Everything is GROSS.

[Anonymous]

In my first trimester and all food is so freaking disgusting to me. I’m not even nauseous, I just have zero desire to eat anything. Or something will sound DELICIOUS, I’ll eat two bites, and then it becomes instantly gross. I can really only handle liquids right now, but surviving on nothing but OJ, milk, and Coke (which I know is so bad but it tastes sooooo good right now) isn’t great for me or the baby.

What did you eat when literally nothing sounded good?

[Anonymous]

Not much. Ginger ale, crackers, toast. Lost ten lbs in the first trimester but it came back and then some when I got my appetite back around 16 weeks. I took unisom and b6 at the suggestion of my OB. I was still sick and everything was repulsive to me, but it helped minimize vomiting.

[Anonymous]

cheerios with banana slices and milk


the unisom and B6 worked way better than I was expecting it to work. Plus it helped me sleep.

[Anonymous]

Nothing I hate hate that first trimester so much just baguette from Panera bread and water

[Anonymous]

I had a similar experience. I ate a cinnamon cereal (life?). I don’t remember the brand bc at 15 weeks I couldn’t (and still can’t) stomach the taste anymore but could handle,other food.

[Anonymous]

Lays Potato chips and French onion dip every day first tri with my son. With my daughters I could only stomach fruit. It’s the worst ! Hope it passes quickly for you

[Anonymous]

So this is usually bad advice, but it helped me to eat while watching TV - I sort of zoned out and paid attention to the show and not what I was eating - helped me eat a bit more.

[Anonymous]

This happened to me too. Everything just turned rancid in my mouth even if it sounded good when I picked it out. It went away but I did lose 10 lbs in first tri.

[Anonymous]

I carried a bag of salted peanuts, raisins, and chocolate chips around with me. And lots of strawberry smoothies.

[Anonymous]

Been there. I had a million aversions and not a single craving. I ate a lot of bread and crackers - everything else was disgusting. Lasted until about 16 weeks. I only gained the recommended amount of weight.

[Anonymous]

I was queasy the entire first trimester with my 2nd baby. No real vomiting, more like feeling carsick. Everything I could think of or see to eat make me gag. Smells of most any type made dry heave. Toothpaste was too much.

I drank Dannon yogurt drinks. At the time, the size was maybe 4.5 oz. Lunch would be buttered saltines and dinner would be a plain baked potato or rice with salt and olive oil. I progressed to having a weird craving for Stovetop brand stuffing. This became my comfort food.

My trick: candy canes! Upon awakening, I’d suck on a candy cane (that helped soothe my hunger pangs that made me queasy) for a bit while I’d sit up in bed or walk around the house. The raised my blood sugar enough to quell the nausea enough to drink a yogurt drink.

I gained very little weight with my this baby initially, but he ended up being 8.4 and I gained about 35 pounds.

Hang in there, OP.

Tl; dr (and even reading made me sick first trimester):

Make smoothies! Sip and drink your calories.

Also: fresh air! Stay cool, literally. Hydrate.
Keep your blood sugar levels steady.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lays Potato chips and French onion dip every day first tri with my son. With my daughters I could only stomach fruit. It’s the worst ! Hope it passes quickly for you

Same. Son only junk food. Daughter only fruit and canned tomato. And only a little. Soda and apple juice aplenty.

Just get through it OP. You should be back to eating food by 15 weeks or so.

[Anonymous]

Not much. Some crackers to avoid nausea.

Sometimes cereal with cold milk. My advice is to seize on the few windows where you have a craving. I had little windows where I wanted randomly specific things. I'd eat that thing (until it got gross). It will pass. Aversions are lack of appetite are real.

I still remember gagging while hiding my pregnancy at work lunch at a steakhouse. So much bloody meat. (Which I usually love but was NASTY when pregnant.)

[Anonymous]

Toast and mac and cheese. And the Unisom.

[Anonymous]

Applesauce and toast with jam all the way. That got me through a solid two weeks. Your appetite will come back!!