Odd Question

Hi guys,
Im currently 20 weeks pregnant with my first child and am just having an issue i hope some experienced people can help with!!

I have days when I get SO hungry I feel sick to my stomach, im sure its hunger because once i eat i feel fine until i get hungry again, its a never ending cycle. Has anyone else had this with their pregnancies? I asked my step mum as she recently had a baby but she said she doesn't remember ever having any issues with her appetite. Its upsetting because i've had to take the last 2 days of work because i feel SO sick that i don't know if i should eat or grab a bucket! My husband is so understanding but i feel so bad that if i eat later on in the day i feel better because i think he thinks i should have been at work all along but i can't go and stand on my feet for up to 8 hours at a time feeling like my stomach is getting ready to jump out my mouth.
I've tried having fruit next to the bed and eating it before i get up but this morning it just made me feel worse. Im so lost because i don't know what to do. We can't really afford to have a never ending supply of food to snack on so that i can eat all day, its just so frustrating!
thanks

I have the exact same problem with both my pregnancies.   Luckly for me this time it subsided by around 20wks. I found that eating carbs really helped as they kept me full for longer, also eating bananas and drinking complan/vitaplan.   I avoided eating sweet foods and fruit (except for watermelon) when feeling extra hungry as they just made me feel worse. During the night I would have either a piece of bread or a banana at least twice a night, and tired to drink lots of iced water. You could even try a plain biscuits or something like cheese and crackers.

Oh and sucking on peppermints or spearmints helped me a bit as well. Though I soon got bored with those.

Morning sickness isn't just throwing up, its general nausea as well, with Ty I only threw up twice but felt nauseous all the time, thats a form of MS

As for the hunger thing, yep, with all three pregnancies I have been ravenously "oh my god if you don't feed me now im going to start eating my foot " hungry

thanks guys,

And i know that MS can last a long time for some unfortunate ladies but i really was hoping that seeing as i didn't have any at the start i had gotten lucky! hoping it stops soon.

Just thought too, do you have family who can bake for you? My MIL loves to feel useful lol and would bake me heaps of slices, scones etc when I had ms and needed to eat lots but didn't have the energy to make anything. People like to help!

Hope it passes soon for you

I went off most fruit and vege as well in the early days. Even now I have to force myself to cook veges. And bananas and watermelon were the only fruits I could really eat for a good while.