7 weeks PG and all potato diet

[AmpleSwan]

Ugh mumsnet please help me feel better. I'm 7 weeks pregnant with my first and in the last few days the morning sickness (which should be renamed as all-day sickness) has become awful. I have a fridge full of spinach, and low-mercury oily fish, and organic vegetable stews I've batched cooked, and even fucking algae smoothies, all of which were going to guarantee my child a place at Oxbridge. They are all rotting and the only thing I can both get and keep down is potato, mashed, baked, air fried.

Please pile on in and reassure me that 1) It's not a sign of immense personal weakness to be sinking into a potato bog, 2) my child will draw all nutrition needed from my good intentions and 3) that the nausea will pass.

I wouldn’t worry about it. My friend had HG in all her pregnancies and ate pretty much nothing but Pringles throughout. Her kids came out just fine and one of her sons has a medical degree.

How funny. When I was pg, I couldn't bear salad, or lamb. The smell of it in supermarkets made me heave. I love lamb!

potatoes are great

The child will get what it needs - you may suffer however , that’s being a mum. last in the queue for goodness

the nausea will pass - if only in 9 months time. On the bright side All the mothers who had worst sickness with me had a much better first few months than those without the sickness.

Both first trimesters I got by on Crackers and Crisps. I have two very healthy children. You just have to do what you need to do to get by!

I went from no carbs to potato waffle sandwiches, on thick white sandwich bread, with dairylea slices. Didn’t even put any weight on - it cured my carb fear, tbh.

My poor beautiful, genuinely very not smelly, dog is making me nauseous at the moment with his breath. I'm avoiding the poor boy even though he knows I'm not well and wants to cuddle and give me kisses!

I was on the beige diet until about 20 weeks with my two then went mad for apples and watercress soup. I also ate peanuts (snickers, M&Ms, peanut butter sandwiches) which wasn’t allowed for DC1 (then the guidance changed). My not so lovely midwife had a right go about iron levels as I’m veggie but they were absolutely perfect despite my shit diet. Try not to worry and I’m sure you’re taking multi vits?

You're giving me flashbacks 😫 I had HG with all my 3 and ended up hospitalised. My first was by far the worst, I couldn't eat anything but salt & vinegar crisps for weeks on end. They don't seem to have suffered for it!

Yes, totally normal! Freeze your spinach and soups. You'll come back to them probably somewhere from 12-16 weeks. Try and have your vitamins where possible and eat small and frequently - hunger turns quickly into nausea.
I used to throw up first thing in the morning and later in the evening, so had to wake up and eat cereal straight away, then fast from 5pm bar juice/kombucha with lots of ice.

Ok, my children are still quite young. So I cannot completely verify that it all is grand. However, I had full on HG with both children, until 25 weeks with dc1 and although it started easing at 30 weeks with dc2, I still had ropey days up until I had her!

I did take vitamins. I tried my best with food. But dc2 was chiefly grown on salt and vinegar pringles (which I had never eaten, nor have I eaten since), double deckers (ditto) and sparkling water 🤦‍♀️

It upset me so much as they were IVF babies and I had 8 rounds to get them. I had been following Zita West's fertility diet/a specialised breastfeeding diet for nearly 10 years, then empty upf calories for months :(

They are both very bright and seem perfect to me. Try not to worry!