100 grams of protein?

Question

I recently interviewed a midwife and she sent me home with a “Pregnancy Tips” sheet. It reads, “Eat a well balanced diet including 60-80 grams of protein daily (if you’re vegan you will need about 100 grams daily).”
Ummm I don’t think I’ve ever eaten 100 grams of protein in a day, not before I was vegan and definitely not now. I was striving for 77 grams, and while it’s a struggle (thank god for protein shakes and seitan) I could do it most days. 
Have you ever heard of vegans needing 100 grams of protein? Why so much more than omnivores?! And how can I do it without drinking 5 protein shakes every day? 🤢😩
...never mind the fact that I’m nauseous and it’s a pretty great day if I can stomach toast.

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there's literally no reason you would have to eat more protein than non-vegans. protein shouldn't even be the main concern, your calorie intake should be. always keep in mind doctors and midwives aren't nutritionist. and even nutritionist are still biased to their own diets. 100 grams of protein is way too much.

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Im not a professional, but I don't think you need to worry about protein intake  I've been a plant based vegan for 7 years, and one of the biggest misunderstandings about the vegan diet is that most people will become deficit in protein. However, this is rarely the case!!! You can get more than enough protein eating nuts beans, legumes, and lots of veggies! Measuring by calories, broccoli has more protein than a serving of red meat!! Hemp seeds are another wonderful source of protein. As long as you are eating whole foods, you'll be getting more than enough protein. Protein deficiencies are extremely rare! It's more likely you will need to focus on eating enough foods with iron.

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My midwife hasn't shown any concern. I use the cronometer app when I remember and track my input since I don't take prenatals and want to be sure I am getting all the good stuff me and baby need. So I get between 80 and 96 g of protein a day.
My biggest contributors are pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and my oatmeal. I eat about a head of bananas a day. I make sure to get in a head of brocoli or a bowl of peas. I have peanut butter at some point everyday. And then I always make a fresh smoothie after my workout. I don't use protein shakes or powders. I just make an all plant based smoothie especially rich in spinach, spirulina, and molasses.
I eat my other meals and snacks. I have had nausea bad since I found out I was pregnant and I am now 32 weeks still nauseous lol. So I just make a list of foods I need to make sure I get in and then try my best with everything else.
But with just the spinach, molasses, sunflower and pumkin seeds, peanut butter, bananas, almonds, oatmeal and peas/broccoli, I meet my 83 g of protein.

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Why would you need more grams of protein just because it’s from a different source 😹 this sounds like a very ignorant source of information.

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I try to eat my weight in protein 6 days/wk and I’m 5’8”. 154lbs it’s hard but I am trying to build muscle so I’m supposed to eat my weight In protein daily per almost every recommendation I see on building muscle.    ***I never did this when I was pregnant and just ate what my body told me to eat and I have 2 healthy children.

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If you are in the US, because I’m not sure if they sell internationally, I recommend getting some Field Roast sausages. They all have at least 20 grams of protein. And the Amy’s quarter pound veggie burgers have 25 grams, if I remember right. I shot for the 60-80 grams, no one told me 100.

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Protein is good for growth during pregnancy and vegans need more because you don't get it from meat and it's a different protein than from animals. So you need more for the same results. But its just good to keep up as much as you are able, you don't have to do 100 but its a good goal to keep.

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100 grams of protein sounds absolutely ridiculous lol. I’ve been vegan for nearly ten years and never tracked my protein or anything and I’m perfectly healthy

100 grams of protein?

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