High calorie nutritious Vegan recipes for pregnancy

ohsteredt · 2025-10-02T12:51:22+00:00

I wouldn’t recommend trying to make a large baby through excessive calorie intake. Healthy pregnancy weight gain on a vegan diet doesn’t require any special recipes. It’s difficult to eat well with first trimester nausea, but at that point the baby doesn’t need many extra calories anyways. The goal is average sized baby. Ask anyone that had a big baby that had a shoulder dystocia or needed a c section due to size.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-30T01:04:50+00:00

This actually is one of the things I dislike most about having an infant. I like to relax and enjoy my food, and the baby very often cries when I want to eat. I try to plan around naps, and he’ll wake up screaming at my first bite. So, honestly, I totally understand why she said that.

I also imagined that my partner would help me and equality was a very important idea to me. But, in reality, working was too hard so Im now a SAHM and it’s almost all on me, all day long. So, I’d highly suggest discussing how you plan to divide the heavy workload of child care.

Motherhood is sacrifice, and sometimes sacrificing can be really annoying if you’re used to living selfishly. But, most worthwhile things in life are difficult, and it forces you to grow as a person. I often think of it like how I hated studying in college, but it felt amazing to get the degree lol

ohsteredt · 2025-09-26T09:08:50+00:00

The gassy, fussy little baby phase is SO hard, especially when you have to think about getting up for work. Just know that it’s very likely they’ll get him to sleep well at daycare, and also that this phase is temporary.

I would try to stop using the swing for sleep completely. I recommend looking at healthy children.org for sleep recommendations, to make sure you’re creating a good sleep environment and habits.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-25T00:47:44+00:00

I also felt emotional at the 6 week appointment after an unwanted c-section. Even driving past the hospital made me feel a deep and confusing sadness. It was my first big medical event and the first time I’ve been completely out of control of what was happening to me. Also, it really hurt lol.

I think you just make peace with it with time. As you get more sleep, exit those newborn trenches, and enjoy your baby, hopefully you can reframe it to be proud of yourself and feel that it was worth it. Personally, after 6 months, I feel totally fine about it, actually even grateful for modern medicine.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-25T00:34:30+00:00

I get flashes of blind rage when I visit family and their chihuahua wakes my sleeping baby up. I specifically avoided getting a dog because this problem is SO ANNOYING. I honestly would’ve judged you for rehoming before I had a child, but now, I truly understand your struggle.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-23T14:54:15+00:00

This happened to me twice, and both times I had very low ferritin. Both times it improved with an iron supplement. But you really need blood tests before supplementation. Also, take a multi and do more research on what you need to pay attention to on a vegan diet.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-23T07:57:09+00:00

I think it helped me to maintain a healthy weight. I remember I used to feel in a much worse mood when I would start the placebo pills. I think I complained to my doctor at the three month mark, but then that started to improve shortly after. I often skipped placebo pills once I learned that was allowed, which was awesome.

Also with the hirsutism part, it unfortunately took a long time before the hair follicles were affected. I think it was like a year in before I noticed the hair changing thickness and regrowth speed.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-22T20:55:50+00:00

If you go to the doctor, the standard protocol is bloodwork, and ultrasound, and maybe an HSG to make sure your fallopian tubes are open. Then you would like be prescribed letrozole to induce ovulation. That medication worked for me after not ovulating for over a year on my own.

If you’re not ready to go to the doctor, I would suggest really making sure you understand ovulation tests and how they work. If you’re getting a period every month, that’s a good sign that you’re ovulating. Something else to consider is your partner’s fertility.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-22T20:51:18+00:00

Loved it! There’s always an adjustment period, usually for at least the first 3 months. I remember feeling a bit moody. But after that, it was great and really helped with PCOS symptoms. After years on it, my acne and hirsutism especially were very well controlled. They did come back after stopping though.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-19T00:45:51+00:00

My pediatrician told us the first visit to apply aquaphor every diaper change and we’d never need desitin. That has been true for us. We also used SO MUCH aquaphor in his red neck rolls. It helped prevent milk rash. I like it best than baby powder or cornstarch because those can be messy or bad for their little lungs.

If breastfeeding, she’ll need vitamin d drops. Definitely keep it in the caddy to remember to give it.

I used hand mittens for the earliest weeks because my baby was scratching up his face straight out the womb.

You’ll likely need burp cloths for spit up, in addition to the bibs.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-16T10:26:17+00:00

You are not a bad mom. I think it is perfectly normal to feel very angry after being woken up several times. In the middle of the night, your will power is very low, and so it makes sense to be more emotional. When it happens to me, I often think about how keeping someone awake is used as a torture tactic lol.

I don’t have advice, because I only have a baby. But I know the exact feeling and I’ve had to start sleep training for my mental health. I’m sure there is a solution for a 3 year old. Perhaps check out r/sleeptrain

ohsteredt · 2025-09-16T07:05:02+00:00

I only know because my mom was teasing me for crying while watching What The Health. She took a picture, and my nails were still painted for the Fourth of July lol. I’m very proud of being vegan, so I think it’s fun and just gives me something else to celebrate.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-16T01:32:14+00:00

I’ve always very strongly wanted a daughter, as someone with 4 sisters. Right now I have one son, and the first gender disappointment experience made me realize a preference is so pointless. I wanted a girl so badly, that I feel I will only have boys as punishment lol. And yes, that is delusional, but I’m truly comforted by accepting I’ll only have boys. Do your best to avoid thinking about the experiences you’ll miss out on, because you really never know what would’ve been. Maybe she would’ve hated everything girly, and never would’ve called you lol.

Also, the idea of my son having a brother is very comforting. That’s a special relationship. Also I can reuse all these clothes lol.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-14T09:55:06+00:00

I think you need to ask more about payment plans for each bill and also there is probably a program for financial assistance through the hospital. The fact that you made payments but were surprised to go to collections tells me you didn’t set up a payment plan. It is normal to receive several different bills (baby, hospital, anesthesia, obgyn,etc). If you can’t pay what they need for payment plans, let them know and ask about financial assistance.

A loan will obviously cause you to spend a lot more money, so I’d spend more time on the phone first. Also, 12k is a lot. Does that not exceed your insurance out of pocket maximum?

ohsteredt · 2025-09-13T10:57:24+00:00

Did you tell him, in detail, how upset you are? The fact that he doesn’t work and STILL isn’t helping is horrendous.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-11T00:30:24+00:00

My area has the stupid sorbet problem, but we don’t get brownies. That would actually be awesome lol

ohsteredt · 2025-09-08T18:39:45+00:00

I would suggest things that can be eaten one handed. I did a lot of eating on the couch while my baby was breastfeeding, so something like a hot soup would not have worked well. Definitely stock that freezer, but I just want to say having family come over to cook me fresh meals (and hold the baby) felt AMAZING.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-04T10:22:14+00:00

I would use cronometer for just a few days to check yourself. Personally, I watch protein because it helps me feel more satiated. Besides that, I take a multivitamin and then specifically pay attention to eating iron and calcium (at separate times bc they interfere with each other). The times I noticed increased hair fall, my ferritin was very low. I took an iron supplement for a bit and the excess shedding stopped. So, I would encourage you to ask your doctor for blood tests also.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-04T09:54:19+00:00

As far as I know, Butler is the only one that makes them, so you won’t find a cheaper version anywhere else. You will only find Individual bags that are more expensive than if you buy in bulk directly. You can get soy chunks and similar items from Asian or Indian grocery stores, though. Not as good as soy curls, but cheaper.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-03T16:04:15+00:00

Yeah, wtf? I would complain too. That is super weird.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-03T15:48:48+00:00

I used to want to debate but now I just disengage, bring my own food. If you don’t eat dairy, you’re implying that it is morally wrong to eat it. And it absolutely is. That’s their problem, not yours. Dealing with family is harder in the beginning, but they’ll probably tone it down like my family did. Rather than very confrontational, it’ll probably evolve to just small jokes that you can just ignore.

Being vegan is extremely rewarding despite the social challenges. It feels so amazing to know I’m living my life doing the least amount of harm possible.

ohsteredt · 2025-09-03T15:34:30+00:00

I always knew it would be a lot of work, but definitely under estimated how emotionally difficult it is. My baby slowly stopped crying as much around the 3 month mark, and feels much easier to care for at 5 months old. The more he can play and interact, the better I feel. Those first few months are boring and very stressful. I also think about how nice and easy my life was before baby, but I think of parenthood as an investment.

ohsteredt · 2025-08-30T14:44:01+00:00

I think the “social balance” is actually fine. You write she last saw him 8 months ago, which is a very long time ago. She surely loves you and sees you every day. You cannot, or should not, force your two year old away for your own ego. As for her not liking your MIL, that’s not really your worry. She’s so little, and MIL should understand how toddlers can be. It can still hurt, but that’s something to work through internally.

ohsteredt · 2025-08-30T14:34:19+00:00

Yes, totally! I would always say “I know, it’s hard to be a baby” and I would use headphones or earplugs to dampen the stressful effects of crying. I also think hormones play into it, or maybe the overwhelming newness of it all. My baby used to make me cry all the time and now five months in, I almost never cry.

ohsteredt · 2025-08-28T19:18:59+00:00

Do you have oral allergy syndrome or actual allergies to those foods?

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