Struggling with eating healthy.

Hi there, same here! I didn't really like eating veggies during my last pregnancy, preferring bread instead, and now it's happening again. I figure it's better to eat something than nothing! You could take some extra vitamins for peace of mind, because even women with an HG pregnancy have healthy babies. It's amazing how nature takes care of itself!

Try to snack a bit healthily; everything that comes in needs to go out again, right? Apples, bread instead of junk food.

And in your first trimester, you often don't feel well—tired, nauseous, other unpleasant stuff. But it gets better in the second trimester! Wishing you a lovely pregnancy!

Don't worry too much, mom2b. In the first period (up to about 9.5 weeks), I really only had a craving for fat, bread, and carbs. I ate potato croquettes with fish sticks (? Haha) and didn't even think about boiled vegetables. After that, I could eat more varied again, although still feeling nauseous. Try to have something every 2 hours; you just need more in the beginning to avoid feeling so faint. Also try some other things; I was never crazy about apples, but then I could suddenly appreciate them as a snack. Same with bananas and tangerines. And I occasionally had a fruit shake (watch out for fruit sugars), to get some veggies/fruit in anyway. I didn't gain any weight (at least until 12 weeks, after that I didn't weigh myself anymore), despite all that fatty (and in my opinion unhealthy) food.

Good luck!

I’ve got some weird cravings too, arretjescake, boterkoek, and oliebollen, but I don’t have any of that at home, so I’m stuck with sultana cookies or just a plain white bread roll..
It’ll probably get better little by little. Just a month of patience and then see how you feel? You’ll probably have that promised energy by then, let’s hope so!

Oh low blood pressure, so relatable! Annoying, right, getting breathless from climbing stairs, not rushing off when you stand up and all that.. Do you feel a bit better now? I was less tired for 3 days but today it's really serious again! And how's it going with the fruit? It makes me a bit nauseous

Good job! I always eat with my son when he's having his apple, it's tasty, maybe an idea to prepare it differently, like grating or something.
Now 11 weeks, so I have good hope that it'll get better soon for me! Last pregnancy the peak was at 12 weeks but I already had a peak at 9 weeks with the nausea, so who knows..
Now 15 weeks with you? They often say 16 weeks when the symptoms really go away, so keep your fingers crossed!

Haha, well I just threw up for the first time in a week. We're going for it..
By the way, I still haven't come across any oliebollen, and to bake them myself now..

So I'm eating kiwi, banana, apple, and oopsies, Pringles—they weren't supposed to be there How about you? Have you finally reached the magical 16 weeks and feeling better?

Good morning! I see that it’s already been 4 months since you guys replied, but I was wondering how you’ve been doing? I’m 21 weeks pregnant now and have already gained 8 kilos. I eat too many chips in the evenings and also really love bread with cheese. It makes me feel discouraged every day. When I wake up, I regret it and think about how I’m going to improve, until that binge eating urge comes around the corner again. Oh, and I also have low blood pressure.

I'm pregnant now and honestly don't feel like eating healthy either. I'm at 10 weeks now and haven't gained any weight yet. Did you start gaining weight from the 14th week? Was that because of everything you ate in the period before? Or did you only change your diet from the 14th week? I'm really scared of gaining too much weight.