ok guys how many of u actually felt HUNGRY in ur first trimester? i didnt know i was preg until the 10 week. 1 month before that i used to feel hungry every 3-4 hrs. it was frustrating!! i never understood y i was feelin so hungry. only realised it later that maybe it was the changes in my body.
anyway, so i didnt get any nausea or vomit etc and pretty much smooth preg Alhamdulillah. only prb is the hunger pangs. now i m 12 weeks 5 days preg and still feel hungry every 3 hrs minimum. why is it so? is it the baby askin for food? is it that as soon as i eat the baby gets the nutrition so the stomach is empty? what exactly is it thaz causing it.
did u all feel hungry like this in ur first trimester or the whole pregnancy for that matter??
hahahahaha thx Sahar (hugs) .. few days before i enter my second tri. anyway, so like i said, i never had that nausea stuff to have hunger pangs, so why m i feelin so hungry... where is this food goinnnnnnnnggg ( iknow to the baby but i m tryin to understand the whole physics and chemistry of my hunger) :D hehe
hey sahar i dunno exactly how mch i was before gettin preg.. but i guess i gained abt 3 kgs so far... is it too mch?? i m overweight not slim or thin before pregnancy.
i was like u too mall.. i ate thruout my pregnancy cuz i got hungry a whle lot.. but most of the hunger was in the first trimester.. by the time i got into the 3rd, it was ok.. not too bad.. but i remember the first trimester as being full of food and hunger. ... i never got nausea either and mashallah it was a smooth sailing.. i was put off by strong perfumes and at times meat tasted like liver to me (i hate liver).. but still didnt put me off meats..
thanks everyone for the replies. khwateen ur post made me feel relieved :D but i still didnt get any answer as to why we feel so hungry... maybe other women also like me dunno the answer or maybe they didnt experience what i m :(
so khwateen i shud expect to feel hungry even in my second tri :)
yeah sahar am tryin to eat healthy and not v big portions at once.
off topic, but since i managed to get u gurls attention (tehehe) can i bleach my face durin preg? or use nair cream to remove hair on legs etc?
I was super hungry in my 1st trimester.It isn't a lot different now either.I never had any nausea etc so that was good.
I used to have a nice breakfast in the morning and an early dinner.But when I got pregnant I was hungry every 3-4 hours and not only hungry hungry,it used to feel like I am just about to fall down.
My mom was like you should have a piece of fruit or a salad or something and I tried that and was like gosh mom an apple and an orange or even a sandwich doesn't make me feel any better.I was still hungry.So now my day consists of atleast 3 proper meals and a few snacks here and there guilty pleasures..
The weird part is that I still haven't gained any much weight.My OB thinks that's ok too.Hmm the hormones sure do their trick!
nomadic, i m sooooo relieved to read ur post. amazing thing is i feel exactly the same way!!! now its better but when i was in 2nd month if i didnt eat anythin in 2-3 hours when hungry i wud feel my head heavy and feel like i m gonna fall down... sheesh it was bad! it got better in mid third month. i still feel hungry and eat something like carrots, biscuits etc.
i have few qs though. wud love if some of u cud answer:
1- i sleep abt 12am every nite and eat a meal (a proper plate) 1 hr before. i know they say u shud eat 2 hrs before u sleep but then i m scared if i take long to sleep i will feel hungry again. is this ok?
2- secondly, i wake up by like 2pm everyday after sleepin at 12 last nite. thaz like abt 10 hrs of no food in tummy. is that bad for the baby? if in between i wake up to urinate i dun eat unless v v hungry. i feel guilty that maybe my baby is hungry and i m starvin him or something. is this ok?
3- i m urinating alot. in 2nd month it was like every 20-30 mins. now i feel the need to urinate within 40 min-1 hr atleast. how long shud i expect this.
4- my boobs are still the same :( i dun havr the pleasure of havin an increased size in preg like other women. maybe its becus i m PCOS and have male pattern probs?
thanks alot guys. i dunno wot i wud hav done if it were not for u guys to help me. :)
Oh also, it's really important to have a balance of protein and sugars. So cheese sandwich with a piece of fruit or something like that. We crave carbs usually, but we need to keep an eye on balancing protein and sugar in our meals.
Mall, are u actually trying not to eat a lot, or is it that u just can't? As far as I am aware pregnant women are advised to eat something, even just a snack with a drink every 2 -3 hours to maintain their blood sugar and hydration levels.
If your head / legs feel heavy n u feel like u r gonna fall down, then it's very likely that your blood sugar levels r low, so try to eat small snacks more regularly.
RV, thx. i didnt know i was pregnant until mid 3rd month. i used to feel like fallin and head heavy and all when i was in 2nd month. i didnt know that time i was pregnant.
i m concerned now that i m enterin 4th mnth is it wrong to not eat for more than 8 hrs when i m sleepin... as i sleep more than 8 hrs i m worried if i m doin anythin wrong.
i m overweight so sub conciously i m a bit worried abt gainin too mch also. at the same time i dun wanna starve the baby so i eat whenever i m hungry. its only when i sleep that i dunno if i m doin anythin wrong for not eatin for so many hrs.
everyones bodies are different, I lost nearly a stone in the first 4 months, as I went totally off food.....Alhamdullilah I havent had any sickness at all, but i'm nearly eight months and still don't like eating.....how weird is that!
I used to feel hungry in my first baby it is normal. And usually a pregnant lady at least need 2200 calories depending on weight.And I gained 40 pounds in first pregnancy which was normal in first baby. Mall is this your first baby?
You need 5 or 6 small servings a day and I used to sleep a lot too. atleast 10 hours I used to sleep.
Mall is this your first baby?
atleast 10 hours I used to sleep.