re: eating meat during pregnancy

Quoting KnockedUP14:“ Im not sure if i am posting this correctly? But I had a question for you ladies out there who have been ... [snip!] ... mandatory but I wanted to know... Is it?? Do i need to eat meat or could I just stick with my usual vegitarian eating habits??”

I've been a vegetarian for 5 years, and I started eating meat when I found out that I was pregnant. I will allow my daughter to eat white meat as a child, and she can decide for herself if the vegetarian diet is right for her or not. I just know that with my hectic schedule I hadn't been taking care of myself and watching what I eat the way that I should so I decided that it would be best for the development of my baby for me to eat meat. She is not a vegetarian, and although I've been consuming it.. I still am :].

Quoting Sora's Mommy♥:“ I've been a vegetarian for 5 years, and I started eating meat when I found out that I was pregnant. ... [snip!] ... the development of my baby for me to eat meat. She is not a vegetarian, and although I've been consuming it.. I still am :].”

LOL, no you aren't.

My nutritonist said im fine just make sure you get protein through beans,nuts, dairy. also 4 someone who said that, im gaining weight perfectly.

I'm not a vegetarian, but I also don't consume that much meat, maybe like once a week I eat meat, im just not big on it...I just make sure I eat lots of fruits and vegetables to make up for it...especially green vegetables, which aren't even really my favorite...

Oh and for iron, i have 12 its better than what your sUpposed to have after pregnancy.

I've been a vegetarian all of my life and managed to gain 50+ lbs so far in my pregnancy, lol...there are plenty of foods you can eat for protein...peanut butter, eggs, nuts, tofu...etc

Quoting glowinthedark:“ LOL, no you aren't.”

In three months I will be back to my vegetarian ways. Thanks though.  

I'm sure for other people it might be easy to gain weight without meat, but for me it isn't. And even with meat it's still difficult.
I guess it's not really necessary!

Quoting A.Trevino:“ I'm sure for other people it might be easy to gain weight without meat, but for me it isn't. And even with meat it's still difficult. I guess it's not really necessary!”

no it's just you don't necessarily need the meat to get the weight gaining nutrients that it would give you...meat helps you gain weight because it has protein...

like rice, nuts, beans etc...are all fine for a vegetarian and have protein just like meat...

I've had trouble gaining weight this pregnancy too...and I do eat meat...but when I eat beans and rice everyday and avena for breakfast...I actually have been able to gain a little weight and none of those are meat, but they all contain protein...

you can also get whey protein powders from health food stores that you can make protein shakes with and that helps with weight gain as well...