Hello girls! Am well into my maternity jeans now, and loving it! Second time around, and I am showing MUCH sooner than last time.
And, same as last time, I am craving fruit like crazy!! I guess thats a good thing because it means I'm eating rather healthily, and it certain helps keep things.. regular...
A note on dieting/unhealthy eating in pregnancy: There have been a lot of studies that show how cutting calories, or eating unhealthily generally when pregnant, can lead to a greater chance of obesity for your child. Because in the womb the child receives messages like: "it seems obtaining proper calories is hard to come by. Therefore when I am born I must slow down my metabolism to hang onto the calories that I do receive"
Of course that being said, in your first trimester you just have to eat what you can get to power through the nausea. Just know you can make up for it when you're feeling better by eating lots of fruit and veg, protein, good carbs, etc. Eating fish is proven to reduce your chance of premature birth. Studies show that Inuit communities have the lowest rate of premature births in the world (due to their fish intake).