So this post is going to be all about mememe

[ste_noni]

I'm worried that I'm not eating enough and that somehow this will be bad for the baby. It's sort of the fault of the ultrasound tech from last week. When i told her I was at 18 weeks, she said the baby looked small. Later, after she'd talked to the doc, she said it was nothing, but of course, the first part of what she said stuck in my mind.

The thing is that I have had almost no appetite since about 14 weeks (before then I was eating out of necessity as food in my stomach was all that kept the nausea away). I get hungry - like I feel my stomach rumbling, but when it's time to actually make and eat the food, I'm just not interested. I force myself to eat three meals a day and I thought I was doing fine. I've gained 10 lbs so far (@19 weeks). I've seen the baby and she's moving around like she should be.

Maybe once you stop worrying about miscarriage, you start worrying about stuff like this.

Comments

[amy37.livejournal.com]

Not to worry. The thing is, whatever you *do* eat nurtures the baby first, and you second. Nature has the baby covered pretty well. And your appetite is going to keep changing as the pregnancy progresses.

Because of gestational diabetes (and insulin use), I had to be much more scrupulous about my diet when I was pregnant. With our second baby, I *lost* weight in the beginning, but the baby was fine.

Maybe once you stop worrying about miscarriage, you start worrying about stuff like this.

And this? Very true. Even when you try not to.

[ste-noni.livejournal.com]

Thanks - it's nice to know I fit into *normal* even if that's not what I think it should be.