Sweets and other things I want to eat

LO95 · October 2014

I haven't been sick at all. (Don't hate me people. It's actually stressing me out very badly.) That said, I am totally put off by vegetables. Like, corn is the one thing I can do and that feels like a stretch of a vegetable. Cookies, greasy things, anything unhealthy is totally appealing. How much is everyone eating in terms of the sweet stuff and on a scale of 1-10 how much should I worry about this? lol

gsancho · October 2014

I don't know about sweets...but my diet has gone to shit. DH has had to work late and couldn't prep dinner for me (I'm still too nauseous to cook or eat meat), so here's my embarrassing string of meals in the last 24 hours...

Taco Bell dinner last night
McDonalds breakfast today
donuts for lunch
An apple (go me!)
leftover macaroni salad for a snack
Bagel Bites for dinner

I can't figure out if I feel awful from MS or because I haven't eaten anything natural in days. I just keep telling myself that as I feel better, I'll go back to juicing and eating salads...

kmc84 · October 2014

Don't worry! Try and get some good foods in, but early on its all about survival!

Milagros315 · October 2014

Normally I love vegetables, but I couldn't stand them during first tri. I think it's a pretty common problem.

I ended up eating a lot more fruit than I normally do. Usually I'm not that into fruit, but I ate lots of berries, oranges, bananas, mangoes...Those things are sweet, but they're good for you too. A fruit smoothie is kind of like a dessert. I can't say that I didn't or don't eat any junk sweets though. I just do my best to balance it. You know - making sure I fill up on good stuff first and then have a treat.

Oh and I'm 24 weeks now and I've been able to eat vegetables again for a few weeks

rox825 · October 2014

During 1st tri the only way that I could keep nausea away was by eating carbs every hour or 2 including cookies, crackers, bread, mashed potatoes, etc. I also had food aversions to healthier stuff. My advice is to not worry about it, 1st tri is survival mode so eat what you can! You'll have time to make up for it by eating healthy in 2nd/3rd tri :-)

pblge · October 2014

Agree with PP - very common! Normally I eat like a rabbit, but vegetables have just sounded revolting. It's gotten better now, but for a while there I was eating like a naughty 8 year old. The food aversions are a stand in for queasiness, so don't think you've escaped! ;-)

absolutelymaybe · October 2014

I went into this pregnancy thinking I was going to eat all the healthy things. Then the nausea hit and pretty much everything sounded disgusting. When given the choice of eating something unhealthy (but sounded tolerable) vs not eating anything, I chose to eat.

southernyankeegirl · October 2014

Just do the best you can but don't torture yourself! If you like sweets, try fruits. Or put some jelly on multigrain bread. Or make smoothies with bananas and milk.

I didn't feel nauseous at all, and I am 25w and baby boy won't stop kicking me right at this moment, so it clearly wasn't an issue! I did stop eating meat entirely from 12-16w.

Robeano · October 2014

Oh man, I am actively working on trying to eat something that resembles a healthy diet. All I want is fast food and chips. Like I'll crave it for days until I get it. I think as PP said survival is key right now. I couldn't handle meat for the first trimester, and you need more protein while pregnant but I knew eventually things would even out. I can eat meat again no issues. Best of luck!

dp21 · October 2014

Don't stress, that's what prenatal vitamins are for

I originally went into this going to eat super healthy etc, I didn't have nausea but I have had extreme tiredness (too tired to cook etc.), sometimes you gotta do what it takes to get through the day. I work, I'm in grad school, and I'm pregnant....decided to cut myself some slack :P I do try to eat a lot of fruit though, no cooking, it's easy and healthy. But I've also had my share of cookies, McDonalds fries, and pizza lol.

runawaylaurel · October 2014

I was also not very sick first tri but my diet was alarmingly cheese-based (still is!). First tri is about eating what sounds good, but trying to get in something with some nutritional value when you can. Fruit, as PP have suggested, are an easy, usually tummy friendly addition.

BabyKsMommy · October 2014

I def ate my share of unhealthy food with DS and these twins. I didn't have GD either time. I did gain about 50lbs with Ds but I lost a lot from bfing.

Especially in the first tri don't worry about baby the yolk sac provides all the needed nutrients. After that baby still takes what he/she needs.

AMShark · October 2014

I also don't have MS either, but I usually love raw veggies, and I find that I don't enjoy them very much at all right now.

Everything gives me heartburn which is no fun. But I somehow find room for ice cream every night, and doughnuts or cookies whenever someone offers them to me.

I'm hoping my love for veggies comes back in my 2nd tri. My veggie aversion cannot be doing anything good for my constipation and general feelings of bloat.

Pintobean39 · October 2014

I also don't have ms. I don't really have "cravings". I do normally love fruit but don't really like it that much these days, I can tolerate it but it just doesn't taste as good. Not many foods taste that great these days. I eat because I have to not because I want to.

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Me 33, DH 37 -- TTC since Jan'12 -- Low AMH (0.78) & endo, SA w/ low motility
IUI's 1-3 = BFN, IVF converted to IUI 4/13 = BFN
IVF 1.2: 8R 6M 4F -- 2 blastocysts frozen, FET 8/15 = BFP!!
Beta #s = 445;1,098; 9,545 -- EDD 5/2 -- Team Pink!