How to eat healthy with "morning sickness?"

[MamaMochiko]

DD is 13 months and I am 5 weeks with #2.  I had morning sickness with the first for 5 months and was put on the weight in the end.  It seems like when I get a craving that particular food is all I can stomach.  Thinking of anything else repulses me.  Except for perhaps some raw fruits and veggies, crackers, etc.  I am BFing my daughter so nutrition is all the more important this time around.  Fortunately, I only lost half of my pregnancy weight and was overweight to begin with so I've got plenty of fat stores but that's not enough.  How do I make myself eat healthy and not run out to Waffle House and Subway?  Anybody drink lots of smoothies during pregnancy?  Any other ideas?  I am alone practically all day and late into the evening so healthy eating is hard with nobody to monitor me.

[~Adorkable~]

protein is probably one of the most important things you can have for both the pregnancy and your nursing, as a bonus many women find a high protein diet to significantly reduce their morning sickness.

i survived my pregnancy and still love Orgain organic protein drinks, the link i gave is to amazon and they have a subscribe feature that makes it the cheapest way to get them.

oh and WELCOME to mothering.com!!

[bignerpie]

Protein drinks got me through the first trimester, as well. I usually drank the Bolthouse Farms protein drinks because they are available locally and have pretty decent ingredients. Some days that was the only thing I could keep down. 

[cameragirl]

Just do your best. At this point, that is all you can do. Small, frequent meals with protein can be helpful in staving off the ms. I found beans to be filling and easy to keep down. Cheese is also on the list for me. Keeping the meals small and eating every 2-3 hours will keep your blood sugar steady, as well. With this pregnancy, I drank a lot of smoothies in the beginning. That allowed me to get down some yogurt and fruit that I otherwise could not get down. I also used digestive enzymes to speed up digestion.

If you have a time of day that you're able to keep more food down, take advantage of it. I take my vitamins and cold liver oil at night when I'm least likely to feel sick. Taking a whole-food vitamin might also make keeping vitamins down easier. They don't smell as bad and are easily absorbed.