Hunger

[KarenMon]

I'm approx 4-6 weeks pregnant as the midwife thinks it's 6 weeks but I think it's 4 weeks.

Nonetheless, just wondering if neverending hunger during this time is normal or is there something wrong with me?

Is there a way I can satiate my hunger at all? I keep eating and even when I'm full up. I feel like my belly has this hunger feeling of some sort.

Any ideas please? Would appreciate any advice on this as it's driving me nuts.

Thanks
Karen.

Sympathies, I was exactly the same through both pregnancies. I found sucking on mints helped slightly. I constantly felt sick with hunger, even though realistically I wasn't hungry at all.

Good news is it went immediately post birth!

Yes, that's exactly me feeling sick from hunger. Wretching when it's cold and wretching when I'm hungry.

I'll try mints. Thank you.

I remember I felt this way at the start of my pregnancy, but it only lasted a couple of weeks. Fingers crossed yours goes away soon!

Gosh I really hope so! 2 weeks is not that bad to put up with and wait for it to end. But I think my symptoms are just starting so not sure what to expect.

Hormonal changes can make you feel tired which leads to eating more or feeling generally more hungry, also sometimes it's mild nausea which makes you feel like you're hungry, just go with what your body what's, drink lots of water.

Thank you for this info. Yes I am eating a lot more than normal. 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 2 dinners but one is like a snack.

I am so full up after dinner but still feel that hunger in the pit of my stomach.

@KarenMon I was absolutely starving in my first trimester with my son, now 14 weeks with baby 2 and didn't have the same. With my son I would get up most nights around 1am and go and eat a banana in the kitchen as I was so hungry it was stopping me from sleeping! Try and eat regular small meals and plenty of protein. I found boiled eggs and nuts to be good snacks :)

Gosh we think it might be a boy too as I'm so hungry. I don't hear this most often from pregnant women around me in the past but seems like it's more common than not.

Do you know the sex of your second baby? Perhaps it's a girl?

Yes I was the same with my little boy. Sick with hunger and to the point I felt shaky but I had eaten. Just rest and snack as you need to it will improve x

Omg! So boys make you hungry during pregnancy it seems. Wow! When did your hunger sort of reduced or did it?

I was very hungry during the first trimester. I didn't have any morning sickness so I put on 7 pounds (it evened out over the course of the pregnancy). I didn't have a boy though.

@KarenMon we are finding out in a couple of weeks! So I will update you :) are you going to find out? My son now is still a very good eater and always has been. After every meal I ate when I was pregnant he would react by kicking, he's always liked his food 😊

Nah mine was worse with my daughter. I feel for you. That pregnancy hunger is like nothing else.

I didn’t have this with my DC but felt like that in the first trimester of my current pregnancy. I ate very healthily before pregnancy so I just kept at it, just much smaller portions but more frequently, otherwise I felt sick to the point of vomiting. I snacked on fruit, vegetables and small things like a piece of crisp bread with a slice of cheese and some kimchi.

The fact is that in the first trimester the amount of extra calories you need is zero, so it’s interesting where the hunger comes from.

@MujeresLibres I see, thank you.

@DaisyEM

Wow! Boys are big eaters nonetheless.

Yes when it's time I shall find out the sex of the baby as buying clothes will be better kept in mind.

Yes please would love to know about your baby if it's a boy or a girl.

@TheBirdintheCave really?? Gosh! Was she your first child?

Yes you're right pregnancy hunger is like as if one has starved for over. Month or so.

@CortieTat

What does DC stand for please?

I can't believe it and yes I do snack just like you. If the first trimesters don't need a lot of food why are we so hungry? I wonder why we get hungry so badly even when full up.

DC stands for “dear children”, it’s an acronym commonly used on Mumsnet.

Each pregnancy is different and it is not a given that everyone will feel hungry. We developed as species to live with food scarcity so it makes sense evolutionary to feel hungry in pregnancy even though we don’t need extra calories. Ultimately it’s up to us to decide how much of a weight gain we are happy with - I have actually lost weight in the first trimester in my first two pregnancies, which is not unusual at all.

@CortieTat

You can tell I'm new on here but good to know what DC stands for.

I didn't know that we can live with food scarcity because I suffer from low blood pressure generally if I don't eat properly. No chance I am gonna loose weight with this type of hunger feeling too.

I hope this raging hunger leaves me soon. It's seemed to have calmed down by 40% since this morning. Had it for like for 4 straight days & nights this week.

She's my second baby :) My son is nearly four.

Yep, I had this, especially with my first pregnancy. Was eating full meals every couple of hours and had to get up in the night - usually tried then to get through with milk or yogurt. For me it peaked around week 9, and started to improve around week 11. Mine was a boy; didn’t have quite such severe hunger with the girls.

With my first I would wake up with hunger through the night. Eat lots of satiating food. Remember you are growing the placenta which is a really big thing.

Funny as same for me.

Had it the whole way through pregnancy with dc2, I was never full. Terrified I would never eat normally again. Dropped a third of my body weight within four months of giving birth!