Eating right?

[MelliPaige]

Ok..all I'm craving is junk food. All day, everyday, every meal. I've only given in a few times but every time I have I felt horrible. I tried to force feed myself some vegetables and chicken and whole wheat rolls but it all ended up in the toilet and my stomach was rolling. All day yesterday I was craving chicken nuggets and I finally had my husband go get it around midnight and it was like a dream. Nausea was gone, I could keep my prenatal vitamin down, I drank some water and fell asleep without a nauseous tummy and felt so good when I woke up this morning.

My family is really pressuring me, though. His grandparents took a bunch of us out for ice cream and wouldn't even let me have the watermelon sorbet, she let me order it and everything and when it was served she threw it away and told me she miscarried by not eating like she should. I'm scared to death but all I want is chicken nuggets with pickels on top

I probably sound silly, I sure do feel silly.
It should be a no brainer, I should be eating fruits and vegetables and poached chicken, but it's just sounds so gross to me, I would have loved it before though!


Any advice? I'm taking a prescribed prenatal vitamin.

 

[Akayj]

No offense to his grandparent but not all women are the same. I would have bought me another with my own money. I think in ur first tri anything to keep it down eat it. Then it should get easier later.

 

[MelliPaige]

So it will really be ok for now? Every bite makes me feel terrible, like I'm already being a horrible mom. Ill ask my doctor on Monday, too, but he will probably just tell me to try and eat right.

 

[Whitesoxfan41]

At this point, anything you can keep down that gives you some calories and nutrition is MUCH better than nothing! I couldn't look at a fruit or veggie for the first 2 weeks, now I'm able to get some down here and there. I'm still craving mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese. Not the healthiest choices but I'd rather have something stay in my stomach than end up in the toilet. HUGS!

 

[labmommy]

Omg the lady is off her rocker! Please eat what you want and don't stress about it. All I want is chips and dip lately. The only meal I want is a chipotle burrito bowl lol. If you were in your third tri and the baby had weight problems then it would be different.

 

[want2bemommy]

You have more restraint than me.. I wouldn't have been so kind. It's sorbet for Pete's sake- seriously. Calories is what's important right now, take your vitamins and you will be fine. The appetite will come in time. As far as I know a poor diet doesn't cause miscarriage, if it did all these poor ladies with hyperemesis would be losing babies left and right. She had her babies in the Stone Age when they knew nothing and relied on wives tales. Do what you need to to make it through the nausea!

 

[MelliPaige]

Thanks..I'm starting to feel better!

 

[manda_roo20]

All I want at the moment is pizza, crisps, mashed potato and cheese sandwiches! And as they're the only things nit making me feel sick U am eating them. A lot. I say eat what you fancy for now if it makes you less nauseous and when that symptom lessens you'll have a good lot of months ti get back on track. Xx

 

[DivaMommy2Be]

I'm 9 weeks and my constant nausea ( can't believe I was exited for it!!!) means I'm constantly put off my food.

All I want and can stomach, weirdly is crap. Wotsits and dairylea Dunkers in particular. I've lost count of how many times hubby has cooked a meal for me only to have me look at it like someone vomited all over my plate :/

Also I used to LOVE my veg and chicken etc. now I'm like you it makes my stomach summersault. Thought I'd be so heathy in pregnancy lol.

Midwife said to me don't stress. Just to try and that's all you can do. And that the baby is like a parasite so will find everything it needs from you. As long as your eating something.

Also I'd tell the in laws where to go. Honestly telling you you could miscarry is ridiculous!!! If you were to take her to your midwife, I guarantee she wouldn't actually have a clue about pregnancy and is probably one of those who still believes things like lifting your arms above your head can strangle the baby with its cord!!!!

Eat what you damn well please especially if its one of the only things you can keep down. (Aside from the obvious no-nos) you're taking your prenatals so just relax and do the best you can.

P.s a tip for me is I've found I feel the worst if my stomach is too empty, which then makes me worse since I don't wanna eat. Dunno if that helps lol

Good luck with pregnancy

 

[gcgal10]

The only food I can stomach at the moment is junk. I normally love healthy food but can't eat it at the moment. I was told to just eat what I can as bad food is better than no food. I was the same last pregnancy and once the nausea ended all I wanted was healthy food so I made up for it later in the pregnancy.

 

[Ashla]

My OB told me that when the baby is this little, a prenatal will give it all the nutrients it needs. Eating well is more important in the second and third trimester when the baby is bigger and needs a lot more of the food you are consuming.

Honestly, at this point in time you should be eating whatever you can keep down. I hate how people think that as soon as you are pregnant, your body is public property

During my first PG, all I could eat until week 10 was white bread, crackers and hot chips with salt. My baby is now 15 months old and is in perfect health.

 

[wishuwerehere]

Oh my goodness what a nasty thing for your grandma to do! It was only sorbet!
Eating junk, if that is all you can stomach, is much better for baby than eating nothing. I didn't put on weight much in my first preg and the doctor was telling me to eat cake and put extra butter on stuff. Calories are important!

 

[Tina_TTC2]

Horrible old woman I'm so sorry she did that to you. she's dreadfully wrong, thank goodness. I'd be hopping in the car and going to get a sorbet right now. If I could stomach such a thing. LOL!! I'm off all frozen treats. no clue why! chocolate? now i don't think I'd ever be off that! lol

 

[bobobodkins]

OMG ignore your family - I haven't shared my news yet but when people start giving me advice I plan to ask them when they got their medical degree (I anticipate a lot of unwanted advice from certain people grrr!)

Do your best as regards your diet. I too am craving all sorts of crap that I never eat. I'm trying to get nutrients in through smoothies with greens blended in etc.

 

[xjesx]

ummmmmm.....ok there is no way even today for Doctors to be able to determine the causes of miscarriage. There is no way yet for medical professionals to precisely pin down what causes an expectant mothers miscarriage. So if grams has this knowledge I would love for her to practice and let any of us who have miscarried know why it happened other than it wasn't meant to be.

Secondly, is it not better to keep food down than to vomit up food?

Thirdly, and I am not chef or expert, but generally sorbet is not made with anything we (pregnant beauties) are not "allowed" to eat. HOMEMADE icecream is a cautionary tale as recipes call for raw eggs.

Fourthly, ice cream is my svaour right now and I have no plans of giving it up, especially during the summer.


I suggest no more dinner dates with the grandparents.

 

[Kittycat155]

Something is better then nothing. Eventually it will even out that healthy food is edible so I would not stress one bit about it. If you are keeping down chicken nuggets then eat them or whatever else works. For a few days I only wanted kit kats. Now I am fine eating many fruits but having trouble with meats of any sort, just thinking of them...ugh. Normally I eat balanced enough and some junk scattered in. Try to keep in mind there are pregnant woman eating worse then you by choice.

Like nurse who saw me said-the baby WILL get what it needs(as long as you are eating something/not starving)

 

[want2bemommy]

Older people are odd sometimes. My friends mom thought I wasn't pregnant because there was "no way morning sickness started so early and I was lying about getting so many ultrasounds" ???? What? Lol. I had to show her the pics of the babies before she apologized.

 

[MelliPaige]

Older people are odd sometimes. My friends mom thought I wasn't pregnant because there was "no way morning sickness started so early and I was lying about getting so many ultrasounds" ???? What? Lol. I had to show her the pics of the babies before she apologized.

My mom told me exhaustion didn't start so early and I was just being lazy when I said I didn't feel like picking dead roses off my rose bush after an 8 hour shift.

 

[angelswings07]

My partner is food OBSESSED at the moment. I have daily lectures from him about how bad malnutrition could be for me and the baby, but the only foods I can keep down is bacon, salty potato chips, and cheeseburgers. I had a chat with my midwife about it the other day, and she said not to stress. At this stage you eat what you crave, if you can keep it down, eat it. When you move to the second trimester and the morning sickness eases up, then focus on nutrition.

 

[Hopeful27yrs]

In the past 12 weeks I have had cravings for eggs (ugh - can't stand the sight of them now) which I ate everyday for a week, then meat, then pizza, now pasta. My body obviously wants protein and although it makes me uncomfortable eating all that I feel great when I have it. Your body is clever at making you source out and eat what it needs - listen to it! When the ms is gone I plan to reintroduce my previous diet and can't wait for lovely salads and veg - but at the mo i'm not tolerating them at all.