Anyone have LACK of appetite/food aversion? « Back to Group Discussions

[Maurine]

So last pregnancy I was up at 3 am snacking by this point. This pregnancy I just have no appetite. I look at my plate of food and think yuck! I can eat things like sweets ok, but that's not exactly the healthy choice. Do others feel this way? Should I be concerned? Is every pregnancy just different?

[lolliegee]

Every pregnancy really is just different. My first pregnancy, I couldn't eat Chinese food at all. I threw up every time I tried. (Went out for Chinese food on my birthday, four days after baby was born, ha!) Haven't had that issue with any other pregnancy. Last time I developed an aversion to ice tea, of all things. Literally, made me shudder to try and drink it. I still have an internal shudder at the thought of ice tea and that baby is two. I'm not really hungry this time, like you. I'm hardly eating anything, but somehow have managed to gain a couple pounds. Go figure. Don't worry about how you're feeling. Just go with it. Maybe find healthier sweets, like fruit, see if that would appeal to you. As long as you don't need to watch your sugar intake, a little sweets aren't going to hurt anything.

[InLove2009]

I have the same. Sometimes I am so hungry, I could eat everything within reach, other times I can't eat at all. Nothing sounds good, nothing tastes good. This is my first pregnancy, and it is HARD! lol

[skycheattraffic]

I'm all over the map too. My most frequent state is hungry but nothing is appealing. I don't just mean nothing in the house. I honestly can't think of anything I'd like to eat but am starving. Oh the joys of pregnancy lol. I'm just very grateful that I'm not queasy or nauseous though.