I've been BFing for 6 months and for the past month I have been a bottomless pit. I am way more hungry than I was while I was pregnant. We ate dinner at 6:00 (soup) and it's almost 8 now and I am starving!!
Was anyone else a bottomless pit while BFing?
pear / 1823 posts
Definitely. It's making me nervous about what I'll be like when I stop breastfeeding! Will my stomach be completely stretched out?!
pear / 1639 posts
@lawbee11: Seriously?! I was just standing in the kitchen staring at the pantry (for the third time since dinner) thinking 'hmmmm...maybe I should post a thread on the hive asking if anyone ever got frustrated that they never feel full while BFing'.
Logged on. And this is the first post. Hahahah.
Needless to say, I'm right there with you (with my 3rd bowl of cereal). 
grapefruit / 4903 posts
Oh definitely! And I never felt like it made the weight melt off, but in retrospect, I've eaten anything and everything and I'm still the size I was at my wedding.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@lawbee11: um. I can't just have soup for dinner even when I'm not pregnant or BFing! Of course you're starving!
But yes while pregnant and BFing I ate more than my 6'3" husband who works out, lifts weights etc.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
@Mrs. Taco: LOL! We have nothing in our pantry...I'm trying to sweet talk DH into going to get me something!
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
Yup. I eat so much. And weigh almost the least I have as an adult actually! Since I'm not gaining I figure I need it!!
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
YES!!! I would be so hungry sometimes I would want to cry. I would just eat and eat and eat.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
@locavore_mama: I had a couple of rolls, too! But yeah, the soup totally could have been a side dish to a bigger meal and I would probably still be hungry!
watermelon / 14206 posts
Yep...I was telling dh this tonight. I remember being so hungry while bfing ds.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@lawbee11: LOL soups and rolls rolls are not substantial enough of a meal for this girl! Now you know it's not enough for you either. 
What about eggs? Do you have eggs? Scrambled eggs sandwich with those rolls?
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
I go through phases....some weeks I feel normal, and others I am starving.
pomelo / 5621 posts
I feel like I'm either eating or planning what to eat next. It is slowing a bit now at 10 months, but not much.
nectarine / 2886 posts
Yes, I would eat leftovers from that night's dinner during my midnight pumping session! I ate more than I ever have, but lost all of the baby weight and then some. I gained a few back after I weaned.
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
I'm soo glad you posted this! DD will be 5 months on Wednesday & for the past few weeks I have been STARVING. I literally ate a giant bowl of oatmeal before bed last night & woke up at 3am so hungry thought I would pass out on te way to the kitchen. It's like the third trimester all over again. I eat more than my husband!!
coconut / 8279 posts
Not food but I'd drink gallons, I always felt like I was dying of thirst - would pull off the road to get the XXXL drink at a drive thru. I'm never like that normally!
pineapple / 12802 posts
OMG yes. Sometimes I just stare aimlessly into the pantry not even knowing what I want because I've just eaten!!
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
I kinda use it as an excuse not to workout....if I'm eating this much without burning extra calories, I would never leave the kitchen if I were! lol
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
Oh ya" bf binging was way more han during pregnancy! I lost wt when we weamed cuz my appetite went way down
coconut / 8861 posts
Yep, I gained a lot of weight during breast feeding. It took WW to get it off and weaning.
pomegranate / 3779 posts
My husband and I ate lunch together today and when he said he was still full at 5 pm, and asked if I was, I said "you are crazy, I'm starving!"
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
I literally never felt full for a year lol. I kept snacks on my nightstand just so I has access to food at all hours lol.
pomelo / 5093 posts
@Mrs. Yoyo: SAME. I had to really train myself not to eat add much as I wanted, because I just put on weight.
pineapple / 12053 posts
Oh yeah. I realize I need to scale back as get closer to weaning one day! But I'm gonna need a snack before I go to bed!
pineapple / 12234 posts
Yes...the food I ate during the first year I BF both kids, the food that I HAD to have, sounds awful while being pregnant again! I ate a ton then too which sounds awful now!
bananas / 9973 posts
yes! what am I going to do when we stop BFing and really have to limit intake?
honeydew / 7917 posts
I am such a piggy. Feels like I'm always eating. I swear our grocery bill has gone up a lot since DS2 was born just to support my increased appetite.
pomegranate / 3160 posts
Ugh, yes. Combined with taking Domperidone, it's baaaad. I'm hungry all the time, but I don't get full thanks to the Dom. I have honestly been gaining weight I think... Fail!
pomegranate / 3393 posts
Um...yeah. 300-500 extra calories a day is a joke-I think I'm eating 1000 extra a day easy! And starving! I'm really going to miss this...
pineapple / 12566 posts
With DS yes, I ate constantly, but he was also nursing every 90 minutes around the clock. I'm now EBF our 10 week old and she eats less frequently and I'm definitely not hungry like the wolf like I was with DS.
nectarine / 2458 posts
I'm tandem nursing my 22 month old and my 10 day old and I'm CONSTANTLY starving. It's baaaaad. The day my milk came in DH offered to go get donuts for breakfast and I basically barked at him, "I NEED PROTEIN NOT DANISHES!" LOL
pomelo / 5073 posts
Always so hungry! I'm going to have to really watch it when I wean her because I'm used to eating all the time!
pomegranate / 3053 posts
Totally! OMG, I'm still a bottomless pit and it's been 8 months since I stopped nursing my second. That's the downside when you stop. I gained 10 lbs after I stopped nursing my oldest and I guess the stress of the move overseas helped after I stopped nursing my second. Otherwise, I'm sure I would have gained another 10 lbs. :O
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