Worried about the amount of junk food I've been eating

[Honeybeebloom]

I'm 27 weeks now and have had HG throughout. At the beginning it was so bad I couldn't keep anything down, but I could sometimes manage beige food like plain bread or certain crisps or mashed potato.
It became a bit more manageable around 16 weeks in that I wasn't being constantly sick but still constantly felt sick. I was on medication which helped slightly. Once I stopped being sick the only food I've really been able to eat is junk food, literally crisps, popcorn and biscuits, Mcdonalds and high fat stuff, I'm pretty much living off it. Any time I try to eat better I start feeling really sick again. I never ate like this before pregnancy and had a really good diet so now I'm just so guilty and worried that it's going to have some really bad impact on my baby's development. I keep trying to eat better but then I feel so awful again I just go back to over eating crap food.
I'm scared to even post on here in case I find out that I've been doing serious damage to my baby this whole time.

Oh OP, I've been worrying the same thing - although I can still eat healthyish meals my snacking has been terrible. I'm sure baby will be fine, they don't specifically have junk food on the nhs 'do not eat list' so I wouldn't worry too much, and it's better to have eaten and have energy so feel rubbish and sick the whole time. Are you taking a multivitamin? I've been taking pregnacare the whole way through just to make sure baby's getting some good stuff.

Congratulations on your pregnancy

@chocoqueen

No, I managed to take multivitamins for a bit of my first trimester but they made my sickness worse so then the midwife gave me vitamin d and folic acid tablets which I took but stopped at about 16-17 weeks to try taking the multivitamins again, but again they made me feel worse so I stopped. I might try again though because if I'm still feeling sick anyway I might as well just take them.

Thanks and congratulations on yours!

Ahh, that's annoying. Maybe try a different brand? I'm sure baby will be fine regardless though, just make sure to get plenty of rest and don't worry too much (unhelpful advice I know)

Definitely try the Seven Seas multivitamins - the Pregnacare ones made me feel really sick! The seven seas ones are much kinder.

If it helps, my first pregnancy went from marathon runner to McDonalds, ready salted crisp munching monster... and the baby is now a healthy thriving 4 year old!!!

Will try some seven seas, thanks!

That makes me feel a bit better. I just feel like how much junk I've been eating is miles beyond normal though and although I lost a bit of weight at the beginning with sickness (I started at a healthy weight) now I've seriously put on loads!

I was a junk food weirdo with both boys! I normally eat healthy meals... but oh my the amount of burgers I ate with my first was 😱 and mash and gravy too
Second was mainly pizza and wotsits!!?
By 20/30 weeks it was all fish and fruit 🤷🏼‍♀️
Just go with what you feel... my boys are healthy and very active 😀

I've been craving bloody dishwasher tablets so McDonald's is least of your worries honestly it's fine, baby takes what they need from you even if they have to leach it from your bones! Try and get some healthy stuff in too like if you can take a bit of fruit/smoothies/yoghurts whatever that'll all do you good but give yourself a break love, you're growing a human. Half the reason we eat so much shit when we're pregnant is because we are so tired you just want whatever is handy and cheers you up!

@Honeybeebloom hi, was everything ok

Everything was absolutely fine. I now have a very happy 2.5 year old who ironically only wants to eat fruit and veg so we actually have to sneak higher calorie foods in to up her calorie intake.