https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:15:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing/page/2#post-2210036 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:56:46 +0000 MoonMoon 2210036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dagret: laughing at the Emilio Estevez imagery! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing/page/2#post-2209942 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:53:08 +0000 MrsLonghorn 2209942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have a huge change while pregnant, but OMG I eat CONSTANTLY now that we're nursing. LO is almost 9 months, and I thought this would end once my body got used to it, but it hasn't let up at all. I eat nonstop!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing/page/2#post-2209919 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:32:48 +0000 PrincessBaby 2209919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pregnant.</p> <p>I am not nearly as hungry nursing, but that could be because I eat paleo and so the food that I eat is really high in protein and is satiating. Like I'll have 4 eggs for breakfast and then am not really hungry at all until like 3pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing/page/2#post-2209913 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:29:34 +0000 MK0180 2209913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Starting in the 2nd trimester I craved sugar - ice cream sandwiches, Twinkies, cupcakes, etc. While nursing... eh not so much, at least, from what I can remember :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209841 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 09:52:01 +0000 dagret 2209841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: with my son, I would wake up in the middle of the night and cry because i was hungry and didn't have snacky food right at hand...with my daughter, I'm just starving/grazing all day, but not in the middle of the night.<br /> With both, around 4 mo pp i started eating a giant, Emilio Estevez in Breakfast Club - sized lunch and eating less at dinner, which helps with the insane hunger. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209615 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:03:57 +0000 gentlelunette 2209615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nursing, for sure. In the early days, especially. I kept Clif and Luna bars on my bedside table for middle of the night snacking! However, towards the end of my pregnancy, I ate a TON... I think it was mostly due to anxiety, and then boredom (I was off work 3 weeks before due date). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209451 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 01:44:49 +0000 sorrycharlie 2209451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nursing. It's unreal how much I eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209441 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 01:23:47 +0000 regberadaisy 2209441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both! But I definitely eat more than the average female most days. No pregnancy intense cravings during nursing though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209440 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 01:20:32 +0000 PawPrints 2209440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nursing!! It came as a big surprise to me since I didn't experience a major increase in appetite during pregnancy and nobody had told me it was worse while breastfeeding. I eat like a horse now. The same burritos I ate for lunch all through pregnancy don't even fill me up for a second these days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209404 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 22:35:58 +0000 QBbride 2209404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nursing!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209194 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 17:25:25 +0000 Purpledaisy 2209194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nursing for sure! Prenancy didn't really cause me to be extra hungry. Nursing I needed a ton of food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209193 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 17:24:56 +0000 Ree723 2209193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nursing for sure! I could have eaten a professional footballer under the table, I'm quite sure!</p> <p>I finished nursing LO2 more than two months ago now and am still waiting for my appetite to come back down... I'm not as hungry as I was whilst nursing, but still far hungrier than I was before I ever got pregnant! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209185 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 17:17:56 +0000 namaste 2209185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had no appetite while pregnant but always having to eat while nursing. It's not even that I feel hungry but my stomach growls and feels empty D: Ugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209173 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:36:15 +0000 Maysprout 2209173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both. But during pregnancy I wake up in the middle of the night starving. I made special food for my middle of the night wake ups. I've been pregnant or nursing for awhile now, when I look on some of the food posts on here I'm like my family would starve if that's all we ate. But between working out and babies gotta have some food fuel for that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209148 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:07:09 +0000 MoonMoon 2209148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Hmm, I wonder if it's less pronounced with subsequent pregnancies/nursing? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209135 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:54:26 +0000 Cole 2209135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was not prepared for the hunger brought on by nursing, it's insane! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209102 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:26:42 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2209102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both for me!! Though, by late pregnancy I couldn't fit much in my stomach, so I felt like I just ate all the time. Now, I am chowing down trail mix through the middle of the night while nursing! :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209083 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:14:26 +0000 Smurfette 2209083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I wasn't either......I would graze all day but it was because I had to walk around to get her to sleep. So why not stop and get a cookie? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209052 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:55:34 +0000 blackbird 2209052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: huh. I was hungry that first week but my appetite feels normal now and I'm not starving all the time </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209047 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:53:46 +0000 mediagirl 2209047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nursing! I thought I was hungry while pregnant - how wrong I was!! Haha. I also had an insatiable need for water while nursing. I never crave water! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209043 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:52:47 +0000 Alivoo01 2209043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't crave anything while pregnant and my appetite was about the same. nursing though, definitely ate more! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209039 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:49:02 +0000 MoonMoon 2209039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: @CakeLady: Yeah I'm not as hungry and eating as much as the first 12-18 months, but I'm really not looking forward to weaning and having the weight come back on! I'm very attached to my bf metabolism lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209038 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:48:51 +0000 smocks 2209038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't delivered DS yet but with DD, I was way hungrier during pregnancy (seems to be the case this one too) and then post partum, my appetite completely dropped. Like I totally forgot to eat unless I was reminded that first month post partum. I dropped 40 lbs that month. I'm wondering if the same thing will happen this time bc both pregnancies are pretty similar. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209037 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:47:08 +0000 MoonMoon 2209037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: for me it was within a week of starting nursing. It was pretty noticeable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209031 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:44:30 +0000 Bubbles 2209031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bfing made me very thirsty and burn calories like crazy, but nothing compared to my pregnant appetite - towards the end I was eating like an absolute horse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209013 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:35:25 +0000 blackbird 2209013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When does this crazy appetite kick in?.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209009 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:33:54 +0000 snowjewelz 2209009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nursing for sure! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209007 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:31:46 +0000 CakeLady 2209007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My appetite increased while I was pregnant, but nowhere near how hungry I was while nursing. I felt like I just ate everything, all the time AND kept losing weight. It was amazing! Now that I am only nursing a little (morning and night, but I think my supply is almost gone) appetite is less and weight is creeping back on. Gotta cut back on the treats. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2209000 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:30:18 +0000 mrsjyw 2209000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely nursing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-bigger-appetite-when-pregnant-or-nursing#post-2208999 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:30:10 +0000 rattles 2208999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely nursing. I didn't realize that I needed more supplemental calories nursing than pregnant! </p>