Hey Cherished, I guess I would say that the advice you have been given is just one person's perspective/opinion. You could visit 10 different practitioners of 10 different modalities and get 10 different pieces of advice. In the end you need to do what feels right for you. I have had similar advice over the years.

A GP once said 'I wish you would just eat meat a couple of times a week' when I was pregnant with my first child. Suffice to say, I did NOT follow her advice. There are some lines I will never cross. I do not believe that I have to eat the bodily fluid or flesh of another animal in order to have a healthy baby. In fact, I have three healthy children, so I know this to be true!

Like Peach, I had to deal with the opinions of others who felt that raising a baby on a vego diet was impossible. Thankfully, after our beautiful, healthy baby was born without 2 heads, people shut up! And for my second and third pregnancies, there were no comments at all.

Cherished, if you PM me your email address, I will email you a couple of articles that I wrote for a vegan mag, with info on vegan pregancy. You may find them useful, and at the very least, there are some good references.

I have no doubt hon, that you can grow a gorgeous healthy bub without consuming meat or blood.