The book has been returned to the person who lent it to me - she lent it to me in good faith but has actually never read it so didn't realise how it might affect me. She said she would read it before lending it out again!

I really was upset by it because I am doing the best I can do, as I can see so many people are doing, and I just didn't understand how it could be so wrong.

I can see by your stories that it is not wrong, it is human and I am not harming my baby but giving it every bit of love and strength that I have...I made a deal with him early on that he could take whatever he needed....it didn't matter how sick I got as long as he was okay I was good with that. So that is how it has gone.

Funny thing is that no matter how many times I was sick in a day & how poor my diet may have been (in amount of food rather than content) our baby grew but so did my hair (that no longer splits at the ends) and my nails are growing out of control....I don't think hair & nails would grow so healthily & baby didn't have what he needs.

I will keep eating as many pieces of fruit a day as I want without worrying about the sugar content and if I feel like sparkling water then I will drink it without guilt. As for my few pieces of dark chocolate each day....surely Mum being happy is only good for baby!!!!