Food aversions

[Soapie19]

Is this normal at 7 weeks, I'm struggling to eat anything, I've gone a few days at a time eating the bare minimum I know I need to eat more but physically struggling to eat.
When I do eat it's not exactly healthy food.
Bread and potato or chips seem to be the only thing that kind of helps.

Normal, it's that wonderful first trimester! 😜just eat whatever you want.

Very normal, just eat what you can. On my first trimester I could really only tolerate red lemonade and pickled onion crisps.

yup, all food was unpleasant from ~wk6-wk14. I'm grateful I was mostly ok by wk 20.

ps: chocolate, soda, crisps... at least they don't taste so bad when sicked up.

I've basically lived off white bread, crisps, crumpets and McDonalds since around 6 weeks. I'm coming up to 14 weeks now and starting to feel a bit better.

I'm currently living off cornflakes!

I had the same with my 1st, I'm sooo hungry but everytime I try and eat I feel so sick.

It will pass but I'd say it's better to eat something even if it's 'bad'

Yep eat whatever you can manage, don't worry if it's not healthy, hopefully you'll feel better soon.

Thank you all that has made me feel much better and has put my husband at ease he was thinking this wasn't normal which made me paranoid lol x

I'm 10 weeks and had sticky toffee pudding for lunch 😂

Just take your vitamins and you'll be fine. At this stage it's about eating whatever doesn't make you feel sick. It'll get better (hopefully sooner rather than later!)

People go on about pregnant ladies needing a healthy diet. They're not wrong, but the first trimester especially is basically about surviving. Eat literally whatever you fancy even if it's not the diverse range of fruits and veggies and pulses and wholegrains they have you believe you should be eating in abundance.

I survived the first trimester on chip butties then progressed briefly to bread and butter before swapping to raspberries. It got (slightly) better from there but my god its hard enough getting through the day without extra stress and pressure! The first trimester is what I lovingly call 'The Beige Stage' where practically anything you fancy and can realistically stomach is beige in colour and therefore not always a healthy option. Trust me, it's normal. You have the rest of your pregnancy to pack in a load of nutrients and baby WILL be getting what they need from your reserves rather than just new food you're consuming.

I'm now 35 weeks and still have loads of food aversions. It's not forever and you will always find something you can manage.

Enjoy!

Thank you I definitely feel more reassured reading your experiences x