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You are listening to As A Woman Episode 104, a vegan pregnancy.

And this episode I'm talking all about is it safe to be vegan

when you're trying to get pregnant and pregnant.

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Hey friends, welcome back to the podcast.

Today I am going to briefly go over a topic that I can ask all the time.

And that is, is it safe to get pregnant if you're vegan?

I'm going to go over literature because you know me and I love science.

But if this is the first time here, I am a fertility doctor.

I am double board certified in OB-DYN and REI.

I have this podcast on YouTube and an Instagram at Natalie Crawford MD.

I also majored in nutrition and I have a Master's of Science of Clinical Research.

And so I am a huge believer in looking at the evidence.

The truth is that most of the evidence is very recent when it comes to this topic.

Prior to the modern age as we started to learn more about plant-based diets,

there was very little study on being vegan.

That being said, we do have some observational data and we are going to review that.

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