Appetite

Just out of sheer curiosity - and I'm not sure if it's just a 'first time mum' thing or what - but did any of you have quite a drop in appetite after you had bub? Mine hasn't disappeared entirely, but my interest in food sure isn't what it used to be, even compared to before I was pregnant. Ultimately it's a good thing, because I used to really struggle with portion sizes (would pile way too much onto the plate and eat it all and then some!).

I remember being like that with Paige..I think it was the whole birth aftershock thing...BUT my love ...just like me...if you are feeding little Erin you need to get eating good healthy portions regularly and drinking masses and masses to keep up that milk supply! Especially when she has her wee growth spurts!

PLUS you need to keep up your energy...

Probably nothing you didnt know anyway!!

i have noticed that i don't eat as much as i used too. It was real bad in the first 2ish weeks but its slowly getting back to normal

Yeah mine still isn't back but u know u have to eat or else there will be no milk

Gawd i totally dont have an appetite and last night i spent almost 2 hours barfing, its so hard to remember when u last ate when u have a little diva at ur hands lol

It's not that I'm forgetting to eat, but it's more that the 'strength' of my appetite is waaaaaaaaay smaller.

Yep Jax, that's what I was like too, I remembered to eat I just didn't want it because I wasn't hungry. I had to make myself eat anything for the first few months after Joey was born!

lolol, I found my appetite dropped a heap after i had Paris.. and i got really run down cos i didn't feel like eating.. i mean i ate the 3 meals etc and was drinking but for me i had to end up forcing myself to have a milo and a piece of toast after i had fed her if it as in between times or at night time, otherwise i would get really low blood sugar. I think the hardest thing for me has been getting out of the frequent snacks mindset now that I have finished feeding Ayja... especially if i want to fit my dress nicely lol.

My Midwife actually was telling me this the other day - I was saying taht my appetite has SOARED and I am a virtual food vacume cleaner at the moment, and she said yes you appetite will go up and down, she said usually you eat heaps till the birth and then after you experience a drastic drop in appetite but taht it is all normal and it does come back!
I had to laugh cos the way I feel now I can't IMAGINE walkign past a pice of cake or not eating every 2 hours or so!

i was just saying to DH last night that i have no appetite at all. i have to force myself to eat something and could quite easily survive the day on breakkie alone and maybe a piece of fruit in the arvo.
will be great if it keeps up like that after bubs, but not so great now!