Friday, February 19, 2010
WHO KNEW??
No one really talks about hunger post-pregnancy, however I was completely unprepared for this Breastfeeding Hunger. I have never been this hungry in my life. I'm hungry all of the time. Once I finish breakfast I'm thinking about mid-morning snack, then lunch etc, etc. This is craziness!! Not to mention the chocolate cravings I have been having. I usually I'm not tempted by chocolate, and now I'm trying to figure out how to add chocolate to everything I eat. I catch my self eating the bag of chocolate chips in the cupboard. If the dog was covered in chocolate I would totally eat him! I remember being really hungry the 1st trimester of pregnancy and having to wake up at night for a snack, this even trumps the pregnancy hunger. I'm always having a midnight snack. Also I am extremely thirsty! Every time I sit down to nurse, as SOON as the baby latches on, I immediately get SUPER thirsty. It happens every time but I can never remember to get a drink BEFORE I sit down. Poor Kevin is always fetching me a glass of water. It got to where HE will remind me before I start nursing to get my water bottle. Man this is crazy stuff your body goes through. I'm just trying to eat healthy snacks and not over do it on the chocolate. Fortunately chocolate doesn't give my baby a tummy ache or I would be in trouble. Happy Breastfeeding!
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yeah, i remember getting super thirsty. those water bottles they give you in the hospital? i'd drink a whole one of those in one nursing session, and then i'd go and get some more afterwards. as far as the hunger goes... are you losing a lot of weight? or do you feel anxious or wired at all? i had post partum hyper thyroidism and that was the cause of all my hunger because i was constantly eating but i was still losing weight. i know it's normal to be hungry if you're nursing but if you feel like you're TOO hungry and not like yourself you might want to go to the doctor. just a heads up, i'm sure everything's normal, though. even if you do have it, it goes away on its own after a few months.
I feel your pain sister! The water thing is crazy, Clint was also reminding me to get my water before sitting down, too funny!! It does even out eventually....
The nurses in the hospital thought I was crazy I am sure because I was seriously eating 8 big meals a day! I even had two jugs of water I had to put by my bed to drink through the night when I woke up with the baby. Then I swear I would sweat it all off during the night! CRAZY!
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