Not Nauseous
During the first 13-15 weeks of my pregnancy, I was nauseous for most of the day. It helped when I stopped taking iron, but it was still annoying. I didn't want to eat anything, not even ice cream, because it seemed like anything that went in my stomach made me feel like it wanted to come back out. I didn't have much of an appetite so I just ate whenever I really had to.
Now that I'm no longer nauseous, I want to eat EVERYTHING. I can eat ice cream again, and it doesn't make me want to barf, which is fantastic news for me. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to eat ice cream again until after the baby arrives in July. Now I want to eat ice cream, hot dogs, sour patch kids, gummy candies, burgers, donuts, pork chops, salads, marshmallows, chocolate, pasta, cookies. EVERYTHING. All at once, even. Just put them all on a platter and hand it to me :P
I'm trying to hold back on eating everything I can get my hands on, because I don't want to be one of those women who just get uber humongo during their pregnancy. Fortunately my stomach capacity has shrunk and even though I want to eat everything, I physically can't fit it in there. I can't eat the same amount of food anymore, which I'm actually finding very annoying. Since I can't eat as much, I have to eat more often, and that just takes up time. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love to eat, but it's rather tedious to have to prepare a small meal every 3 hours or so.
Last week I intentionally ate a smaller-than-usual dinner so I can have room for ice cream afterwards. Three hours later, I started to get hungry again. But at that point, I was tired and ready for bed: I wanted to sleep, not eat. I then realized that I can't skimp on dinner because I'll wake up in the middle of the night feeling hungry and I'll have to get up to eat. It's such a drag. I know it seems rather contradictory: I want to eat everything, but I don't want to eat all the time. I blame the pregnancy hormones :P
PS: We have another ultrasound on Wed, and hopefully we're going to find out the baby's gender :)
Now that I'm no longer nauseous, I want to eat EVERYTHING. I can eat ice cream again, and it doesn't make me want to barf, which is fantastic news for me. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to eat ice cream again until after the baby arrives in July. Now I want to eat ice cream, hot dogs, sour patch kids, gummy candies, burgers, donuts, pork chops, salads, marshmallows, chocolate, pasta, cookies. EVERYTHING. All at once, even. Just put them all on a platter and hand it to me :P
I'm trying to hold back on eating everything I can get my hands on, because I don't want to be one of those women who just get uber humongo during their pregnancy. Fortunately my stomach capacity has shrunk and even though I want to eat everything, I physically can't fit it in there. I can't eat the same amount of food anymore, which I'm actually finding very annoying. Since I can't eat as much, I have to eat more often, and that just takes up time. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love to eat, but it's rather tedious to have to prepare a small meal every 3 hours or so.
Last week I intentionally ate a smaller-than-usual dinner so I can have room for ice cream afterwards. Three hours later, I started to get hungry again. But at that point, I was tired and ready for bed: I wanted to sleep, not eat. I then realized that I can't skimp on dinner because I'll wake up in the middle of the night feeling hungry and I'll have to get up to eat. It's such a drag. I know it seems rather contradictory: I want to eat everything, but I don't want to eat all the time. I blame the pregnancy hormones :P
PS: We have another ultrasound on Wed, and hopefully we're going to find out the baby's gender :)