Skinny Bitch Bun in the Oven: A Gutsy Guide to Becoming One Hot (and Healthy) Mother!

I love this book. As a pregnant woman who enjoyed indulging in the occasional cigarette and wine every night with dinner until she saw those plus signs on her ClearBlue Easy, I did not feel one bit inferior or judged reading this book. It's HONEST. Caffeine, cigarettes, alcohol, and meat-based foods are bad for you and bad for your baby during pregnancy. Slaughterhouses are gross and the kill and processing of animals in the US (I live in the EU, thank God) is deplorable. If one can't appreciate a book that informs you that the chicken you're consuming has basically been dipped in lysol after being killed on a conveyor belt or boiled alive, among other lovely details of meat production and distribution, I am forced to question one's intelligence. Hey- I'd love to tell myself that a cake a day won't make me fat or that meat shot up with hormones and killed after having things shoved in various orifices under unthinkable duress won't negatively impact my body but it's just not so.As for the people complaining about the repetitive nature of the book...I have to question if you're actually pregnant. I am. I forget s***. FAST! The only repetitive part is if you've already read a lot of the Skinny Bitch books, which I have. I love these ladies. I think that the individuals whining about the authors making them feel "inferior" or crying over this not being a "fun" or "light" read need to pull their heads out of their asses. This book was written with women's and baby's health in mind. And it gets the point across in what I consider to be a pretty fun way. It's not light but most of the books that are are full of bs that is neither educational nor groundbreaking. If you feel like you're doing everything wrong, chances are...you are. The authors' point is that you have an opportunity to equip yourself with a new information set.As a die-hard fitness lover and notoriously healthy eater, I found this book in the series to be particularly entertaining and informational. Not a lot that I didn't already know from my own long-time relationship with health and nutrition (I'm a certified yoga and Pilates instructor with a lot of food allergies and an obsession with healthy eating) but there is a lot that I don't think most people know. Because in my experience, most people buying "how to be thin" books aren't well-versed in nutrition to begin with. If you don't want to burst your ignorance bubble, this book will probably leave you in tears or inspire you to hurl it across the room. Go for it. As for me, I am planning to stay healthy and skinny and fabulous through the next 5 months. Cheers to the authors (with a glass of organic soy milk, of course!) on another winner. Highly recommended for all expectant moms and the general public. I think something vastly overlooked is the authors' point of compassion and caring toward ones' self, ones' baby, the environment, and the future for our kids. How could that possibly be wrong?

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.

I bought this book after doing a search on Amazon for Vegan Pregnancy and unfortunately there just aren't that many books for pregnant vegan mums. Especial for people who are already vegan and just want confidence in their decisions and information and studies to back up their choices.When It arrived, I had a quick glance through it and decided that I wasn't going to learn very much, because I have already been vegan for 5 years and had one vegan pregnancy and this book goes into great depths explaining why you should go vegan.Anyway, I decided to read it, and what I found was... that although I had watched earthlings and read about factory farming, this book really, really affected me and made me never want to touch meat or dairy again. I mean, I had no idea how many chemicals, hormones, anti-biotics where given to animals in factory farms, or that such a thing a Johnes (yoneez) disease even existed. (In case you are wondering, it's a disease where the cows have uncontrollable diarrhoea and sometimes the poop goes onto the udders of the cow and into the milk that people are drinking. (I mean gross right!)Anyway, what I also got from this book, was a confidence in my decision to stay vegan during pregnancy and a knowing that it was the right thing for my baby. They discuss the different scare stories that are on the internet about potential health risks and share their take on it. For example the study that was done in the UK that showed Vegetarian mothers where 5 times more likely to give birth to a baby with Spadias. (I'd never heard of it before either, it's a deformity of the male genitals.) But basically, there have been several other studies done since this one, that have not been able to replicate the findings. Maybe because Vegetarians are more clued up on diet and nutrition these days? Or maybe because something else skewed the original study's findings. (Sometimes you need to also take into account who is funding the study, so you know if they have a bias towards a particular agenda.)The book has loads of greats advice, whether it's cutting down on chemicals in food and beauty products, to what vitamins and minerals are recommended to supplement during pregnancy. I enjoyed the ladies quirky writing style and would definitely read other books by them in the future.

I bought this book as a long-time vegan currently carrying my first baby. I had hoped for a detailed analysis on how to have a healthy vegan pregnancy - how much of which nutrients I ought to be getting and whatnot, maybe some recipes, how to tell if I'm becoming deficient in anything... veganism is important to me and I'd love to be able to set an example of just how healthy and happy a vegan pregnancy can be.Instead, I got one chapter after another of needless scaremongering. The pages are filled with preachy ranting about the evils of the livestock farming industry, the companies that make toiletries and cosmetics, the government and so on. Some of the advice verges on dangerous (for example, that you should consult a naturopath or herbalist BEFORE seeing a medical doctor).This book was a total waste of my money and time. Any vegans looking for advice on how to eat during pregnancy would be best off looking elsewhere. Thanks, Skinny Bitches, for giving us all a bad name.

I loved this book but then again I have been vegan for some time and have already seen the health benefits. I don't think I would have got pregnant in the first place on a typical western diet, having been advised I would struggle due toy PCOS. This turned out not to be the case and I now have 2 very healthy babies, my newborn was 9lbs 9, so a vegan pregnancy can't be as dangerous as some of the reviewers suggest! To me most of this was common sense but written in an amusing and easy to read way. I read it in one sitting and then passed it on to my pregnant sister.

While some may find this book a hard pill to swallow, I am already vegan and aware of most of the content but reading this book made me even more sure that what I am doing is the right thing. I loved their 'no-nonsense' approach and I feel many women could benefit from it.

After reading "Skinny bithch" I though, ok, the book for mums must be as good as the first one was. Nope. It is shallow, not really well structured, basically saying the same things as Skinny bitch said. Definitely not a good handy book for a mum-to-be. Choose an another one.