Incredibly dangerous book.
Pregnancy is not the time to try such drastic diets. This book would be less dangerous if it was about how to cook up meth to pay your medical bills while pregnant.

If you want to talk about fact and research it should be easy to find that this book not only seems like an endorsement for PETA but seems to actually be yet another secretly backed PETA off shoot just like the ones that like to post the addresses of scientists doing important research into real medicine. If anyone can take a diet book that pushes colonics as being an important part of being healthy, need to really start doing some research.

MUST BUY!!!
This book is awesome, I recommend reading it prior to becoming pregnant if possible, which is what I've done. It's raw, complete data that every potential parent NEEDS to know! In addition to covering all topics related to nutrition during pregnancy, it's written by sassy modern women with great senses of humor ; ) I enjoyed this book so much I bought it for my sister, who is also planning to conceive soon.

Surprisingly good
This was a surprisingly good book. The writers are sarcastic and witty. They're sort of shocking you into understanding how bad some things like sugar are, and how important some things like breastfeeding are. At the same time they provide lots of research to support their points, including that you can raise a healthy child on a vegan diet.

They recommend you exercise, eat organic fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds and legumes that you change up regularly . Contrary to all the high protein diets, you do need carbs, just not the refined ones. Good carbs are in the fruits, veggies, and whole grains. They talk about how important it is to have regular bowel movements while you're pregnant, and that eating plenty of fruits and vegetables can make this possible.

I really like the chapter "The Companies You Trust Don't Care About Your Children." The stuff that's in baby lotion is appalling. They recommend organic cloth diapers or organic disposables. All four Heinz's toddler cereals have sugar in them. That's not good. They recommend making your own baby food, which I personally did, all you have to do is pick healthy adult food that is soft or mashed up. There is no reason to buy that bottled junk.

They tell you to make other mommy friends, because they won't care how much you rave about Junior's every move. They also tell you to be a whole person, not just a mom. " She never asked you to be a single-minded lame-ass bore...She'd prefer to have a happy mom with a rich and layer life. " That's funny, and it's easy to become, "just a mom". We all deserve more than that.

I don't know why I bought this book. I'm not pregnant, or even thinking about having a baby. But I really enjoyed it. It's saucy, but healthy advice. Yes, the language is a little trashy, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. This is a hip how to be a healthy cool mom book. I'm glad I bought it.

Vegan is good for you!
Hi,
I'm a vegan mother expecting my third baby. I teach 7 yoga classes a week and get around for everything on my bike (we live in Scandinavia), my vegan hubby ran his first marathon this summer and my two kids are just beaming and glowing with energy. I can only recommend a well balanced vegan diet for any pregnant mom.

Good luck!

A Bad Choice for Many
I am not at all squeamish about cussing or euphemisms for the vagina. I love strong women who are empowered and informed and strive to be one myself. And it is in that vein that I question everything I read. Furthermore, I love to laugh. That being said...

I purchased this book forgetting that the reason I hadn't bought the other Skinny Bitch books was because I had read somewhere that they espouse a vegan diet. Blame the pregnancy hormones for forgetting something that important. I was a vegetarian for fifteen years and perhaps I just really suck at nutrition but it was not the best choice for me personally. Similarly, this book is not the best choice for many people. Being a vegan is not a lifestyle anyone should adopt because someone writes and sells a book that uses scare tactics - and that is precisely the manner in which this book is written. To an extent, what is most troublesome about this book is not the content but the tone. There is a certain moral superiority akin to zealotry in the writing that is disconcerting. What I find further disturbing is that, essentially, the authors prey on women at a time when they may be hyper sensitive regarding the choices they are making and may be stepping outside of their comfort zones to seek information and support. Adopting a vegan lifestyle is one option however it is not the only option nor is it the best option for everyone. If you are already a vegan, you probably will not be reading anything you don't already know about if you purchase this book. If you are considering transitioning into vegan diet while pregnant, speak with your doctor. It is a serious decision and not one that should be guided by a book that's not upfront with its agenda. It makes you wonder, what else are the authors not being upfront about? As a reader and lover of books, the constant use of counterclaim (we're just telling you that the entire dairy industry is corrupt so you won't have a four headed baby, etc) is extremely tedious and actually undermines their argument. It begs the question, why did the authors feel they needed to constantly discount common sense in order to keep me reading?

This is my first pregnancy and so after realizing I had wasted an hour and fifteen bucks (I really should have known to stop at the "Bitchclaimer") I could have spent on something I would have enjoyed reading, my wonderful husband ran out and got me good old What to Expect.... In terms of nutritional content, it far superior in terms of the voice it is written in, the scope of the information, the accessibility of the information and it is not at all the pedestrian read I thought it would be.

Lastly, I did pick up the book again thinking it might have some nifty vegan recipes for mud masks or stretch mark prevention or some other concern. Well, even if it did, I couldn't find any. There is no index and the chapters are obscurely titled. So in addition to all my other gripes, this book is not user friendly and frankly I've got enough on my plate (pardon the pun) with the vomiting, headaches, ginormous breasts and first time mommy worries, to be reading about cows pooping when all I want to know is if I'm allowed to eat papaya.

PS: Oh, and if the authors read this and decide to get up in arms - let me throw a little of your ubiquitous scattershot counterclaiming back at you - the word vegan does appear. It is buried on the second page of the forward. It might appear elsewhere but I would require and index to find it and I guess and this book is just not meaty (again, pardon the pun) to warrant one.