Any Vegan/Vegetarian mamas?

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I watched a ton of documentaries and even did my own research allllll night on the negative effects of meat and dairy in human diets. I’ve never been a big meat fan anyway, but I’m considering cutting meat out all together & consuming dairy less. I love yogurt too much lol. Anyways, any mamas have advice or just positive comments on this more plant-based diet? 
** I am 21 weeks pregnant & no, I will not be drastically changing my diet; in fact I’ll be eating more than I do now! The goal is to get more nutrients from real food rather than processed food. **

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vegan momma here. I was/am vegan before during and after pregnancy (:

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I agree with Sharon. So delicious has yogurts that are amazing and would consider trying those. Or kite hill. I tried one of their flavors and it was quite good. 
Once you change your diet you’ll notice your taste buds will kind of change as well,  so yogurt may not taste the same or at least not “as amazing”. Of course you don’t have to, do what works for you. 
I was vegetarian for two years before becoming vegan and cheese was definitely the hardest for me to let go of (also yogurt/ice cream). The more I cut out the more grossed out I would become by the animal based foods over the plant derived stuff. Which is funny since at first I was much more hesitant to try the vegan yogurts and cheeses.

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Although I am not vegan or vegetarian at the moment, I have been before and I have a LOT of friends that are, many of them going through pregnancies and breastfeeding just fine. My biggest tip to you is focus on your fresh foods versus packaged stuff. It's so easy to fall into the trap of comfort food and it's no different for vegan/vegetarian. If you're not cutting cheese, I find that to be the biggest hindrance because the dairy is just so hard on your system (and typically the biggest replacement item in meals). So lots of grains, beans and produce! Also, there's a company called So Delicious that does coconut milk yogurt that is amazing! Highly recommended if you can find it. 😉

Any Vegan/Vegetarian mamas?

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