Anyone struggling to eat well?

kels8312 · August 2015

I'm having alot of nausea these padt couple weeks. Nothing that is good to eat while your pregnant spunds even remotely Appetizing. Anyone else having this problem? I am 8 weeks pregnant with my first ❤️

meg_2006 · August 2015

Have you tried taking Unisom? Half of a tablet at night, half in the morning. I was having the same problem. My morning sickness wasn't severe, but enough that no food seemed appealing. I felt better the next day, and within a couple days my normal appetite was back in full swing. My morning sickness wasn't severe, but enough that I didn't want to eat anything all day.

chime · August 2015

Yes! Between the nausea and super crazy overtime I am really struggling to find the time and stomach to actually prep healthy meals.

jmathi0149 · August 2015

I have joked that I have an aversion to anything with any type of nutritional value. Everything makes me sick but for some reason I can usually keep down junk food. The first trimester is about survival. Eat whatever you can.

kels8312 · August 2015

Thank you all. I can eat fruits and a few veggies but that's about it. All i want is a greasy slice of pizza and a nap ha

KJKNAJ · August 2015

jmathi0149 said:
I have joked that I have an aversion to anything with any type of nutritional value. Everything makes me sick but for some reason I can usually keep down junk food. The first trimester is about survival. Eat whatever you can.

This, exactly.

sophie132 · August 2015

I am exactly the same I can eat fruits no problem so trying to have a few portions a day but salads are not at all appetising and most veg make me feel sick at the thought!!

klantzer21 · August 2015

Former soda addict here. For a while my mouth and throat did this weird thing where anytime I drank soda it would burn to the point you couldn't even taste it....now I can drink it again...I need to stop...I missed it lol
I went 5m without

kels8312 · August 2015

Its so weird hiw things we loved bore seem so disgusting now!

lindscnn1 · August 2015

klantzer21 said:
Former soda addict here. For a while my mouth and throat did this weird thing where anytime I drank soda it would burn to the point you couldn't even taste it....now I can drink it again...I need to stop...I missed it lol
I went 5m without

I am a Coca-Cola "addict" so much so my family used to joke that I didn't have blood, just Coca-Cola in my veins. Luckily this pregnancy seems to not like soda, which is great. But I did go through a week or so of caffeine withdrawal, not so great. My biggest issue with food so far, besides nausea, is texture. Random textures just send me running to the nearest toilet or trash can.

DrKariC · August 2015

I'm not having the nausea part just the wow nothing sounds good feeling. I look around my kitchen or the grocery store or wherever and I just don't want any of it. I'm basically forcing myself to eat. I'm sure it won't always be like this but it's weird.

Lovstell · August 2015

I've had pizza 3 days in a row because it is the only thing that sounds good. With my first pregnancy, during the first trimester, I ate at every fast food place in the city. I felt hungover 24/7 for 5 weeks and what do you want when you're hungover? Greasy gross food. I did gain 40ish lbs but honestly most of that was near the end in water weight ( I no longer had ankles )!

OneRainDrop · August 2015

What was the question?

Edit- stupid mobile Gif won't work!

kels8312 · August 2015

I feel bad because before we found out we were pregnant my boyfriend and i were starting a sugar free diet (only eating natural sugars) and now he is the only one doing it. He's sitting here eating a healthy meal and i have a cheese burger from a fast food joint haha.

dannyjo2012 · August 2015

YES. OMG, nothing sounds good! Except, as previous posters have mentioned, food that you want when you're hung-over. UGH!

oceanchild · August 2015

so much empathy! it was bad with my last pregnancy too.

acervantes121 · August 2015

I'm the same way. I can't find anything to eat. I'm never hungry and just thinking of food makes me nauseated. I just drink water most of the time. I'm 8 weeks.

ECHbaby · August 2015

@kels8312 I had minor nausea up until this week. Week 7 came hard.

when I do eat something, a burrito or protein burger from in n out - 4 hrs later I'm in the bathroom with intense stomach ache.
I started eating/drinking miso soup this morning. I hope it helps. Taking prenatal pills, too.

KP421 · August 2015

Mine is great too because food is so unappealing but if I don't eat, the nausea is so much worse. I've been eating lots of carbs because that seems to be the only tolerable thing. The scent of a salad the other day had me about running to the bathroom. Only a few more weeks and then hopefully I will be back to healthier eating.

kels8312 · August 2015

Yes I keep thinking this was too. Only a few more weeks and maybe it won't be such a stuggle. Im struggling today with the 'not eating nausea'

thereelworld · August 2015

Yes, exactly! Every day it's something different. I have to rack my brain until I come up with something that sounds remotely appetizing, and it's usually something unhealthy. Hoping this doesn't last much longer!

Laurenc523 · August 2015

The only thing that sounds good is BREAD. I just want to sit down with a large crusty baguette and a stick of butter. I'm a baker, and sweets make me sick, but give me anything savory with salt!

yuehhy · August 2015

On bad days I can't keep anything in longer than an hour. Drinking water makes me puke too and I constantly feel dehydrated. Hope this ends soon!!

2goofykids · August 2015

The only things I can seem to keep down are apple sauce and mashed potatoes. And even that is such a struggle. I've had to call in sick several days over the last couple weeks because I'm throwing everything up. This is way harder than I thought it would be d:

momo525 · August 2015

I've found, when I can't keep water down, that sucking on ice helps. I'm still probably not getting all the water I need, but it's better than nothing!

SparkE82 · August 2015

Ugh.....I'm with you ladies......NOTHING sounds good. DH is getting frustrated with it too.....he asked me what I wanted for dinner last night, and my response was "Everything I think of makes me want to throw up..." Poor guy, he is trying to live with my crazy emotional self.....

mshukh · August 2015

Nothing sounds good to me. I usually love vegetables, fruit, fish. I can't stand the thought of any. Fruit tastes so sweet like I'm eating spoonfuls of honey. Vegetables - yuck. I can usually stomach plain carbs (think matzo cracker and bagels). I can also eat salty stuff like refried beans with salt and baked potato with salt. I have the most difficult time eating any protein. And even after eating the bland stuff, I still feel nauseated and sick 10 minutes after more than half the time. The other day I bought raisin bran. I haven't had cereal in over a decade, I think. I keep thinking this will pass. Sigh.

lostbuttcute · August 2015

YES! The only thing I want is crap food and then someone told me a shot of pickle juice helps morning sickness,,,,nope but sure tasted good and now my poor pickles are going to dry up because I just drink the juice!

Angels_Mommy20 · August 2015

I don't ever know what I want to eat. And when I do figure out what I want to eat, I have to cook it. The way this fatigue is set up I just don't have the energy. All I want is carbssss!!

jstanton0822 · August 2015

I have wasted SO MUCH FOOD over the past 2 weeks! It's insane.

I feel really bad about it too.

I feel hunger pains. Logically, I know the fix for that is to eat something. But when I try to think of something to eat, I'm grossed out by the thought of eating it. We've gone out to eat and I've had moments where I think I'm going to eat something, but when it arrives, I can't even look at it.

Yesterday, I was at my parents house, we ordered from a restaurant and brought it back. My dad ate mine, I couldn't do it.

Oddly enough though, the side salad was tasty!

2 days ago, the food would have been good and the side salad would've tasted like tree bark.

I just don't understand!!

kristadee · August 2015

We typically eat very healthy because I struggle with my weight. All I want is Pizza Ranch and anything else hearty or savory! I seriously need to figure out how to turn veggies into carbs otherwise I'm gaining 20 pounds before I hit my second trimester!

ecwk · August 2015

I don't have m/s but I am not eating as healthily as I should. Nothing is very appetizing except for carb-laden foods like bread and potato. Soup has also helped a lot, it's easy for me to eat!

mommytobe2122 · August 2015

Same with me! I just don't know what to do! I usually love eating but since 2 weeks ago I barely eat something healthy, I eat fruits and veggies ok but can't handle any chicken meat or fish even my favs! I only eat cheese yogurt soups lots of oats and fruits but what about protein? I eat 3 eggs a day at least trying:( but feeling awful!

mholmes92 · August 2015

I would say that NOTHING stays down. But even when I have eaten nothing I get sick. I'm just doomed to get sick. Every week or so I'll have a day or two where I won't feel quite as bad and can actually eat something (like my mashed potatoes and gravy from KFC on Friday) but when it comes back it always comes back worse. The good news is though that I am pregnant! hopefully it'll only be like this for a few more weeks and then the glorious 2nd trimester will hopefully be as amazing as it sounds haha (though not getting my hopes up it went too fast with DD)

MrsBroughton15 · August 2015

Currently eating Flamin Hot Cheetos & a Watermelon Sour Patch Slurpee from 7 Eleven. I gotta do better.

skruhmin · August 2015

Any doctor will tell you first trimester is survival mode. Eat what you can and worry about healthy later.

Bellebeauty26 · August 2015

I have had the worst morning sickness, and by morning I mean all day! I was recently in the hospital because I couldn't keep ANYTHING down. My nurse gave me a prescription for a knock-off Unisom, she says the real stuff Is just Benadryl, but take it the night before, get more than 4 hours of sleep, and it really does help. I still have bad food aversion, but she told me to eat WHATEVER I could, forcing myself to eat a banana and throwing it back up isn't helping the baby at all, if the only thing I can keep down is French fries, then eat a small helping of them, then try the healthy stuff.

JHearn645 · August 2015

Over the past year I've lost over 120 pounds. Found out I was pregnant and now it's hard to keep down anything remotely good for me. The only thing I'm not somewhat struggling with is fruits and veggies.

jstanton0822 · August 2015

@JHearn645 Congratulations on losing 120 pounds!!!! That's awesome!!!

mamadilly · August 2015

I am 9 weeks and haven't been able to eat very much except fruit for couple weeks now.. I have to force feed myself pretty much.

dannyjo2012 · August 2015

My nurse practitioner recommended that I try to eat small snacks quite often... I'm definitely going to try this! Anyone had luck w/ just trying to eat more often?

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