Anyone else having food issues?

[HelgatheHairy]

I'm 12+4 and in the last few weeks I seem to have gone off the thought of 90% of food! I really think I could get through the rest of this pregnancy eating nothing but cereal, oranges, grapes, ham & coleslaw rolls and popcorn. Oh and mushroom soup and toast.

Deciding what to have for dinner is leading to arguments between me and DH. We used have a meal plan but now most of the time I don't want whatever dinner it was supposed to be. I can just about deal with being told what's for dinner but trying to decide myself makes me feel like I could throw up. I'm really lucky in that DH does the majority of the cooking as I can't really bear the thought.

I have no history of eating disorders or anything like that.

And just to add I haven't had any morning sickness, it's later in the evening (closer to dinner time) that I start feeling nauseous but have never thrown up.

Sounds exactly like me altho I have had bad morning sickness since 6weeks and still have it now at nearly 17weeks. Me and DH don't eat the same thing anymore as I never know what I want. Only things I can really stomach are pizza,pasta, sandwiches and its unfair to expect DH just to eat those for his tea I havent been able to cook tea since becoming pregnant as the smell knocks me sick. Don't really have any helpful advice but just thought I'd let you know your not alone!!

I totally understand! That's how I was weeks 7 to 13... have improved slightly but getting fussy again as sickness has returned. Part of my issue is I'm struggling with acid. That's what's making me sick most at the moment, usually late at night, when I start moving around again after letting dinner 'settle'. It sucks.

I'm really wary of anything I know will set the acid off, which is basically all the things I used to love eg tomato-based sauces, spicy chilli things, lots of garlic etc. Have managed to cook one meal in weeks, and that was just cos I knew I had baked goats cheese to look forward to that got me through!

I totally sympathise. My OH hasn't taken to everything very well, unfortunately, he's been annoyed at having to do 'all the work' on occasion, and annoyed by how boring I am re food. Having said that, he made a very considerate meal for me the other night, even regulating garlic and spices so maybe he's coming round...

Hope you feel better soon.

Same here. Can only eat what I fancy and at one point was only a few things. 18 wks now and it's getting slowly better now. I still have serious aversions to alot of foods and on sick days I've had it but it is getting better!

Sorry ladies dont want to be bearer of bad news but im 33weeks and still feel like this. No 3am cravings or eating for two. Food is a big issue for me still. However, u never know that feeling may go away for you.

I went to 18 weeks eating very little. I would really fancy something so DH would buy it then make it then I wouldn't want it!!
I ate a lot of fruit and cereal and not much else. Don't worry, eat what you can. Baby will tell you if it really needs something

Thank God I'm not alone! Think just telling DH to do his own thing regarding dinner might be the way to go. Feel bad though as he enjoys cooking us both dinner and I know he'll strop a bit about just cooking for himself. But at the moment I'm either wasting the dinner as I just can't eat it or forcing myself to eat it and feeling terrible afterwards.

I'm afraid I'm with KFF - I'm 32 weeks and my appetite never really recovered from my morning sickness phase which ended at 16 weeks. The only thing that REALLY appeals to me is fruit, mmnnn, melon, grapes, kiwi, mango....yum....and sweet snacks like biscuits and cakes (and mars bars).

I struggle to get any significant quantity of meat and veg down my throat and the smell of cooking fish still makes me heave. I have spent ages worrying about whether or not I'm getting enought nutrition for the baby because I was underweight from all the sickness to start with, but I've decided to relax now and try to just ensure I take my vitamins and eat as healthily as I can but if the option is a miniscule amount of healthy food or a decent quantity of a less healthy option then I take the "whatever food I can get down my throat option". I have cooked for my DH about twice since I got pregnant and banned him from cooking also because I couldn't bear the smell. Poor man has lived of sandwiches and scotch eggs for 7 months so perhaps it's his nutrition I should be worried about .

Things did improve a bit around 24 -28 weeks but I can honestly only recall about 10 days out of my whole pregnancy where i have felt "ravenous" in the way I assumed I would feel the whole time. Don't worry though - the baby will take all the nutrition it needs first - and I've been told one's appetite returns post birth! x

I have had no morning sickness at all, but definitely had problems eating. Most days I can only face lunch or dinner, not both. I actually lost weight over Christmas! (15-16 weeks). I'm eating a bit more now, but still very little, considering what a pig I normally am. Mind you, I was cycling 20-30 miles a day when I got pregnant and now (20 weeks) I'm barely moving, so it's not that surprising, I suppose.

cycle that's it. If I eat lunch, then I don't want dinner. But if I get hungry I need to eat as otherwise it turns very quickly into nausea.

Don't worry, beyond giving your OH a thump. I have gone off pretty much everything except crisps, pasta and cheese. I did with DD as well. It got better through the 2nd trimester but then towards the end, really I just picked at food as too much made me really ill with the acid and heartburn. DD was fine btw, a healthy 7.1 at 39+5. I gained 2 stone overall and had lost 1.5 stone of that after a week, basically i was retaining water like nothing else and then it all passed lol! The mw wasn't worried, just said take a pg vitamin, eat what you fancy and the baby will just take what they need. You might feel a bit rubbish but I do think you need to be guided by your own body. Not everyone eats for 20 when pg! After she was born, I was back to my normal appetite within a few days. By all means cook, serve yourself what you want, and freeze any leftovers for those days you can't face it and need to put something in front of your OH. Or tell him you ate at work/earlier/feel sick, if it will get him off your case. You are completely normal, your baby will be fine. Good luck x

24 weeks and I cook dinner for everyone else and mine goes to waste because I don't really fancy anything. Im not being force fed anythin I don't fancy either so crisps fizzy and snickers it is for me

37 weeks, still can't really face our normal staple foods (lots of veg, stir fries, healthy curries etc). I just want carbs and crap! DP has humoured me and eaten stodgy stuff like shepherds pie, faggots, pasta, etc but I've hardly ever been able to let him cook a stir fry. He really likes us to eat together so he hasn't really done his own thing much - but there have been occasions when he's had to. The most important thing for you is to eat what you can keep down!