S/o any BF mamas not hungry?

km_md · February 2014

I was surprised to see how many ladies are having cravings in the PP cravings thread because I am not hungry at all. I have to force myself to eat most days because I know that it is needed for baby girl but I could easily skip a meal or two every day and I'm not really snacking either.

I heard that this can happen with BFing but I thought that it would have gone away by now.

Anyone else experiencing this?

moosebaby2011 · February 2014

That happened to me when DS1 was born. I was so exhausted and overwhelmed being home alone with a newborn that if I felt hungry I didn't really notice. I had to remind myself to eat most of the time. It did get better once DS1 started sleeping for longer stretches I think.

Chelsea33833 · February 2014

Me exactly and I find this extremely weird because I live to eat! Nothing tastes good anymore and I could just easily skip meals without a problem.

HigginsBDog · February 2014

Right there with you, but I think mine is stress/anxiety driven. When we're having a fussy day and DS won't stop crying, I can't eat. It is getting better (he's 3 weeks) but I still have to force myself to eat on bad days. Boost drinks help!

berenely · February 2014

Me! Which is so unlike me. I usually LOVE food and can't eat enough. Now, like you said, I have to remind myself to eat. I'm worried its affecting my supply.
So glad I'm not the only one! Thanks for posting this.

Sweetiejules12 · February 2014

I could easily skip meals then crash and pick at junk. So I am trying to force myself to eat a meal and fruit. I starve at night when I get up to breastfeed.

cnctf · February 2014

Sayyyy what?! I'm sitting here nursing and I'm starving! Wish this baby would hurry up!

ScarlettDahlia · February 2014

When I was home, I would be hungry, but DS would be fussy. So I'd take care of him and by the time he was sleeping or happy, I'd forgotten about being hungry. I wasn't eating breakfast and was barely eating lunch most days. When DH got home from work, I'd find myself eating not the most healthy foods (chips, pretzels, just a bunch of carbs). Even at dinner time, I'd have to force myself to sit down and eat. But in the MOTN, I'd be so hungry that I'd have to eat something.

km_md · February 2014

HigginsBDog said:
Right there with you, but I think mine is stress/anxiety driven. When we're having a fussy day and DS won't stop crying, I can't eat. It is getting better (he's 3 weeks) but I still have to force myself to eat on bad days. Boost drinks help!

That is interesting. I've had anxiety issues for years and I didn't even really think about it being a reason for this. Most days for me it's just a matter of physically not being hungry and nothing seeming appetizing. I can find the time to eat and everything but I have to force myself to eat it. I'm not sure if my anxieties could be contributing to this or not.

Siblynika · February 2014

Me! Which isn't awful because I gained a lot this pregnancy so I've just been making sure when I do eat, it's something healthy.

katags · February 2014

I'm hit or miss the first 3 weeks PP I didn't have much of an appetite. Now I get hungry at normal times but not constantly hungry it anything. I definitely don't feel the need to have snacks thoroughout the day.

daltosostarby · February 2014

Similar to @esd & @tarajeannette. I always eat breakfast, but I have to remind myself to eat during the day, otherwise I will generally forget to eat until dinner time.

bethughknee · February 2014

I go back and forth. Like others I usually wake up very hungry but then can go the whole day without realizing I haven't eaten again. That was mostly when DD's HOLD ME ALL OF THE TIMES phase first started and I felt like I wasn't doing anything right and getting really down on myself. I think my supply dipped a bit when that happened though so I try to make myself eat no matter what, now.

MH also packs me a lunch now, too. I should have included this in the H brag thread. Every evening when he makes his lunch, he makes me a peanut butter sammie, a bag of pretzels, and puts them and some other easy snack on my night stand and on the end tables in our basement where I spend the day. That way it's never hard to get something to eat. Have I mentioned that MH is so sweet it makes me cry a little?

MIT721 · February 2014

bethughknee said:
I go back and forth. Like others I usually wake up very hungry but then can go the whole day without realizing I haven't eaten again.

Yep. This is me. Sometimes I don't eat til lunch or if I eat in the AM I don't eat again until late afternoon. Oddly I never get full but I don't get incredibly ravenous... Until someone puts a basket of chips and salsa in my face then all bets are off.

ChuggingWater · February 2014

I wasn't that hungry until I started working. Holy shittykitty on a stick. I'm ravenous.

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