its not the kind thats bores you, its a quick and easy read.
Especially, good when you want to reference back.
I am not saying it covers everything, but finding a book that covers everything would be overwhelming, and I'd prob. not pick it up unless its organized exceptionally well.
Anyway, this book is a 4/5 for me because I think it could have covered a little bit more.
It is a book that I would recommend to a vegetarian, because I have not found a good book on vegetarian nutrition.
Plus what I like is that it does not OVER EMPHASIZE SOY, which I can't stand eating. Most vegetarian books tend to do that, and its very frustrating.
I also like parts where it compares apgar scores, nutrition profiles etc of meat eating vs. vegetarian etc..Its reassuring for some people I bet.

I didn't really like it and didn't find it helpful. Maybe if you're new to vegetarianism and scared it might reassure you. Being a pregnant vegetarian is no different than being a pregnant meat eater. Just eat healthy foods and you're good to go.

It really didn't help. I have other pregnancy books that weren't veggie, that gave the same information.

This is a really good vegetarian pregnancy book. I enjoyed it and highly recommend it. I like how she breaks it down month by month and she goes into depth with nutrition.

This entire book is in Question & Answer format, which I find rather annoying. It was written by an obstetrician, and contains far too much general info about pregnancy. I have other books for that; I was expecting only information about nutrition from this book. The actual information and tables related to nutrition are the best part of this book, but comprise far too few pages relative to the whole thing.