I emailed my friend the family doc, and this is what she had to say about my declining appetite:
So here's some weird doctor-type info about eating in the first half of pregnancy. The short version is: you don't really have to (eat, that is).
The slightly longer version is that HUGE retrospective studies have been done to answer this decreased intake question, due to areas in the world where women are starving, and because of all the women with bad nausea/vomitting/poor appetite. What was found? Women who had significantly decreased intake of food in the first 5 months of pregnancy, even with weight loss (of up to 5% of body weight) has no bad outcome for mom or baby. So what do I think? Listen to your body and don't stress. If you need to eat a little to stave off the bad feeling in your tummy, crackers are a good bet for most women.
No comments:
Post a Comment