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[Miss Ess]

Anyone else here struggling with a serious lack of appetite?

I was ravenous with my last pregnancy from day one, so this has really caught me off guard. It's a struggle to eat even my favourite foods, and I generally have no appetite until very late in the evening.

[Megmoira]

I am too. The nausea went away, and I was hungry for two days, then I caught a sniffle and I haven't wanted much since. The two things that have helped me a lot are to eat something small (peanutbutter toast slice, a home made muffin) as soon as I get up, and then, have a snack in about an hour and a half. That usually kickstarts my appetite.

The other thing my midwife suggested is to drink separately from my meals. This has worked ok. 

Best of luck!

[sweetlowmom]

For me it's been pretty much just the opposite until the past few days. I've been super hungry. Now, I still get super hungry, but as soon as I eat I feel like puking. Haven't yet (I know, I'm one of the lucky ones), but I find it weird that this bad nausea is hitting me now, at 12 weeks, and not earlier. And weirdly, even though I'm hungry hungry hungry, nothing quite appeals. bleach. Hope you get your appetites back ASAP!!

[Virginia884]

Nothing sound remotely appealing except cheese, except at 3am when I am starving!

[lisedea]

I definitely have a lack of appetite. I have had a lot of m/s so that doesn't help... Although even with the m/s beginning to lift (I am 11 weeks) I still struggle to eat....so when I do, I attempt to eat high protein/high calorie foods. I hope this goes away for me soon because I need to gain 50-60 pounds in a triplet pregnancy!

[timesway]

Originally Posted by sweetlowmom 

For me it's been pretty much just the opposite until the past few days. I've been super hungry. Now, I still get super hungry, but as soon as I eat I feel like puking. Haven't yet (I know, I'm one of the lucky ones), but I find it weird that this bad nausea is hitting me now, at 12 weeks, and not earlier. And weirdly, even though I'm hungry hungry hungry, nothing quite appeals. bleach. Hope you get your appetites back ASAP!!

I have exactly the same, couldnt eat a thing at the begginning, then got really starving, now suddenly feel really really sick again, and just not hungry, keep forgetting to eat which then makes morning sickness worse, im 12w3d .. is so weird..

[Quinalla]

I wouldn't say lack of appetite, but yeah, it's definitely less than my first pregnancy. I was hungry the entire time last time too, with it slowly getting worse. This time I am hungry, but not nearly as much as last time. I've only had the true pregnancy hunger (where I must eat now and OMG I'm starving) maybe 3 times so far. When I do eat, its like I realize I'm hungry, so I'm trying to be good about getting regular snacks in as my hunger cues seem a bit off.