Thirteen Weeks and Very Hungry

I’m 13 weeks pregnant now. It feels great to be out of the first trimester, but so far, the second trimester has been challenging. I’m starting to get very, very hungry. I’ve had two days in a row where my hunger got so bad, I was almost out of my head. The first day it happened, I totally deserved it. I was at the new house for several hours for the home inspection so I didn’t eat from about 1 until almost 7. In Pregnancy hours, that equals something like 642 hours without food. The second day, we went to the grocery store, and despite my having some lovely snacks beforehand, I realized once we were inside the grocery store that I needed to go next door the the subway and sit my ass down with a turkey melt. I get a different look in my eyes when I get that hungry, and it ain’t pretty. Anyone who stands in my way, risks death. I’m having trouble getting used to it and I’m worried about gaining too much too fast. But I understand now, I really do need to just eat, and I can do myself a world of good by being smart about it and having better choices around me. When I’m that hungry, I can eat a full, big meal and still feel hungry. The other day I heard Tom say “Didn’t we just eat dinner?” As I shoved a piece of bread and cheese in my mouth.

I’m tired too. So tired. I thought the first trimester tiredness was behind me but this is a whole new brand of tired. I can’t seem to do much other than sit around and read. We have our weekend walks around the dog park and afterward I feel like I’ve just run a half marathon. My lower back aches too. I think baby is going through a growth spurt. I feel uncreative and boring and I hate that. I realize that this is the bus I’m on right now, like it or lump it, and I need to just get comfortable and ride it out. I bet soon enough I’ll have some energy back.

And speaking of marathons, people are always making comparisons between pregnancy/labor and training/running a marathon. I can speak from experience the hunger from pregnancy is much stronger than marathon training hunger. The difference with marathon training, I could eat a clif bar and feel ok in a few minutes. With this pregnancy, I can eat a cliff bar and still need a giant sandwich before I’ll feel ok.

The hunger gets worse in the middle of the day, and If it means I have to eat two lunches a day until this subsides, I guess that’s what I’ll have to do. So at the grocery store we got me some Bocca burgers and turkey for sandwiches. I’ve got a case of lentil soup at home and lots of sugar snap peas for snacks. Lotsa lunch happening around here. So come on over for lunch, but watch your hands, I might try to eat them if they are holding any delicious food.


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