Post-Morning Sickness Ravenousness...?

[AKL_Megs]

So glad to hear that the MS is gone! Now maybe you can actually enjoy your pregnancy..

For now I would eat.. You've gone a long time without really holding any food at all down.. Then at your next doctor's appt. ask him (or her) what the proper calorie intake is for you.. There's really no "magic" number - it will be based on your height, current weight, and anything that may show up in your blood work indicating that you need "more" of this and "less" of that..

If you want that darn bagel, eat it! You earned it!! LOL..

I WANT it again now, and you know what C.Ann, I'm gonna have it!

 

[BCDisneyFanatic]

Okay, I hate to be Debbie Downer, but...

I lost 15 lbs in the first trimester with both my pregnancies. With the first one, I figured I could eat whatever I wanted since I had lost so much (and there were only 26 weeks left!). I ended up regaining that 15 lbs AND another 35 lbs in 25 weeks. I ended up with major stretch marks and it was really hard to lose all the weight afterwards.

My second pregnancy I was much more careful. I still ate tons after my appetite returned, but I tried to be a bit more sensible about it. I only regained the 15 lbs and another 25 lbs that time, and was able to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight in a couple of months with little effort.

While I think it's reasonable to splurge a little bit after a month of deprivation, I think you'll be happier with yourself in the long run if you can try to keep it under control.

 

[Mrs. Darcy]

I'm taking notes from this topic so I'll be prepared to be a starving lunatic in a few weeks or months! Eat the bagel, but only two (or 3 )!

 

[livie1205]

I wish!! I was sick for the FULL 12 weeks day and night and had acid reflux for the rest of the time...I was never starving during either of my pregnancys.I had such a hard time eating that i could only eats a few bites of food before I was to stuffed to eat.I gained 30 lbs with my son (10 lbs) and 34 with my dd(7lbs).The only thing that was good about that was I was super skinny when i got pregnant both times so the weight was no big deal...but after my dd I kept half of what i gained....which i have come to like

 

[Liberty Belle]

I still can't handle "fatty" or chocolate things, and I wouldn't at THIS time consider bagels "bad", but I know I need fruits and veggies, and in the past three days, I've had LOTS of fruit, and I plan on maintaining a healthy diet.

Funny thing is, four bagels down, and I might barf if I see another one! LOL! That's pregnancy for you!

The only reason I said that was because it happened to me. The first 7 months of my first pregnancy, I could barely eat a thing. I was throwing up over 20 times a day and had to be rehydrated at the hospital three times. I lost a lot of weight and when my appetite came back, I thought I had plenty of room to eat and grow!

I remember the day my husband brought home doughnuts. For some reason, those were the first things that made me actually want to eat. I was almost 8 months pregnant and hadn't wanted to eat for almost 8 months. So I ate the doughnuts. I can't remember how many, but more than 2 or 3.

Later I had horrible pain and went to the ER. They took me up to maternity who monitored me and all they would say is I wasn't in labor. They said it was probably Braxton Hicks. I kept telling them how painful it was - that I'd had kidney stones and it was about that painful. After being there a couple of hours the pain went away, so they sent me home.

After that, if I had a big meal, I'd be in pain. Finally, when my son was 2 months old, we were visiting my parents and it happened again. My mom insisted I go to the ER. The ER did a CT scan and said I had gallstones, did I want surgery there or did I want to go back to my town and have surgery! I decided to go home and I weaned my son in the hospital ER waiting room. I couldn't breastfeed him any longer because I was about to be put on pain medication that he couldn't have in his system. It was one of the worst, most emotionally painful things I've had to do - forcing the bottle on him when he was crying to eat. Finally he took it.

So, then at that hospital, they did a CT scan and found nothing! They sent me home. The next day the pain was so bad I was kind of blacking out, vomitting - it was just excrutiating. I went back and they put me in the hospital for tests. They did all kinds of tests on me and didn't find anything. I remember seeing my chart and they had questioned if it were part of postpartem depression!

Again, they sent me home. I was home for 10 minutes when the doctor called me. I needed to go back to the hospital immediately. They got a test result back showing that I was very very sick. Did I want an ambulance or could my husband bring me back?

Well, it ended up that I had pancreatitis. The pain was so bad that I begged two nurses to hold my hands because I thought I was dying. I remember when I said, "I think I'm dying" (and I honestly truly did - I'd never felt that way before or since), everyone got very serious very quickly and asked me why.

Anyway they diagnosed me with idiopathic pancreatitis. I just do not want anyone else to go through that, thus the warning.

Sorry to be so long-winded.

 

[MIGrandma]

I'm glad you are no longer suffering from morning sickness. I know how you felt because I had it with DS from the time I was 6-weeks pregnant, throwing up at least once, if not 2-3 times, daily until the day he was born. I have no idea how I gained 40 pounds, throwing up so much, but I guess the calories stayed in me long enough to do the damage.

With DD I had "normal" morning sickness for just a few weeks, and actually enjoyed being pregnant with her after it went away.

I do want to say, be careful with your eating. I know there is the old saying "you're eating for two now", but it's not that easy to lose the weight after the baby is born. I never had a weight problem until after my DS was born. I just assumed the extra weight would magically fall right off after he was born. It did not. My Mom kept trying to tell me to "be careful" during my pregnancy, but I didn't listen to her. I wish I would have.