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[quote=Anonymous]I had a similar problem with my second pregnancy, all I wanted was carbs and cheese for WEEKS. I put on a ton weight in the first trimester, it sucked.

My advice (which I did not follow, but looking back!) is NOT to stress yourself out about it while you feel like this. You gotta do what you gotta do to get through the first trimester.

BUT as soon as you start feeling better, there will be lots of stuff piling up - you'll feel like you weren't great at your job and you're behind so you want to catch up, and projects (personal and professional) got ignored for weeks, and the house is a mess, and you have six phone calls to return, and your poor husband has been ignored for four weeks, and OMG I'm 14 weeks already and we've done nothing to prep for the baby (laughable to moms of more kids, but a common emotion for the first), etc, etc, etc.

All that will hold another week or so - as soon as you start feeling better, get back on top of eating healthy! Start immediately getting back in the habit of eating lots of fruits and veggies and protein. Fish is so good for you, peanut butter is a good pregnancy food (tons of nutrients, and a good option if you're in the mood for sugar), maybe make some green smoothies with lots of spinach.

So basically - do what you gotta do to survive and decrease your misery as much as possibly while you're in it, then pivot as soon as your out! It's not the 9 lbs of the first trimester that you'll regret. It's the other 10 extra you put on in weeks 14-20, that honestly, you could have avoided that you might regret. [/quote]

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