My Appetite and a Parcel from Japan

Posted October 15th, 2010 in Ume's Pregnancy No Comments »

Around Week 16, the morning sickness started to disappear and my big appetite came back. Well, I didn’t have heavy morning sickness anyway. It was more like “night sickness” as most of the bad stuff (tiredness, nausea, excessive sleepiness, etc) hit me after evening.

From Week 16, I could start enjoying the food again. I often thought about what to eat for dinner during the day (yes, I really love eating), and I could eat out for almost anything. But, around Week 18 I started to feel sick again and didn’t feel like eating anything. All I could do in the evening was lying down on the sofa and stay still. Is this normal? Does morning sickness sometimes come back during the second and third trimester?

Anyway, I felt really sick until yesterday, but today I feel pretty good. When I feel good, what I do is eat…. You will be surprised if you hear how much I eat now! … 2 serves of Indian curry, and I still felt hungry so I had another bowl of rice with Japanese tinned fish and simmered vegetables. Afterwards I was munching on crackers until lunch. … yes, it was my breakfast.

Another day, my husband and I bought fried chicken and chips (I know it’s not a healthy food but I had a craving for the fried stuff), and I finished mine very quickly and wasn’t satisfied at all. I think I can eat a whole bird myself now.

I really think it’s too much food to eat. Should I try to control myself? My weight, however, seems to be steady and I just put on 2 kg compared to when I was not pregnant.

Oh, the tinned fish I mentioned above, it was from my mum! I just received a parcel from my brother few days ago 🙂