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trish
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Posted: Sept 14 2007 at 2:09pm \| IP Logged

Hi,
I hate to be a complainer. I'm VERY grateful to God that I have made it to 14 weeks without spotting or cramping or problems. I really am. First time in the last 5 pregancies. But I have never experienced nausea like this!!!! I've only been nauseous for few weeks at the most. This pregnancy it's been from 6 weeks on.
The funny thing is I can't hardly eat anything without it making me sick. Now before you laugh I can't throw up. Never been able to so I just suffer through it all. I do pretty good if I eat fruit, veges, meat, nuts, and milk products. Do not do good at all with potatoes, rice, anything remotely related to flour of any kind ( including pasta and bread), bananas. I don't eat soy. I'm constantly hungry too. I'll eat some thing like a fruit shake in the morning and a raw nut bar. ( Sadly I can't eat eggs either.. I was doing okay with them and now they make me yucky)

but then I'm hungry within 1/2 hr. I eat again but nothing fills me up. Problem is when I'm hungry I'm not feeling sick.
My midwife thought that perhaps I was carrying twins because I was so sick but I had an ultrasound and it's only one. Everything checked out fine.
Anybody out there have this experience before? Any advice? I'm still trying homeopathy. Tried a few rememdies so far with out sucess. Oh..... I sound like such a whiner

!!!!
Thanks!

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Posted: Sept 15 2007 at 9:49am \| IP Logged

JennGM and I have just been having a conversation about what to eat in pregnancy, too! It's a tough one, especially because everyone's tastes differ and how foods agree with us differ. I've found her recommendation of eating a balance of proteins and carbs helps me go longer between meals (about 2 hours). She keeps to a diabetic diet, and I try to do a very general version of that by eating 6 times a day in small balanced portions.

However, in other pregnancies where I was much sicker, I kept almost nothing down without anti-nausea medication. I hope you feel better soon! I keep consoling myself with the thought that at the end of all this I get to have a baby...

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trish
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Posted: Sept 15 2007 at 11:20am \| IP Logged

I know what you mean. I was hoping someone had a experienced the same kind of aversions as me. I wish I could eat those carbs because they are what fill me up. But they are what is making me sick.

I think after much thought about my situation I might have a slight idea of what God might be trying to tell me. (maybe) I have a fair chunk of fat on me from my last baby that I just didn't lose because I was more concerned with restoring balance in my body than losing weight. Maybe.... because carbs make me gain weight this is God's way of making sure I don't get to a very unhealthy weight. I do usually gain 40 lbs and that would be very uncomfortable for me and unhealthy too. Maybe this is a gift

. Just changing my perspective can't help but make it better right? I hope I can maintain this attitude when I really need to.

Like in about 1/2 hour from now when I'm starving

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