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[typebug]

Anyone else have a major loss of appetite going into the third trimester? I have to make an effort to remember to eat or I actually forget about food all together. This is very unlike the 2nd trimester and not very normal for me. I feel full all the time even though I'm eating smaller meals and then I just don't get hungry very often. I also have been on this partial bedrest since 27 weeks so maybe it's just all the lying down? I should be needing just as many calories as I was taking in from the start shouldn't I?

[etsdtm99]

I don't know about the calorie intake - I have had a decrease in appetite too.. I eat at normal meal times, but don't eat as much and i'm not getting as hungry or snacking at all..   I'm eating about 1/3 less than i had been at meals .. this started about 28-29 weeks .. in my case, it is not for lack of activity ..  i'll blame a hormone shift or simply having less room for food with baby squishing everything.. ..
 

[HouseofPeace]

i always am less hungry in the 3rd trimester.  less space?  less needs?  it's pretty normal for me, so i just try to make my meals count nutritionally and calorically and don't panic.  i find i vomit if i try and eat like i did in the 2nd trimester.  so it obviously is rather counter-productive.  i juice more greens b/c sometimes salads and loads of veggies don't digest well.  one of my complications is that i need to drink a lot, but when i put a quart of cold liquids in my tummy, the last thing i want is a meal for an hour or two, or even a snack.  so balancing drinking and eating is a bit of a dance.  i guess i'm also eating about 1/3 less as i used to eat 3 large meals, then moved to 5-6 small meals, and now am down to 2-3 small meals a day!

i can tell that extra padding i put on is useful for day-to-day imbalances in this realm!  the baby is certainly getting bigger, i think it's just more direct calorie stealing!!!  and i'm still active, but am off my feet a LOT more in a day.  and laying down as much as possible.  i don't think it's lack of exercise, just a shift in how your body is focusing the energy you do consume.

i do write down and think and try to balance meals, but my 2nd trimester carb frenzy is OVER and i'm really trying to get in fish, meat, veggies and good fats!!!  smoothies and milkshakes are back on the menu.  though i am also having a hard time remembering my prenatals again.  first and third trimesters i just am not starving.  

cheese and apples have been my go to snack** (edit- make that mid-day meal!  all of these are meals now!), carrots and celery and some homemade yogurt dip, meat and baby greens in yogurt dressing, i did have a brunch of home fries the other day, but felt like i wasted my tummy space (not totally, they were yukon gold, and crispy tossed in sunflower oil, oregano, garlic and sea salt), mushroom omelets w/ habaneros (okay, my spicy food craving are intense again as well), and then made sure to thaw some pastured pork and also made some good batches of wings the last few days.  oh, and i can't get enough chocolate.  almonds in chocolate, peppermint chocolate, chocolate chips in a cup, Justin's chocolate hazelnut butter!!!  for about a week there, i was toasting almonds in the evening on the stove, then melting the chips on them and then with a sprinkle of sea salt having warm crunchy chocolately salty almonds for my pre-bedtime snack.  and it's a between a 1/2 cup and full cup of almonds, so that's definitely a good source of calories and protein for those days when i might have slacked and need a touch more.

Edited by HouseofPeace - 12/9/12 at 10:06am

[loveandgarbage]

I'm experiencing this too. I didn't with my other pregnancies so it's a little unexpected. For me it's a combo of heartburn and suddenly feeling FULL of baby. I need to stop being frustrated by it, and just accept that I can't pack it away like I used to. The only big meal I can eat is breakfast, so I look forward to that. But lunch and dinner are so much smaller (nowadays I can't even eat dinner with my family and have to wait til like 10pm) and snacks are non-existent. SIGH. I just keep reminding myself that my appetite will be more than back when I'm nursing and I can gorge away then :).

[josie423]

I have it too! I've had some stress that has lowered my appetite, but I'm also noticing that when I do eat I just get sooo full! My big meals of the day are breakfast and lunch (very light dinner usually) but now I'm not even able to eat my big breakfasts and lunches. It's annoying me, I like to eat! But, when you have a uterus and baby butt shoved up against your stomach, what can you do? Lol

[typebug]

OK good to know! I was thinking "shouldn't I be ravenous?" but it sounds like I'm pretty normal after all. :) 

[Jenny01]

I'm feeling this way too - appetite has dropped, can't eat as much, and sometimes feel slightly nauseous with nothing appealing to me.

[cierra159]

Yepp, same thing here too!

[kellybeth]

i feel so hungry often, but i never know what i want. it has been pineapple that i crave, lately. it's just a mean craving--gives me such horrible reflux, i'm like a cat eating a plant that it knows will make it barf. 

[eminvc]

Appetite has dropped, mostly at dinnertime I just don't feel as hungry.

But, like kellybeth, I also get hungry during the day but don't know what I want. I am bored of all my daytime snacks, especially my proteins of cottage cheese, greek yogurt, peanut butter....I feel like I have eaten the same snacks/mini-meals for months now and I just can't think of anything new! Though mac n' cheese sounds good, anytime of day.

[Brambleberry]

Originally Posted by eminvc 

But, like kellybeth, I also get hungry during the day but don't know what I want. I am bored of all my daytime snacks, especially my proteins of cottage cheese, greek yogurt, peanut butter....I feel like I have eaten the same snacks/mini-meals for months now and I just can't think of anything new! Though mac n' cheese sounds good, anytime of day.

ditto on the tired of my snack options.  But with these twins I am not having the least drop in appetite.  I'm o.k. with the weight I'm gaining - I'm keeping pretty steady with the amount of "baby fat" on my arms and whatnot, and the babies seem to be growing like gangbusters, but wow it is A LOT of weight to be carrying around on my 5'2" frame.  I absolutely HAVE to eat every 3 hours or so.  My body won't let me not eat.  I seriously think I might pass out if I skipped a meal.  I even have to get up in the middle of the night and drink a glass of whole milk just to make it to morning.  

I remember having intense hunger urges with my singleton pregnancy, but I don't think I needed to snack that much after the first trimester all day nausea went away.  I gained most of my weight with that pregnancy in the first half and then plateaued/went up slowly.  And I lost most of the excess pretty quickly with breastfeeding.  I was below my pre-pregnancy weight by 1 year I think.

[Gillmoro]

Definitely not as hungry as I was in the second trimester and not able to fit as much even when I am hungry.  I am also bored with my snacks I mostly do trail nuts/ fruit/ crackers with cheese but nothing sounds that appealing lately.  I am also not really hungry in the morning until about 10-11 am though I try to eat a little something for baby.  I am definitely looking forward to being able to eat most anything with the nursing.  I still try to eat a healthy and well balanced diet but I definitely had more cheats when I was nursing DD.

[Adaline'sMama]

Brambleberry,

I was right with you on all of that up until a couple of weeks ago- now Ive pretty much lost my appetite, and I have ZERO room left for food. Im finding that I go longer and longer without eating, and Im having to drink protein shakes in the day to keep up with the minimum caloric requirements. 

[loveandgarbage]

I'm currently waiting to get hungry enough to eat dinner... but it might not happen before I get too sleepy. Bah! I think I ruined it by eating 3 (4?) pita chips around 5pm. Sucks!!!