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Can I possibly be getting enough nutrition? :-(

post #1 of 6
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Mamas, I am so tired of being nauseous. But more importantly I am wondering if there is any possible way I am consuming enough food for myself, this LO and still making milk for DS.

Surely, women in other (poorer) countries are able to carry babies with much less nutrition than what I am getting?

I am really trying to eat but my meal sizes are very (very) small and I am just choking it down. NOTHING tastes good or settles well or makes me feel any better. If I eat too much then the nausea just gets worse.


I am usually a healthy eater and I have regressed big time. I usually bake fresh bread several times a week and have had to resort to buying my kids bread from the grocery store. greensad.gif

It's like right when I should be especially mindful of what I am putting into my body I have starting eating cr@p. I am horrified when I look at the labels of the bread or the other "fill in" foods that I have been feeding my family in my current state. Even when you buy organic it is still processed, boxed cr@p when all is said and done. 


I read these recommended pregnancy diets and I have to laugh. 1) there is no way I am coming close to consuming even 1/4 of that right now and 2) I think if I ever ate all their recommended foods I would gain 50 pounds! Like, 1 quart of raw milk a day, 4 tablespoons healthy fats (like butter) daily and 3 eggs daily. Good grief, I am all for raw milk, butter and eggs but, really??


Anyway, I have always taken a pretty laid back approach to my pregnancies but I am kind of stressing....maybe I am just hormonal? bawling.gif



post #2 of 6

Probably just hormones :hug: If you were getting malnourished your body would probably shut down milk production in favor of the new lo. Don't stress, it's just a few weeks :)

post #3 of 6

I was the same way with my #1. I could only keep down cheetos, and even water gave me heartburn. I ended up having hypermesis grav. and had to go in and get IV fluids a few times from dehydration. I found cutting out most sugar, eating really small meals almost continually, and sparkling water helped big time.

post #4 of 6

Hugs Mumma- I am feeling the same way too!

I am living on toast and tea at the moment.. and choking down plain pasta with melted cheese when I can stomach it!

To be honest I am barely eating! And when I do eat or drink it comes right back up... Tho according to a fair few mummas and lots of studies- the fact that we are feeling so rotten is a good thing!

Grow bubba grow!!! (Just don't make Mumma feel toooo sick).

Stick with your prenatals and wait it out :) We can make up for it when we can eat again :)

post #5 of 6

Can I offer some anecdotal evidence that I've always been the same during the first trimester, it is truly the most terrible feeling, but that all of my pregnancies, births, babies and children have been/are well and thriving? My MS is still in the tolerable stage (6w1d) but it's on the brink of being nearly debilitating. It wouldn't surprise me if, by the end of the first trimester, I'm ten pounds lighter. Do your best with your other children, don't discount yourself for the amazing job you're doing, take it step by step and feel free to commiserate with me smile.gif

post #6 of 6


I do understand what you mean. I prefer whole, fresh food that doesn't come out of a box, too. Some days, it's all I can manage to throw some frozen fries and a veggie burger in the oven--if I feel like eating at all, and I don't even have to worry about other kids right now. 


These babies are my first, but I can tell you the friends I've known with babies who had horrible m/s, even the two who lost 10 pounds their first trimester due to sickness, all have big, healthy, thriving, smart, happy babies now. 


Every person in health care who I've spoken to has also said the baby will find a way to get what they need. You can always make it up later. The important thing now is just to eat what you can, even if it is just bread and pasta. You're doing your best.


Honestly, I'm worried these babies will come out with popsicle sticks in their hands!

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