Holy appetite Batman!

adoxyinherear · September 2012

I am waaaay hungrier nursing than I ever was pregnant. Last night I ate the largest plate of spaghetti I've ever eaten in my life... and three s'mores around the fire. So much for burning an extra 500 calories BFing! Anybody else experience this?

JulyMomma2U2 · September 2012

Hm I can't comment.. I didn't BF long enough to notice.. but, spaghetti and smores sound yummy

Hope you enjoyed!! And, hope you and Miss E are doing wonderful with the BFing!!

piedpiper07 · September 2012

I am a ravenous beast! Haha. But seriously I am eating way more than my husband and I am eating an insane amount. I am 3lbs below my pre pregnancy weight.. So don't think that you will necessarily not lose weight! I am probably eating at least 1000 calories extra by the way. I know that's crazy but it's working for us. Anyway.. I know how you feel!

adoxyinherear · September 2012

missbea3:
Hm I can't comment.. I didn't BF long enough to notice.. but, spaghetti and smores sound yummy Hope you enjoyed!! And, hope you and Miss E are doing wonderful with the BFing!!

It was so yummy! DH makes a great pasta sauce with sauteed bacon. Mmmmm.

And we are doing so well... I can't help but worry something is going to go wrong things are so good!

adoxyinherear · September 2012

piedpiper07:
I am a ravenous beast! Haha. But seriously I am eating way more than my husband and I am eating an insane amount. I am 3lbs below my pre pregnancy weight.. So don't think that you will necessarily not lose weight! I am probably eating at least 1000 calories extra by the way. I know that's crazy but it's working for us. Anyway.. I know how you feel!

I am glad I am not the only one! It's crazy. I've lost all but 9 lbs. and I gained 32, so I can't complain!

kaleb87 · September 2012

Same here! Same here! I can chow down like no other these days. I can't believe that I am eatting more now than I ever have and still losing weight. I secretly wish this would still work this way even after I quit bf.

dnhosking · September 2012

Yep! I was the same way! My appetite has gotten back to being more normal, though I do love to eat

I was constantly starving and thirsty the first 3 months. Keep eating though! Your body definitely needs it!

dondraandluis · September 2012

I was starving all the time while nursing/ pumping! I lost the weight pretty early and I'm sure more than I gained (35lbs). I stopped pumping 2 weeks ago but had noticed I wasn't as hungry as in the beginning.

Scooby2358 · September 2012

I could have written this! I'm eating anything that stands still. DH is complaining because he tends to eat when I do, so while I'm BFing he gains weight.

I'm steady at 2 to 4 lbs over PP weight, but I figure that if I eat whenever I'm legitimately hungry, my body must need the calories. DS has been gaining like crazy (2oz/day since coming home) so he must be using up at least some of those calories.

And those s'mores sound delicious. Mmmm.

Izabella22 · September 2012

Oh yeah, around the1 month mark I turned into a black hole... we don't throw food away any more really because I just clean everything up. Its gotten slightly better but I still go through phases where I could eat everything in sight, its crazy!