Midnight Fridge Raiding Madness

boxerbabylove · September 2013

I'm at 8w2d. One of the tips for nausea is to eat a snack before bed, which I do around 10pm or so along with my fistful of supplements. I then go to bed. At around 3 or 4 am I awake with severe hunger. I don't just mean grumbling; I mean if I don't eat something right away I feel like I will die of starvation. I've never felt hunger like this before. I know people talk about this hunger in 2nd and 3rd trimester but anyone else having this in 1st? I keep a protein bar and saltines in my bedside drawer to eat when I wake up in the middle of the night. It's a bit ridiculous.

homediva · September 2013

I get like this too! One of my first symptoms! Maybe try a late night snack with more protein? I keep granola bars by the bed too!!!

boxerbabylove · September 2013

Glad to hear that I'm not alone. It really is starting to freak me out. I've tried all kinds of evening snacks, everything from beef jerky to ice cream. I have horrible nausea during the day but in the mornings I typically feel pretty good. I'm finding it really hard to go back to sleep after the hunger wake up. I thought maybe I was just really thirsty but drinking water didn't make the hunger go away and I just had to pee even more often.

figgs0831 · September 2013

Hehe. This just happened to me!!!! At exactly 4:30 am I ransacked my kitchen.

boxerbabylove · September 2013

@figgs0831 you're expecting twins! are you as well @homediva? multiples run on my husband's side of the family and I've been fretting over the possibility of twins and this being related. I don't see the the OB for another 2 weeks. So hard not knowing!

homediva · September 2013

Nope, I've had a scan and there is only one in there!

CalinAZ · September 2013

I've been getting that, too. Multiple times this week, I've had to get up between 3-4 to go get a spoon of peanut butter. That's helped and gotten me feeling not panicky from hunger and able to sleep, but it's getting old. Seriously considering keeping a small jar of peanut butter in my nightstand.

boxerbabylove · September 2013

homediva said:
Nope, I've had a scan and there is only one in there!

That is reassuring! Not that twins would be a bad thing but I think one has me freaked out enough

boxerbabylove · September 2013

CalinAZ said:
I've been getting that, too. Multiple times this week, I've had to get up between 3-4 to go get a spoon of peanut butter. That's helped and gotten me feeling not panicky from hunger and able to sleep, but it's getting old. Seriously considering keeping a small jar of peanut butter in my nightstand.

I'd need more than water if I ate peanut butter in the middle of the night. It's bad enough I have to take out my bite guard and re-brush my teeth after my snack. Going downstairs to get milk would mean giving up on going back to sleep and starting my work day at 5am.

boxerbabylove · September 2013

Why won't this baby let me sleep?!?

staceyemd · September 2013

Someone said beef jerky and now I can't stop thinking about it. lol

Avion22 · September 2013

Yep, definitely have been experiencing the same thing! I try to keep some crackers or dry cereal, and a glass of water by my bed so I can eat a few bites and fall back asleep without actually getting up.

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