I did with Charlie because I gained 45+ pounds. Food was delicious in the third trimester especially!
I was much more restrained with Olive and gained less than 25 pounds. What a difference I felt between the two pregnancies!
Are you using your pregnancy as an excuse to overeat (as in do you eat more than the recommended extra 300 calories you need)?
grapefruit / 4120 posts
YES especially the first time. I was on Weight Watchers and quite slim when I got pregnant, and I just went nuts when I found out I was pregnant. Ate everything in sight!
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
Trying not too! I know how hard it is going to be to lose the weight after.
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
I use it as an excuse to eat whatever I want, whenever I want it. But that doesn't always mean I'm overeating or eating junk food constantly. I'm just enjoying not obsessively worrying about every morsel that passes my lips, for a change.
pineapple / 12793 posts
My appetite has been smaller than it was pre-pregnancy so I find myself eating less than I expected. And I only really crave healthy food...weird.
pear / 1698 posts
Nope, I'm 33 weeks and I've only gained 18 lbs so far (starting weight, 118) My eating habits really didn't change much and I was lucky enough to never really crave junk food.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
I didn't until I went on bedrest at 30w. Then I got depressed and ate a brownie Sundae every night. No joke. Thankfully only gained 30 lbs.
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
Oh my gosh yes! In the first tri the only thing I could eat was sweet junk food. I've always been small all my life but have put a lot of weight on with the pregnancy - sugar just tastes so good!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
I tried not to, but my mw told me I needed to eat 3000+ calories! I was shocked because before pg I was only eating about 1500. So it WAS doubled. weird. I had a hard time eating that much even. I gained 36 lbs, and I wonder if I hadn't been trying so hard to eat, if I would have gained less?
I also told myself that if I felt hungry, it was important to eat because I believe it's my body telling me that my me/my baby needs food, I just tried to make healthy choices.
I think my subsequent pregnancy(ies) will be better because I know a lot more about eating right and now I'm on a more consistent exercise regime, and it will be nice to continue that while pg. I think I will gain a lot less.
squash / 13764 posts
No...I really feel like I haven't thought about food much differently throughout my pregnancy (aka, I still try to stay away from foods I wouldn't have eaten before). I've relaxed some of my rules (I'll eat pasta, and I'm definitely having more dessert!) but some of the food issues I've had my whole life have continued to follow me, unfortunately.
nectarine / 2886 posts
Yes, my appetite was insatiable. It was scary and fun at the same time. I ate dessert every. single. day. Thankfully, the weight came off plus some thanks to breastfeeding. I have vowed to be better with LO #2, whenever that is.
pomegranate / 3983 posts
Like @highwire I used pregnancy as an excuse to eat whatever I want whenever. Last time though I only gained about 25 lbs, so I feel like I can do the same thing this time around. I just don't really crave junk food because we really never eat it so I think that helps keep things in check.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
Nope. I def eat bigger portions that pre-preg, but I haven't had any weird cravings nor any desire to overeat like crazy.
cantaloupe / 6751 posts
No, I was really careful and tried my best to control myself... I was so scared of gaining 100 LBS.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
Nope. I had no appetite at all. I struggled to eat and put on weight. I was even getting lectured towards the end about my lack of weight gain...I only put on 4lbs gross weight (I lost 12-15 in the beginning). Evan ended up being 8'12, though...my mw said I was a classic example of baby taking exactly what they need from you.
persimmon / 1194 posts
I totally did and it showed, I gained 55 lbs. so far at 12wks pp I have lost 50 lbs but boy I will NOT be doing that next pregnancy!
pomegranate / 3053 posts
I did but only managed to gain under 30 lbs with my first and 20 lbs with my second. Crazy. I'm eating like crazy now that I'm nursing too. I love chips. My weakness! I need to control myself; otherwise, I'm going to gain another 10 lbs like I did when I weaned my first.
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