vegans and shorter gestation?

er...i'd ask her for some documentation of this supposed fact?

i was vegan with my daughter's gestation and she went to 41.5 weeks.

christacular I have to say over the last few days I've looked forward to seeing your replies!

I wonder why it would equal shorter gestation.....that just seems off especially since it was by a couple weeks. I could understand her saying that if it were a substantial number of weeks earlier and had proof. Let us know what she says at your meeting...I'm interested to hear what she has to say.

I've never heard of that either. I'm interested in where she got that info.

Never heard that one!!!!

I was vegan thru all three pregnancies and all my kids were "over-due".
I think a baby comes when s/he is ready!!

Congrats too!!

Perhaps it's because she thinks vegans are protein-deficient and therefore deliver prematurely? For what it's worth, dd1 was born at 37 weeks after a mostly vegan pregnancy (some dairy, because I craved it) and dd2 was born at 41 weeks, 5 days after a pregnancy that was vegetarian. I'd say it was liked vegan but with some dairy...obviously not vegan really, but not tons of dairy.

Now I'm eating meat and it is working better for me, but I get quite peeved when people make assumptions about things they aren't familiar with. During my first pregnancy I crossed one team of midwives off the list because they wanted me to keep a food diary since I was vegan. Since I knew significantly more than they did about eating vegan, I didn't see that their paranoia or my keeping annoying lists was going to help me have a joyous and healthy pregnancy.

I was vegan during my pregnancy and had to get induced at 38 weeks due to a bunch of other issues. (ftr, my dd weighed almost 8 pounds at birth, and I had gained over 40 pounds during the pregnancy)

I was omni for both pregnancies. Ds at 37 weeks (7lb 15.4 oz), dd was 36 weeks (7lb 11.6oz). I gained about 35lbs with each.

My second pregnancy, which was mostly vegan went the longest, at nearly 42 weeks. My first pregnancy (vegetarian) I was induced 9 days past my due date. My third pregnancy, and the only one where I ate meat, was actually the shortest at 40 weeks, 4 days.

Both my sucessful pregnancies were vegetarian
DD came at 34W4 days due to pre-eclampsia
DS came at a day before 37 weeks all on his own

My 3 vegan pregnancies:
#1 - 40weeks, 3days - 8lbs. 4oz.
#2 - 43.5 weeks (we thought he was 37.5 weeks at first but we were way off on dates) - 9lbs. 5oz.
#3 - 37.5 weeks - 8lbs. 4oz.

All born at home, healthy, etc.

ds midwife birth @ hospital (while vegetarian) - 42 weeks
dd midwife birth @ home (while vegan) - 41 weeks

DD1 - 43 weeks (vegetarian, but waters broken)
DD2 - 44 weeks (vegetarian but no cows dairy as couldn't face it, left to get on with it)
DS - 45 + weeks (vegan)

how silly.

vegan for all three pregnancies!

DS on his due date
DD1 37 weeks, because of an abrupted placenta, possibly linked to the fact that i was severely anemic due to depression/poor eating habits in general
DD2 10 days "late" and a 10 pound pumpkin (and a VBAC yay!)