https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 12 May 2026 22:30:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-841057 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:41:16 +0000 Katrocap 841057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YES! I'm 5 months PP and it's starting to wane, but I think that's just because I have a cold this week. When I'm up at night with LO I'm always snacking: protein bars, cookies, whatever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-840144 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:00:21 +0000 immabeetoo 840144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep for a while I woke in the middle of the night out of my own hunger. Now at 6 months I finally don't need to eat and drink overnight! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-840114 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:52:43 +0000 dagret 840114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I'm starving! I have breakfast...then 2nd breakfast..then a snack...then lunch...then an afternoon snack...then a pre-dinner snack...then dinner...and a bedtime snack. I'm the same weight i was pre-pregnancy at 4.5 m pp. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-840084 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:46:18 +0000 littlebug 840084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was JUST saying the same thing this morning. I'm 4.5 months pp and feel like I'm eating every hour I'm awake. I am a bottomless pit of hunger. And yet I am now 8 pounds below my pre-pregnancy weight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-840073 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:44:14 +0000 hellobeeboston 840073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YES - i have been ravenously hungry since breastfeeding.</p> <p>i am 7 months PP and it's starting to wane, but i honestly get SO hungry sometimes still. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-840024 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:30:09 +0000 kiddosc 840024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You need to eat about 500 more calories per day while breastfeeding then the usual recommended daily intake. I was constantly eating when I was nursing, and still lost all my pregnancy weight and then some. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-839985 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:21:11 +0000 blackbird 839985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a nonexistent appetite to go with my ~ 15 oz of milk/day </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-839918 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:01:46 +0000 cascademom 839918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: I've heard this argument before and completely agree. We've spent a lot to feed me when I was breastfeeding. Now that I'm not, the formula containers seem expensive, but probably aren't compared to how much I had to eat to produce enough for LO's daily needs. </p> <p>I ate way more breastfeeding than I did gestating my little dude. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-839908 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:58:34 +0000 shopaholic 839908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't really start to feel like ravenously hungry until week 11. Now I can eat so much! Been trying to eat more protein. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-839898 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:56:29 +0000 MsInformation 839898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm almost 6 months into breastfeeding and my appetite is just starting to plateau. I was a maniac at the beginning - I would finish dinner and immediately toast a bagel because I was still hungry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-839800 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:32:39 +0000 Corduroy 839800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm right there with you. I try to eat lots of protein and fat to help keep me full longer. Even so I think I could have eaten a horse yesterday. I had three eggs and guac for breakfast and I was starving again by 8:30. I feel like when people calculate the cost savings of breast feeding they aren't taking my two extra meals a day into consideration. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-839760 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:20:57 +0000 lovehoneybee 839760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was constantly starving for the first 5 or 6 months I was breastfeeding before it leveled out to something resembling normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-839735 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:13:33 +0000 bamblm 839735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely have a heftier appetite and my LO is seven months. I didn't notice my appetite go up in pregnancy, but breastfeeding is definitely making me constantly starving. I've lost all but the last two or three pounds, but trying to lose a little extra is impossible with a giant appetite. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-839730 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:12:44 +0000 cascademom 839730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Normal. I over indulged when I was breastfeeding and now have to lose the weight again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-839723 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:09:34 +0000 Weagle 839723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally normal. I wasn't usually hungry during the day much, but once LO went to bed I was raiding the cabinets! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-839568 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:16:45 +0000 autumnlove 839568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was constantly hungry after my older LO was born but not as much after my second...I breast feed and pump even more than with my first! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-839558 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:14:46 +0000 T.H.O.U. 839558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thats totally normal! Keep fueling your body to help make the milk! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-and-constant-hunger#post-839526 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:09:19 +0000 tororojo 839526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is it normal to be ravenously hungry all the time while breastfeeding? I'm constantly stuffing my face but it never goes away for long. We are 3 months in and I thought I would have my appetite under control by now, but maybe that's not how it works. Is there a magic, healthy-ish food that will keep me from feeling like I'm starving all the time? (on the up side, as of today I have lost all 45 lbs of pregnancy weight, woo hoo!!!) </p>