Pregnancy and the LFRV Lifestyle

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Permalink Reply by jamielor on August 17, 2010 at 2:43pm

I ate mostly fruit when I was pregnant but did not limit my consumption of good fats from avocado, durian and coconuts, which as easier to digest and don't cause the "pregnancy constipation" that nuts and seeds do. I wouldn't limit fats during pregnancy, as you are building the fatty brain and vital organs of your baby.

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie p on August 18, 2010 at 7:48am

I am interested in this topic too. I am especially curious about pregnancy and birth experiences before and after going raw.
I checked out this book on amazon. It's $25. Anyone got one they're interested in selling?

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Permalink Reply by Katherine Natalia on September 3, 2010 at 8:47pm

I'm in the same position, wanting to know if it's easier to conceive on this diet and what is best to eat during pregnancy and how to avoid morning sickness. I've read Creating Healthy Children by Karen Ranzi and highly recommend it. I'm afraid I'm keeping hold of it as I refer to it so many times. I'd love to chat with other people also in the same position as me as I've been following this diet for about 4 months now and don't know anyone raw who is pregnant or has kids. Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie p on September 3, 2010 at 11:18pm

Can you summarize the information in the book so I could decide whether it is useful for me or not? Especially the info you refer back to.
I am about one month pregnant with my fourth child but this is my first one raw. I've had three very similar experiences with my first pregnancies, so I'm curious about the how this one might be different. The first big issue, morning sickness, will be coming up soon. It usually starts for me around week six, so I will be sure to let everyone know if I experience something interesting.

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Permalink Reply by Katherine Natalia on September 6, 2010 at 7:54pm

The book has information about homebirths, raw food in pregnancy, fats in the diet for pregnancy, exercise during pregnancy, b12, digestion, nutrients, breastfeeding, attachment parenting and skin to skin contact, feeding the baby raw food, eating during the day, personal care products, children's exercise, caring for other creatures, transitioning older children to raw food, a selection of recipes, EFAs, vitamins, their decisions, water, Q&As, homeschooling, non violent communication, vaccinations, vision health, dental health, sun and health and a large section of raw families journeys to a healthful lifestyle which is the part I love the most as I heard how other families went raw. I think I will read this book time and again. I have used some of the recipes and love reading the stories. When I become pregnant I think I'll read the whole book again. It also has great references to other books and websites to find out more information. One of the best books I've ever read!

It will be interesting to see if you have a different experience this time with your pregnancy.

Thanks everyone for those links, they are very interesting.

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie p on September 7, 2010 at 10:48pm

Thanks for the thorough description. She sounds like my kind of lady. Since I already do or believe in all the things she talks about in her book, I probably don't need it immediately, so I'll probably ask my library to get it and just wait a month or two. It will be interesting to read about the raw family transitions. This is one area I do need some help with.
Thanks again!

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Permalink Reply by Chantal on September 4, 2010 at 2:03am

Not speaking from experience here, but I have been following a couple blogs of raw women who ended up going through a raw pregnancy (mostly recently archived stuff). If you want to check them out, they're at:

http://joannasteven.blogspot.com/
http://kristensraw.blogspot.com/ (and more specifically http://GreenMommyBlog.com/)

Don't know if I can fully attest to the 100% LFRV-ness of what they did, but I'm sure lots of it can be useful!

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Permalink Reply by todayisforever on September 4, 2010 at 4:42am

a good side for u maybe
www.womengoraw.com
and a lil interview on youtube about experience
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEMOkLI0IQM

hope it helps u
yours todayisforever

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie p on September 4, 2010 at 8:44pm

Thanks guys! All these links were good ones!

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Permalink Reply by Alysha Maiorelli on August 16, 2011 at 5:18am

I've lost a lot of weight since starting lfrv and living in NYC...like 127 down to 105... I am extremely active and I def. Load up on the calories with bananas and dates and lots of datorade....I'd like to get pregnant within the next year but at 5"7' and nearly 100 lbs (gah!) I'm not sure if my low weight will effect this...any thoughts?

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