I'm vegetarian

[abbifa83]

Are there any other vegetarian mums to be out there? I'm 7 weeks 1 day and I'm starting to get cravings, but what I'm craving is meat :( I'm really wanting red meat and chicken. I'm trying to eat lots of iron and protein rich foods to curb the cravings but it's not working!

[abbifa83]

Thank you for all the advice, eating fake meats didn't help the cravings for meat, but a sudden bout of all day morning sickness that stopped me being able to eat anything without bringing it back up for over a week did the trick. I'm just starting to be able to eat again but very little at a time and I'm struggling to fancy anything, so more more meat cravings for the time being lol

[littleoopsie]

I'm vegetarian and 7 weeks. I wish I had cravings. I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum and don't want anything to eat and the smell of everything, especially meat, makes me gag. have you tried eating some organic fake meats to try to satisfy the cravings?

[AnnieBrooke]

Try Frances Moore Lappe's Diet for a Small Planet and Recipes for a Small Planet.  She talks about balanced proteins and how to get them from plant-based diets.  The idea is that one needs to have not just a legume, but a legume and a grain together in the dish, to give a balanced protein.  If you are a vegetarian for animal-cruelty reasons, add eggs and cheese to your diet.  I was a vegetarian for a long time but I ate fish and poultry when I was pregnant.  

[nutz19]

Remember phoebe in friends? She had to eat meat while pregnant. :) I love phoebe. Right back to advice. Try things like lentils and chickpeas, kidney beans and butter beans, maybe make a casserole with fake sausages etc... Trick your body?  

[Duerrgirl]

Meat protien keeps your blood sugar up longer and at a more steady rate. Sounds like your body is just craving more protien... I have a few vegetarian and veagen friends who had to go back to at least some meat for be pregnancy. Everybody is different but some of us just require more protien when pregnant.

[lucie27]

I'm not vegatarian but a women I worked with was until she became pregnant and could not stop her craving for bacon. As soon as she had her son she went back to being vegatarian. I would have a pool in the Internet for iron rich vegetables of your iron tablets aren't helping to much.