I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this. In previous pgs, I ate all the time. The pg before this one was tf and I ate lots of food then too, but was still depleted so that didn't surprise me. It is now a little over two years later and I am 21 wks pg, have gained 18 lbs and feel healthy.
I am wondering if I should be concerned that I am just not ravenous at all at this point again. I was for five weeks following weeks of eating next to nothing because of nausea, and I ate all day, nearly a pound of fresh greens and baby veggies in a smoothie every day, liver and eggs everyday, raw cheese and yogurt, lots of butter and ferments, etc.... I had an aversion to anything sweet until last week when my appetite leveled off to what seems like a normal amount of food for me when I'm not pg.
I'm measuring big, have gained sufficient weight for this point, but my body size is very slightly changed except for my belly. I am still getting plumber's butt in the jeans I bought for 3 months pp for my last pg because I can't keep them up and I can't wear a belt with my belly. I just haven't packed on fat like usual either and I typically lose it all by four months pp and gain 40-45 lbs. By now, I have obvious fat stores and this time, I don't.
Should I be concerned that I am not eating enough? This is just so weird. I am no longer averse to sweet tastes and that came with now having a non-pg-like appetite. I am used to not being able to get enough food in to not feel hungry. I have felt constantly hungry throughout previous pgs and nursing and I thought that when that was happening this time that it would stay, but it seems like I just needed a fill-up after weeks of nausea and now I'm back to being concerned that I'm just not unusually hungry.
I've also been occasionally forgetting my supplements and instead of being completely off-kilter like I would be normally, I feel fine and then take the next dose when I remember, but I don't take any extra and I have gone a whole day without and felt good anyway. I tend to forget on days when I have an extra meal, like a sour veggie/yogurt smoothie. I thought it must be that I just don't need it then, but I am a bit afraid of not taking them because they have been so necessary for healing my endocrine issues. Pg doesn't seem like the best time to experiment with this.
Is this normal for a tf'er? Am I not supposed to feel so hungry that it's nearly painful and on a good day when I am eating all day, still very upsetting? Am I supposed to just eat and feel healthy and otherwise just have normal energy levels? Is this my first healthy pg and I'm here pathologizing my experience because it is so foreign to me? Could I have crossed over to 'healthy' after decades of illness and nutritional deficiency? Already? And during pg?
Any reassurances?
ETA: Baby is very active throughout the day too.
I am wondering if I should be concerned that I am just not ravenous at all at this point again. I was for five weeks following weeks of eating next to nothing because of nausea, and I ate all day, nearly a pound of fresh greens and baby veggies in a smoothie every day, liver and eggs everyday, raw cheese and yogurt, lots of butter and ferments, etc.... I had an aversion to anything sweet until last week when my appetite leveled off to what seems like a normal amount of food for me when I'm not pg.
I'm measuring big, have gained sufficient weight for this point, but my body size is very slightly changed except for my belly. I am still getting plumber's butt in the jeans I bought for 3 months pp for my last pg because I can't keep them up and I can't wear a belt with my belly. I just haven't packed on fat like usual either and I typically lose it all by four months pp and gain 40-45 lbs. By now, I have obvious fat stores and this time, I don't.
Should I be concerned that I am not eating enough? This is just so weird. I am no longer averse to sweet tastes and that came with now having a non-pg-like appetite. I am used to not being able to get enough food in to not feel hungry. I have felt constantly hungry throughout previous pgs and nursing and I thought that when that was happening this time that it would stay, but it seems like I just needed a fill-up after weeks of nausea and now I'm back to being concerned that I'm just not unusually hungry.
I've also been occasionally forgetting my supplements and instead of being completely off-kilter like I would be normally, I feel fine and then take the next dose when I remember, but I don't take any extra and I have gone a whole day without and felt good anyway. I tend to forget on days when I have an extra meal, like a sour veggie/yogurt smoothie. I thought it must be that I just don't need it then, but I am a bit afraid of not taking them because they have been so necessary for healing my endocrine issues. Pg doesn't seem like the best time to experiment with this.
Is this normal for a tf'er? Am I not supposed to feel so hungry that it's nearly painful and on a good day when I am eating all day, still very upsetting? Am I supposed to just eat and feel healthy and otherwise just have normal energy levels? Is this my first healthy pg and I'm here pathologizing my experience because it is so foreign to me? Could I have crossed over to 'healthy' after decades of illness and nutritional deficiency? Already? And during pg?
Any reassurances?
ETA: Baby is very active throughout the day too.
