Best first trimester breakfasts - Page 2

[Smokering]

Eggs - I either crave them or can't stand the thought of them. Sometimes an egg fried in butter is JUST what I want... at other times it sounds way too greasy, and I hard-boil a few and have them hot or cold with plenty of sea salt.

Today I had homemade multi-grain bread fried in butter. For some reason, it really hit the spot.

Some mornings, I just nibble on cheese (sometimes cheese spread with Vegemite) or feta.

Eating cottage cheese straight out of the carton, salted, is an option too. Sadly I went from loving that to loathing it in the space of a few spoonfuls...

I mgiht try the PB sandwich tomorrow. I'd forgotten that PB = protein!

ETA: Ooh. Hummus? Hummus mixed with yoghurt is good. You could have it with crudites or crackers or just bits of bland toast, if that's all you could stomach.

[Kelilah]

I forced myself to eat two scrambled eggs on a toast sandwich this morning. Did NOT want the eggs, but I knew they'd be good for me, so I made it happen. And wow, I felt so much better today! I had more energy and didn't get queasy at all. I'd heard that eggs help a lot when you can eat them, and it worked for me... hopefully my body will learn that they help and I won't be so disgusted by them from now on.

[DaisyMay]

bit of a bizarre one, but I've been having lentil and rice salad (made the night before) - just that with a light olive oil and lemon dressing and cilantro. It's a bit heavy going, and I have to lie down to eat it but it does help with horrid all-day m/s. I struggle to get eggs down and anything sweet doesn't do me any good, but lentils seem to make a difference.

[cicim]

Another vote for PB on whole-grain toast! That has been my best friend for the last few weeks.

Also, heritage multigrain flakes with pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds, berries, and almond milk. Probably pretty high-carb, but I'd like to think all the fiber and the seeds slow the absorption. The same add-ons with oatmeal or other hot cereal would be nice. Isn't buckwheat cereal low glycemic? Think I read that somewhere.

Eggs I've had a few times, but more as a mid-morning "second breakfast", or later in the day, like a frittata for dinner. I can't deal with them (the sight or standing around cooking them) first thing in the am!

[fertilemyrtle]

Love the lentil salad idea - mostly b/c I love lentil salad and dont eat much meat. but b-fast today was a small piece of chicken and rice with a little salad. basically dinner for breakfast seems to be my MO.

[CBEmomma]

I normally do (when both pregnant and not) eggs with avacado and tomatos. Sometimes some wheat toast and/or yogurt. I did have m/s my entire pregnancy with #2, but I was still able to eat eggs, and if it wasn't eggs then it was yogurt.

[Blanca78]

I'm also a definite hearty, savory breakfast person. For a while in the first trimester all I wanted was egg mcmuffin type sandwiches. Didn't want eggs on their own but I ate a lot of egg/english muffin/cheese/fake bacon sandwiches.

The weird thing is that pregnancy seems to have given me more of a sweet tooth and also made me want some more grainy, fruity things--so I also went through a big cereal phase--for a week all I could eat was Basic Four.

[OakTreeMom]

Three words.  Grilled. Cheese. Sandwiches.  Its all I could stand.  Oatmeal blah...  Which is odd because I ate it every morning before.

[imogenlily]

Oatmeal with frozen mixed berries, heated up. I add nuts and pumpkin seeds.

Soft boiled rather than fried eggs, because I can't take the grease of fried or scrambled.

Turkey sausages. Pregnancy has made me crave salt.

Pears. Yogurt and granola.

[MamaChef]

I couldnt do eggs after 8 weeks, they just completely grossed me out.  I could do scrambled tofu instead with veggies on a toasted bagel.

Smoothies with hemp protein powder or sun butter for protein, yogurt, bananas and some chocolate syrup.

Sun butter and apple slices with crackers and some cheddar cheese.

Hummus and Lavash from Trader Joes

Oatmeal with almond milk, honey, a dash of cinnamon and some sliced almonds

Bananas, honey, dried cranberries, walnuts and a little honey

Peanut butter balls (I use sun butter or almond sometimes too) basically, quick oats, honey, pb, flax seeds mixed and made in balls.. you can add puffed rice cereal if you want chocolate, cocoa powder, different buts, sunflower seeds.. dried chopped fruits, etc.

[MrsBone]

Eggs or yogurt always stayed down for me this pregnancy! Not only lots of protein, but good fat to go along with that. I mean, whole milk yogurt, and whole eggs. Don't skimp on the cholesterol! :) I found that eating the most nutrient dense foods were the best at staving off nausea. I even had to go off grains completely because they made me throw up. So I lived on protein and fat for 7 weeks straight. I'm a big believer in eating primal/paleo anyway, so it wasn't a huge stretch for me :)

[Annemarie42]

I slowly sipped a fruit smoothie every morning of my first trimester. I added silken tofu to increase the protein-- couldn't taste it at all. 

[noahs.mom06]

I've been having DH cook me eggs (I can't stand the smell of them cooking) which I smother with avocado and salsa, or else I make overnight oats with added quinoa flakes, chia seeds, flax meal, coconut milk, and almond butter. I'm hoping to get some hemp seeds soon to add extra protein. The texture of cooked oatmeal is nasty to me, but the overnight oats are actually good, they don't get soggy and squishy and nasty.I can't do gluten or dairy so it makes it a little extra hard. The biggest thing I've noticed is that it's super important to eat and drink first thing when I wake up, and if I get sicker than I've been so far, I plan to add a protein-rich snack at one of the points when I wake up in the night, probably some almonds.

[Carolina Kel]

Thankfully I could do breakfast without a minimum of fuss. When I couldn't, I just had something lunch-y or dinner-ish instead. There's no hard and fast rule that says you have to eat breakfasty things at breakfast. :) With my son, I would eat cereal and breakfast stuff at night because it just sat better. 

If you want to eat breakfast type things...

Eggs are great protein - but you don't have to eat them scrambled or fried - you could always go for hard-boiled.

I am also in agreement with the bunch suggesting Greek Yogurt. Trader Joe's has a good selection of it and it's high in protein. Top it off with some frozen berries and some Kashi Go-Lean Crunch instead of regular granola and you've got a lot of protein and fiber in a small package. I like the Honey Almond flax flavor of the Go-Lean because it has the omega-3's, 9 grams of protein and 8 grams of fiber.  

Best of luck finding something tasty to nosh on :)

[greenmama66]

Green smoothies.

[slippy]

I like to set up the griddle and make a whole loaf of French toast. I use adozen eggs, add in some soy protein powder, nutitional yeast, whatever good stuff I have around, mashed bananas, shredded cheese, cinnamon, coco powder... ( not all together!- In different batches!) then make up as many pieces as I can- usually a full loaf. This keeps well in the freezer, so I can just pop one in the toaster. I like them with peanut butter on them- eat them like toast- but bonus protein toast!!