Question regarding Hunger

I am about 9 weeks along and find myself starving every 2 hours, sometimes even in the middle of the night, (I will have to get up and eat something its so bad) anyone else experience this!! Thanks

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Yep, in the beginning it is very normal. You should actually TRY to eat small amounts every two hours (even keep crackers near your bed) to avoid MS .

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So will this eventually taper off you think?

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Yes. I'll have bouts of hunger where I feel like I MUST eat immediately or else. I'm 10 weeks. I eat breakfast, then a snack later, then lunch, then a late afternoon snack, then dinner, and usually something before I go to bed. I don't eat in the middle of the night, but when I get up to go to the bathroom, I usually chug some water or apple juice.

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Yes. I always have snacks with me b/c I get hungry every few hours. Several times throughout the first trimester, I woke up in the middle of the night b/c I was hungry. I couldn't fall back asleep unless I ate something.

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I had that happen in the beginning too, I think it started to taper off around 14 weeks?

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It will eventually taper off, but then it will come back in spurts throughout your pregnancy.

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I almost passed out in one of my bosses offices from hunger in my first trimester because I didn't realize I needed to eat more often. That's why she found out I was pg at 7 weeks... I was SO HUNGRY it was unreal... OMG I tortured DH. It tapered off by the second trimester.

What worked for me was always having a piece of fruit or a granola bar in my bag for emergencies.

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Posted by betty


Definately but for most of the first trimester I was STARVING...I would actually get the shakes if I didn't eat .

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I am about as far along as you and i have the same thing occuring.

I eat every two hours. I eat small meals!

I eat at 9, 11, 1, 3 and then 6 for dinner. and then at 7 or 8 i usually have a little snack.

what i mean about meals is- i have a fruit or an apple sauce as a snack or an in between meal, just so i dont get overly hungry.

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In the first trimester I ate about every 2-3 hours from 9am-9pm, and would often wake up starving in the middle of the night. I had bad insomnia from about 2am-5am, and by 5am had to have small something (handful of cereal, piece of bread, etc) before i could fall back asleep. My girlfriend kept a cereal box by the bed because she would wake up so hungry during the night.

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yup I had this and constantly had to snack in between meals so I didn't get nauseous, hang in there.

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I eat every few hours too, even if it is just a snack. And for meals I really can't eat a full dinner.....I get full too quick.

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I am so happt to read this post i am 7 weeks and i am always hungry!!

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YES!!! WELCOME TO MY WORLD!!

I am starving all the time -- I just graze and eat a little bit every 1/2 hour or so. Do you get bad m/s if you don't eat?

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I am just a little nausea in the morning

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OMG it's insane! I feel like I could eat a planet.

My Dr said 6 small meals a day - that's what I try for.

I'm about 8 wks.

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I feel like if I keep eating like this I will look like a planet

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during my first trimester, I wasnt really hungry.
I am 18 weeks now and starving all the time! :)

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In the beginning, I was always so hungry!