Eating for two normal? / Open forum

I know that according to all my net research, I should only be taking on an additional 300 calories a day (that is out the window) but i have an insatiable appetite now.  I'll have a small bagel at home with my vitamin and some oj but by 10-10:30, my stomach is growling again.  Normally, I would be fine.  But this is nuts.  So at 10:30 I ate a sandwich that I made with the intention for eating at lunch.  By lunch (1 o'clock) my stomach is growling again.  Is anyone out there going through this?  I'm 13 weeks tomorrow. Everyone is warning me about not gaining to much weight but I cant seem to help myself.  My DR. hasnt mentioned anything because she doesnt know how much I weighed before I was pregnant. It seems to be leveling off a little as I approach my 2nd trimester.  It was worse before with my morning sickness.

[myfantasy29]

I know how u feel. I usually grab a fruit whenwalking out the door in the morning at 6:30 and then a smoothie at about 7:30 by 10 I'm starving. and then if i don't eat something the nausea is horrible. Now i keep snack crackers and ritz in my desk drawer. Because this sseems to be happening about every 2 hrs. My co-workers that know that i am pregnant are always bringing me something to my desk since we all work different shifts. Trust me peanutbutter and cheese crackers have become my knew best friend. The slt kinda settles my stomache. Try keeping little snacks with you.

[newbie2b]

My partner thinks it's cute but I dont. lol It's amazing how fast my body digests food now.  When i wasnt pregnant, I use to try to consume between 1500-2000 calories a day.  But now, all that is out the window.

[Tasha456]

Hey girl... have you had an ultrasound yet?  I think you said when.. but I dont remember... I wanna see if you have more than one in there.  :)

[shm79]

I am 13 weeks today, and all I seem to want is junk food.  I have just started getting the big appetite, I have to pack my lunch for work b/c we can't leave the premisis while we are here, and all my food is gone by about 12:30 :(  I'm thinking of stopping off at McDonald's on my way home to hold me over till dinner.  I thought I would be packing on the pounds, but I have only gained 3 :(  I can't wait to start showing!!

[kris123]

Well guess what - I eat 6 meals a day.  They are not big, they are all portion controled.  I think your fine eating the way you are.

[newbie2b]

I need to take my lesson from you and start bringing food from home.  We get an hour lunch here and if we need to run out for any reason, we can.  But eating the way I've been eating here (in NYC) is getting to be so expensive.  Even groceries are really expensive.  SOmetimes it doesnt pay to buy groceries for a meal because you can probably spend less to order take out.  
I had a craving for a blt last weekend and my partner ran to the store to get what we needed for a blt (ideally, we thought it would be cheaper than ordering from a diner) well, everything came out to $15.00.  I need to move. :-/

[jackiemoo]

Peanut butter and cheese...eew! What kind of cheese????

[shm79]

NYC!!!!  You are soooo lucky!!!  You have the best food in the world there!!!!!  I am in boring Delaware :(  Looking forward to tonight though, should have LOTS of leftover halloween candy :)

[newbie2b]

The grass is always greener as the saying goes...lol I've lived in NYC (Manhattan) all of my life (25) and at this point in my life, I really would just love to live in a quiet neighborhood with lots of children and dogs running around..lol But its so expensive over here. Rents are rediculous.  It was great when I was younger and pre-pregnancy, I could do whatever I wanted, whenever I want and everything is ALWAYS open to you but, my life is changing now and I need to put someone's best intersts before mine. :-( It will be a struggle.

[shm79]

It will come easy, just think of your precious little baby growing inside of you!!!  And have another blt while your thinkin' about it :)

[mgi]

I think it balances out
in the first few weeks i am ravenous and eat over a thousand extra calories (do the same with eating lunch sand at 10am!!)  but for me by weeks 7 or 8 I eat very little
then 2nd trimester more normally

I think they just use so much energy from you in the beginning

[Gili]

It's hard to control and 300 calorie is a joke for a preggo appetite.  But eating smaller meals does help control over-indulging.  My appetite actually curbed after the first trimester.  Good luck!

[Annice1234]

I had this same conversation w another girl on here!  I 8 1/2 weeks and alwaysss hungry!  My stomach is always growling, and if I don't eat I get sick!  Hubby got mad at me for eating all of the cereal!  haha  Yeah...I'm not so sure about the 300 extra calories.  On the bright side...fried food makes me nauseaus, so at least I'm not eating that all day!

[myfantasy29]

yes, they only saw one but she said that the other one could be hiding so i'm scheduled for another u/s on 11-15 i will be 9 w

[Tasha456]

Thats cool.  Would you be stunned if you have two in there?  Or would it not make any difference??

[toyml99]

HEY GIRLS......SINCE IT DOES SAY IT IS AN OPEN FORUM.  I HAVE A ?.  I HAVE A 3 MONTH OLD BABY GIRL....MY SISTER IN LAW WAS PREGGO WITH ME AND WOULD HAVE BEEN DUE AROUND THIS TIME.  SHE HAD MISCARRAGE (miscarriage) AND HAD A D & C IN MARCH.  SHE HAS BEEN TTC EVER SINCE SHE GOT THE OK FROM HER DOC.  WELL NOW SHE IS TWO DAYS LATE.  SHE HAD GOTTEN BACK ON SCHEDULE THESE LAST TWO MONTHS.. EVERY 28 DAYS.  NOW SHE'S LIKE I SAID 2 DAYS LATE.  SHE IS VERY WORRIED SHE TOOK A PG TEST AND IT WAS NEGATIVE.  IS THERE A CHANCE SHE IS STILL PREGGO?  HER DH IS SO WORRIED SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED AGAIN LIKE SHE WAS PG AND THEN MISCARRIED AGAIN.  IF THAT WAS THE CASE WOULDN'T THE TEST STILL BE +?  ANY INSIGHT WOULD HELP LADIES.  THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

[2songbirds]

kinda funny, but I just commented this to my DS half hour ago. I told him what I ate for lunch, and snack in between. He just saw me eat a bowl of raisen bran then a peanut butter and cheese sandwich. Dinner will be in 2-3 hours. I told him I'm constantly hungry...middle of the night, during the day, before bedtime. I'm 13 weeks also, 3rd child. I didn't experience this hunger till the end with my other 2. I've gained 7 lbs so far. No junk food or pop. Go figure

[deanne11]

I ate so much pregnant...I couldn't believe I only gained a total of 16lbs.  I even went from being a vegetarian to eating meat...and lots of meat during my pregnancy!!

Topping it off with a McDonald's black and white shake everyday!

[2songbirds]

(chuckle)

I've been eating peanut butter and cheese sandwiches since I can remember. Velveeta goes best with it. When I'm preggo though, I live on cheese. With my first, I'd take a bite of a dill pickle then a bit of chunk cheese and eat them together. Grosses me out now to think about it.

Everybody's got their thing with peanut butter. I think peanut butter and banana's are gross, but people love 'em.

[myfantasy29]

Two would be great. I'll know in about 14 days. Bur one happy healthy baby will also be just fine.

[sadmomof1]

Try to eat healthy foods if you need to eat. I was eating all the time when I was pregnant with my daughter. Everyone always said "to eat for 2" and I listened. But the thing is that I ate anything I wanted to which was a lot of junk food. I gained about 70 pounds. I would just advise you to eat healthy snaks and food and you will be fine.