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.
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!
Are you More hungry now then when you were pregnant?
persimmon / 1135 posts
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. 
kiwi / 515 posts
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!
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
yes i was way hungrier nursing than when i was pregnant. it seems to have subsided a bit now that olive is older.
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
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.
pomegranate / 3383 posts
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! 
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
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!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
I was definitely more hungry while pregnant! Post pregnancy I wasn't very hungry at all.
clementine / 959 posts
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!
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
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.
GOLD / pomelo / 5167 posts
@Nskillet: I wish!!! like @Mrs.M57: I wake up in the middle of the night starving! It's nuts!
@duckduckkristen: Maybe in 2 weeks it will calm down like you. I just seem to want to eat everything in sight! It's scary!
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
@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.
GOLD / pomelo / 5167 posts
@Boogs: Seriously!!! Mine growls too. You'd think I haven't eaten in days!!!
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
@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.
bananas / 9118 posts
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.
@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!
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.
pomegranate / 3706 posts
I am much more hungry now that I'm breastfeeding and not feeling nauseated after eating all the time, like I was while pregnant.
pear / 1639 posts
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!
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