Terrible food guilt

[sammyleh]

I'm probably being very daft and hormonal here but hoping that I'm not the only one. Last night I was overcome with so much guilt about what I was eating that I worked myself into such as fuss. Now sat at work with puffy eyes and shattered after a crap nights sleep.

Basically, over the past few days my diet hasn't been at its best. Sadly lost a family member recently so with waiting for a funeral and trying to keep myself and my mind occupied I've been really lazy with eating healthy. Probably had a little chocolate bar everyday, had a bag of crisps everyday, not touched any vegetables and generally my dinners have not had much by way of nutritional value. Last night, got home quite late and ended up having a takeaway pizza and chips at almost 10pm and I just looked at it and imagined my baby girl crying out for some nutrition. I felt so guilty and just couldn't stop crying. Woke up today to feel her kicking and so I know she's ok, but I just feel like I've been such as bad mum-to-be, I'm doubting how good I'll be when she's actually here.

Its probably really irrational so I'm just hoping someone can reassure me that I'm actually being an idiot and that my baby is probably fine and not that deprived xx

Oh sammyleh I know how you feel! I think we put ourselves under so much pressure to do everything perfectly but there is no way you will have harmed your baby from a few days of eating crap. EVERYONE does it from time to time.

As far as I'm aware the placenta is a good filter and will get what it needs from the good you have eaten. A few days of eating crap won't do any harm at all.

Are you taking a multi vitamin too? Not that this is a substitute but on the days when you're unable to get your 5 a day it obviously helps.

Just think, some people go for months without realising they're pregnant - I know a few and their babies / children are all fine!

Just relax and try and get some more nutritious meals in over the next few days.

Your baby will feed from your stores, she won't be developmentally delayed in any way.
FWIW, my diet during pregnancy was soley potato samosas, skittles and beer.
Anything else made me vomit. I did have water too, beer wasn't my sole source of fluid.

I had a fairly crap diet during my first pregnancy & son is now a boisterous healthy 2 year old. Diet not much better this time, but baby is growing exactly as he should.

I know it's easier said than done but do try not to worry.

You baby will take what it needs from you regardless of what you eat :-) the worst that will happen is that you might feel a bit unhealthy, but baby will be fine!!!

Oh thank you so much everyone :) really needed that. I'm taking Centrum pregnancy vitamins now so that's something I guess, and you're right Gagagalaxy you really do put so much pressure on yourself to do the right thing, I've always been 'not really that bothered' about myself getting the right vitamins/nutrients etc. but now there's someone else to think of, it all changes.
Will try not to worry and will start by eating this cornflake cake guilt-free-ish :)

I've just had cake and custard for my lunch

25 weeks and have hardly an appetite at all so have decided to just go with what I fancy when I fancy it. I can sort all that out later.
Baby is a very "respectable" size already so must be getting all the goodness it needs.

Just do the best you can OP, one day at a time.
Chocolate, crisps, soda, were mainstays were spells in my pregnancy.
Oh, and canned tuna. Sod the mercury risk, I had to eat something.