https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:18:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-168734 Fri, 25 May 2012 02:08:46 +0000 Rosie Girl 168734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I go through spurts of insane hungriness! When I first was BF, i almost had to have somehting to eat while she was nursing becuase I so hungry! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-168731 Fri, 25 May 2012 01:53:13 +0000 erinpye 168731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am much more hungry now that I'm breastfeeding and not feeling nauseated after eating all the time, like I was while pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-168690 Thu, 24 May 2012 22:00:47 +0000 lemondrop 168690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes!! Starving all the time! Luckily the baby weight melted right off for the most part, other than being mushier in several places. I seriously can't get enough to eat- I thought I was starving right after birth, now at almost 5 months I am even more hungry. Big change from pregnancy where I would have to force myself to eat. I'm trying to eat healthier, but like you said, I'll have to watch it after I stop breastfeeding.</p> <p>@duckduckkristen: if you give it some time, he will start eating more and more- mine can't get enough milk right now and I can't get enough food! </p> <p>I realized that we went through over 20 ounces of milk that we brought along for a day trip in under 6 hours. We had to pull the car over and I had to nurse so we could calm him down on the way home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-168682 Thu, 24 May 2012 21:35:35 +0000 Boogs 168682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blushink: Ha, I was the same way. I would eat a granola bar, but really I was hungry enough to eat a whole pizza or something on my own, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-168680 Thu, 24 May 2012 21:33:45 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 168680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boogs: Seriously!!! Mine growls too. You'd think I haven't eaten in days!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-168677 Thu, 24 May 2012 21:31:24 +0000 Boogs 168677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blushink: I was the same way. I literally used to have to eat in the middle of the night, my stomach would be growling and everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-168612 Thu, 24 May 2012 21:01:47 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 168612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Nskillet: I wish!!! like @Mrs.M57: I wake up in the middle of the night starving! It's nuts! </p> <p>@duckduckkristen: Maybe in 2 weeks it will calm down like you. I just seem to want to eat everything in sight! It's scary! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-168391 Thu, 24 May 2012 19:14:49 +0000 Boogs 168391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I literally would never feel full, I was always eating. Now that LO is eating a lot more solids I'm having to watch what I eat a bit so I don't overdo it because I'm not always starving like before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-168238 Thu, 24 May 2012 18:29:07 +0000 duckduckkristen 168238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For the first week after DS was born I was so hungry and just could not get enough food. I stuffed my face constantly and still lost 15 lbs that week. Now (almost 3 weeks pp) I don't have much of an appetite and stopped losing weight, despite the fact that DS eats a ton! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-168019 Thu, 24 May 2012 16:12:09 +0000 chopsuey 168019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was definitely more hungry while pregnant! Post pregnancy I wasn't very hungry at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-167933 Thu, 24 May 2012 15:33:55 +0000 calsmom 167933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I cannot stay out of the kitchen today, so I know how it is! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-167869 Thu, 24 May 2012 14:53:33 +0000 mediagirl 167869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A friend of mine who had twins said she now regularly goes through a dozen donuts in two days because of her appetite. She is eating way more now than when pregnant and no, she's not gaining weight. :) I think it's normal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-167858 Thu, 24 May 2012 14:48:25 +0000 Sammyfab 167858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I am constantly hungry and thirsty these days (and I'm nursing)! When I was pregnant I never really felt like eating anything unless it was junk food! :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-167786 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:57:19 +0000 mrs. wagon 167786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When Wagon Jr. was born I was the opposite... my mom and Wagon Sr. had to force me to eat three times a day. I remember I was also constipated so I was choking down bran muffins and kind of crying at the same time, that's how much I did not want to eat. I dropped all the baby weight except 5 lbs in just the first month! Luckily my appetite eventually came back. Good thing because Wagon Jr. was a nursing beast and my milk was flowing like crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-167783 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:55:29 +0000 Mrs. Bee 167783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes i was way hungrier nursing than when i was pregnant. it seems to have subsided a bit now that olive is older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-167765 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:45:36 +0000 Nskillet 167765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel way less hungry and am nursing!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-167747 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:41:10 +0000 Mrs.M57 167747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am in the same boat hungry all day and even in the middle of the night when I wake up with lo for night feedings! I know you are supposed to consume an extra 500 calories and I thought that would be hard, definitely not the case! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-167739 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:39:25 +0000 MegWag 167739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally! My appetite was pretty low during pregnancy. I lost in the first tri and I think I maybe got back to my pre-preg weight by the end. But now... holy cow... I'm like a vacuum cleaner. I want to eat all the time. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/more-hungry-now-then-when-i-was-pregnant#post-167657 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:05:25 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 167657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know that breastfeeding burns calories (and at the rate Sienna drinks I'll be skinny minny by next year) but dang, I'm soooo hungry now 10x more than when I was pregnant.</p> <p>I know for now, it's not a problem, because I watch out what I eat but eat more of it... but once I stop breastfeeding I'll gain back all my weight, if im not careful! </p> <p>Are you More hungry now then when you were pregnant? </p>