A friendly aquaintance of mine "had" to give up vegetarianism while she was pregnant a couple of years ago, according to her doctor. So she did. I understand the panic-reaction of a pregnant woman whose obvious priority is the health of her unborn child when faced with a medical person telling her that if she remains veggie she'll be damaging the baby; it must be terribly distressing. On the other hand, it's frustrating that even in the 21st century, when good, reliable, accurate information is freely available about being a healthy pregnant veg*n, many people simply cave without researching. I suppose this is because my first reaction to any situation (once I've been peeled off the ceiling) is to look it up, and I don't understand why other people don't. Fighting your way through healthcare really shouldn't be necessary, though. Depressing that it still happens so often.