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@Amurray: you need to eat whatever you can get down until you feel better. Then you can focus on eating healthy. I'm still having major food aversions and MS at 11 weeks. How far along are you?

How far along are you?

I survived on Cheeseburgers, ginger snaps and dried fruit when I had morning sickness. It's not the end of the world to eat whatever you can keep down for a little while. I usually had a good breakfast, since my "morning" sickness was usually from 1:30pm-bedtime, but just did whatever I had to do to have calories when it was bad.

@Amurray: you definitely need to be kind to yourself. I'm surviving (mostly) on French fries, jolly ranchers, rolls, croissants, saltines, etc. This happened during my first pregnancy too and it got better for me by week 15.

@Amurray: I'm in the same boat mama, give yourself a break. I was feeling really guilty but my Dr. And her nurse both said, "Get through the first trimester however you need to."

I am eating crap that hasn't entered my house in years: Spaghettios, candy with corn syrup in it (way against my general eating habits), donut holes, chips, whatever looked good at the store. This too shall pass! Prenatals baby!

Your standard diet is pretty much how we strive to eat (though we skip the butchering our own animals part ) Just know this, you're not hurting the baby by eating bad. The first tri is rough, so eat whatever you can. Your doctor shouldn't give you a hard time about it! You'll get back to normal soon...

I went through the same thing in the first trimester. Major food aversions and no desire to cook anything (well going near it would make me gag). Only things I could tolerate were crackers, lime Popsicles, and spicy Korean soups. I had a major aversion to any sort of meat or vegetable. After about week 13, my appetite quickly came back.

Just eat what stays down. you can eat healthy in a few months, no biggie

When i was pregnant, the $1 chicken sandwich from mcdonalds was a regular for me (after the gym, ironically). Haven't touched it in at least a year plus. So....it's not a slippery slope

eta: women all over the world, in all kinds of conditions, have been having babies and continue to have babies despite not eating organic, healthy, vegetarian, whatever food. It's our biological survival mechanism to somehow be drawn to the safer foods like carbs and whatnot.

First trimester I barely ate. When I did I ate bagels, mac n cheese, tacos, and other empty carbs and junk food. My daughter is brilliant and amazingly healthy. I'm doing just fine too. I think everything will be ok...

When I told my RE I was having trouble getting things to stay down, and how worried I was about it having an effect on the babies, she told me that she survived both of her pregnancies on Cheerios. I figured that her stats depend on my successful, healthy pregnancy, so I took her advice to eat whatever I could.

I could have written this post about myself, I felt so guilty about the types of food that I was eating during my first trimester. The others are right you need to be kind to yourself at this stage. My diet got way better at around 16 weeks. Admittedly, I have had a few of weeks (21-24) where my MS returned and I went straight back to carbs and processed stuff that I could tolerate. I am happy to report that this week I am back on track with my healthy ways. My advice is just eat what you can keep down and squeeze in the good stuff when you can too but don't beat yourself up.

@Amurray: I was eating insanely healthy before first trimester hell set in but ever since food is just gross. I don't really enjoy anything at all anymore so j gave myself permission to eat whatever sounded edible. This was my grocery cart last week. Haha I did find that carrots and sugar snap peas raw from the fridge were actually pretty good to me still so that's really the only veggies I've been able to handle. Also I found a boxed chocolate muffin mix that was more natural ingredients...they are still basically cupcakes but it's the only thing I can eat for breakfast haha at least they are made with whole wheat flour! Hang in there...it will be better soon!

As previous people posted, in the first trimester it's just important to eat and keep food down, you can worry about nutrition in the 2 & 3rd!

I ate Little Caesar's! I was so sick the first tri the only thing I could eat was LC's $5 cheese pizza and crazy bread. I haven't eaten that since I was a kid in the '90s!

@Amurray: it sounds like you eat very well and have a good relationship with food! Good for you! We eat like that too, dh is a cook at a local organic coop, but golly first trimester I ate crazy bread and danishes. I was sick for a couple weeks and had to eat like that, but I did start feeling better and I went to town (so to say) back to my old ways with local meat and kale

you gotta eat whatever works I ate an embarrassing diet the first 3 months (well, still sorta am, just turning that corner in week 13). and I couldn't keep down my prenatals no matter how hard I tried. but baby looked great at my NT scan - I believe my OB said baby takes all they need from you (as much as they can) and you need to eat well/take vitamins to replenish your own stores. of course stuff like folic acid is important, but do what you can!

My midwife said the same thing with my first. It's all about eating whatever you can. My daughter hasn't been any worse for wear, despite my similar worries last pregnancy. Now I'm in the same boat as you, once again. Last time I could only tolerate Italian, this time it's fruit. Find what works for you and do that until you feel better! Mine lasted until 16/17 weeks last time.