4-5am pregnancy munchies. Snack suggestions please for a very tired mum

[halfwaythrough2]

Hey wise ones

My brains gone to sleep but my body is wide awake .

Due my second in 5 months and the second trimester this time around is full of insomnia and being hungry. I don't remember getting so hungry/insomnia the first time!

Needing snack ideas both good and bad I'm only small but I've already put on 2 stone whoops!

Ones I can make or buy.
Thank you! The baby brain is very real x

Frosties cereal.

Toasties - so many amazing combinations, I love sauerkraut, mustard, pork, cheese and pickles. I also slice kabana length ways and fry it (or toast it on toasty maker) and put it with cheese, bbq sauce and egg.

Also wrapping whatever toastie with prosciutto and toasting ... So good.

Oh I remember this stage, I always had peanut butter on toast and a mug of tea!

Mmmm I'm actually so hungry just reading these haha. It's been two hours now of trying to sleep so I think it's times to get up and have some toastie! And roobis tea is always a winner

I found a warm drink and something like a banana before bed helped me to not wake up so hungry, or at least not as early as if I hadn't eaten a pre bedtime snack. Also kept cereal bars in my bedside table for the 4/5am munchies!

Flapjacks were always my middle of the night go to snack.

Crunchy nut cornflakes
Apples and peanut butter
Salted roasted nuts
Flavoured rice cakes
Milkshake

Toast and tea.
Or those little bread stick and Philadelphia pots.

Don't eat sugar at night. I did, I had bad HG and then I had two fillings once I had the baby out. If you can wait until morning so because the dentist cost hundreds of pounds and hours in the chair when my new baby was screaming on my mum the whole time. Sorry.

I had an obsession with kiwi fruit, I would get up in the night and eat 6 🤦🏼‍♀️ Also a huge mug of tea with some rich tea biscuits!

Toast is good at that time, but as I couldn't usually be bothered to get out of bed, I would normally take a banana up with me, or the Nairn's biscuit packs (they're lower sugar and more filling than regular biscuits, but delicious!). I also quite liked dry things like breadsticks, and it didn't feel too heavy on my stomach when going back to sleep, but filled a gap!

Ooo thank you these are all such good ideas!

Haha I'm deffo due a filling or so I've also had HG it's mostly gone now but do have days it rears it's ugly head

Making flap jacks for sure today mmmm

@halfwaythrough2 I’ve been getting up and eating 3am bananas 😂 which I find good as carbs and sugar, but still good nutrition wise rather than just rubbish x