The Hunger
February 22, 2008
Okay so I am emerging again from my near-narcoleptic state to post another damn run-on sentence entry and you know what I think I posted a lot of run-on sentence entries when I was pregnant before so I wonder if I should go ahead and make "punctuation aversions" an official pregnancy symptom on my still-to-come, just-hammering-out-a-few-final-details pregnancy calendar blog over at AlphaMom, because hey! It's my pregnancy guide and I CAN INVENT WHATEVER SYMPTOMS I WANT. FARTING. THAT'S A SYMPTOM. ALSO EXCESS EAR WAX, WHILE WE'RE AT IT.
What the fuck was I talking about? I got thrown off by all that punctuation. Oh, right, differing pregnancy symptoms between this one and my first, like the complete lack of puking (I really do believe I did have a stomach bug two weeks ago, although I'm sure the rising pregnancy hormones didn't help things any) and only the barest waves of post-prenatal-vitamin queasiness, which I cannot lie is freaking me out a little because last time I was so unbelievably miserable I lost over 10 pounds the first trimester, while this time I am eating us out of house and home and THIN MINTS THIN MINTS THIN MINTS! Followed by NACHOS! And then I want some PEPPERONI SLICES! And then more 85% off clearance rack Valentine's Day candy! And then I am STILL HUNGRY NOM NOM NOM I think I shall make some cauliflower and broccoli gratin (with ham!) and then eat the entire thing straight out of the casserole dish while sitting on the kitchen floor and eying the box of Tagalongs, because YOU ARE NEXT, MOTHERFUCKERS.
And yet I am still really very nervous about Monday's ultrasound, because I am unsure where the line between "crazy pregnant lady" and "fat whore pig who was just waiting for an excuse" lies. I am more comfortable with puking than with gnawing on the refrigerator handle, is all.
So if anyone has any experience with different pregnancies = different symptoms, particularly of the morning sickness variety, I sure would like to hear about it. My boobs would also appreciate it, since they are tired of me mashing on them to make sure they are still vaguely sore because otherwise I have nothing to BELIEVE IN ANYMORE. EXCEPT FOR THE DOUBLE-STUFF OREOS.
(Oh! And while I do like to imagine that my readers are the sort-of types who always have fabulous parties to attend on Oscar night -- perhaps parties where you dress up as obscure indie-film characters and everybody wears elbow-length gloves on principle -- but if you ARE going to be watching them at home this weekend, we're throwing a virtual Oscars party over at Mamapop [virtual = a swinging sexy time for the social anxiety disorder set!] and I would love it if y'all would stop by and join me, Sweetney, Mrs. Kennedy, Her Bad Mother, JenB and a slew of other hilarious people, either for just the red carpet fashion snarkfest at 7 pm or for the awards at 8 pm or both or just to hear the running list of Foods Amy Consumes During the Telecast and Then Cries About Because Now They Are Gone and She Can't Eat Them Anymore.)
I eat like that & I'm not even pregnant.
Don't feel bad. I did no puking during my pregnancy. My version of morning sickness was a complete aversion to anything not coated in chocolate or glazed. Seriously, I would gag at the smell of real food but could eat chocolate milkshakes with donuts all day long. Not surprisingly my son also is showing signs of a budding sweet tooth. Oh, and guacamole. Lots and lots of guacamole.
Holy hilarious!!!
My pregnancy (HAD A GIRL) was much like the one you are describing. YAY!!! GIRL GIRL GIRL. BABY SISTER FOR NOAH!!! (sorry, too many capital letters.)
Pregnancy #1 - got by with small amounts of nausea not unlike what you are describing. Pregnancy #2 - threw up 6 times a day until week 13. So, yeah, the symptoms? They can be widly different. Oh, and you are also not alone in being terrified of showing up to your first appointment & having everyone laugh at you because you are most certainly NOT pregnant & here let us show you to the wing for the CRAZIES.
I puked my guts out with my first pregnancy, and like you, ended up losing weight. The second one was totally different. I threw up, but hardly at all, and it completely freaked me out. I just knew something was wrong...or that I was having a girl this time around. Everything was fine - and I had another boy. So don't obsess too much, which is far easier to say than actually do. You'll be fine. And go ahead and be crazy pregnant lady, you've earned it.
Almost 14 weeks into my first pregnancy an no puking. The idea of veggies is gross {making dinner for vegan Mister is a challenge} but my stomach has been oddly ok.
Thanks for reminding I must beg for girl scout cookies because I am a dumbdumb head and forgot to order.
First pregnancy? Lots of puking, even more eating. Second pregnancy (twins) no puking, even less eating. Go figure.
My first pregnancy (girl) was like your first...puking all the time and loosing tons of weight. Granted, I puked every.single.day for 9.months with her and lost 30 lbs during the whole process. I was so so so happy to have her out and actually be able to eat food (even looking at food made me puke, had to get a DVR so I could fast forward through commercials because they made me puke).
2nd pregnancy (boys! twins!) I was sort of sick but still eating. And then eating eating eating all the time and I felt great! It's so nice to actually be able to eat anything you want during pg. And then I got diagnosed with gestational diabetes so now I can't eat those 3 boxes of thin mints I ordered months ago.
Wow, long...sorry!
My boobs were not even the teensiest bit sore with my second pregnancy. I was told it was normal and probably the result of all the breasfeeding trauma from the first kid. So there ended up being a positive side to my breastfeeding nightmare - no sore boobies the second time around. Huh.
I can relate with the bizarre eating habits. I had that with both pregnancies and I want to barf just thinking about all the wholy non-nutritional foods I consumed in strange combinations -- boiled eggs and M&MS anyone???
And I'm so in for the Oscar's party. I used to throw a party every year, but since all our friends have moved out of the city to the suburbs we are social outcasts and don't know enough people to scrounge up a decent party (that doesn't involve toddlers) anymore.
First pregnancy, ate fruits and veggies and was all healthy-like in my first trimester.
This pregnancy (I'm 9 weeks), cannot stand veggies/real food. Must have fries and pasta and more carbs. And an entire bag of M&Ms (not an individual sized bag, either).
I've been sitting at my desk with some green beans in front of me since noon (it's 2 pm, now). My husband lovingly bought them for me and made me pinky-swear to eat them today. They're still sitting in front of me. Untouched. Unwelcome. Smelly.
The symptoms with both of my pregnancies were indentical: slight naseau, hungry, tired, vaguely sore boobs (extra vague the second time). I have a boy and a girl - in case you were wondering if different symptoms equals different gender.
My symptoms change on a daily basis..somedays I can hardly bring myself to eat and others I eat all day (I ate an entire box of Tagalongs today...in one sitting)
Dear Amalah,
No worries. With son #2 I felt NOTHING....I was ravenous and ate everything and anything, even the DISGUSTING daycare food that was cooked daily where I worked at a preschool...I'm mean we're talking floppy, soggy tuna noodle casserole..(at least that's what I'm told it was)....and with my daughter, who is almost 3 months old now....I was MISERABLE..sick for the first 4 months...lost 10 pounds too, and only gained 28, unlike the 60 I gained twice before with my boys....have no fear....every pregnancy is different, I promise...that cliche is actually true.
Em
P.S. I am soooooooooooo excited for you and Jason and Noahlah!
2 girls 2 totally different pregnancies. My first the only symptom I had was sore boobs. the second I had every symptom you could imagine. 2 totally diffrent pregnancies, but my girls look very much alike (excpet for their hair color) and have pretty much the same personality.
I'm a firm believer that the nausea only really sets in if you let yourself get hungry. So you know, you're doing the right thing. ;) That got worse for me each pregnancy. I would have to just eat ALL THE TIME.
I also have excessive ear wax when preggers. What the heck?
Also also: Double Stuf Oreos with the minty centers? Taste almost EXACTLY like Thin MInts. Except they're available ALL THE TIME. Muy delish.
Excess ear wax - oh Queen Amalah if only that were a pleasant fiction. My earwax production took off during my pregnancy and I even asked my ob/gyn about it in a "hey any chance this is related?"-sort of way. Turns out it can be impacted by those surging hormone levels - I guess like everything else in our bodies when we are cooking up a new person. But it's funny to me that you were kidding around and yet it really happened to me.
Mmmmmm....thin mints! Have you had them cold? Stick them in the freezer and then eat them cold- OMG sooo good!!! (I wasn't pregnant last year during girls scout cookie time- no sir!) now that is my preferred way to eat them.
1st pregnancy - hardly any symptoms, just really tired, I might have dry heaved like once, had a girl. This time, I am constantly nauseous, but have yet to puke, and since I'm only 6-7weeks I have no idea what I'm having yet :-)
maybe it's a girl.
my first pregnancy was smooth sailing...no morning sickness and no big eating binges. no crazy cravings. I had a girl.
this pregnancy has been completely different. Lots of puking...all the way to 25 weeks. No sore boobs at first, but boy are they sore now (with 3 weeks to go).
I think the differences you are experiencing in this pregnancy are normal. Hang in there until Monday!
My first pregnancy: NO morning sickness whatsoever.
My second pregnancy: I'm pretty sure I puked every day until the day of my c-section.
My third pregnancy: Queasy a lot in the first trimester, but no real morning sickness... until one day in the 8th month. Then not again.
It was like I gave birth to three different species or something.
I'm glad to hear you're not nauseated. I'm on my first pregnancy (after a miscarriage a few years ago), and the no-sick thing makes me paranoid. When we were at the doctor's office after the positive test result, I kept telling my husband that they were going to come in and say I was crazy and very NOT pregnant. . . instead the dr. high fived my husband and said we were definitely pregnant!
But still, not sick. Boo. Of course, I'm only five weeks along, so that's probably why.
My first pregnancy was a breeze, but the second was harder. I had to get up in the morning, give my son a bowl of dry cheerios and a sippy cup of milk then lie on the couch of at least 2 hours to avoid the nausea. Toothbrushing? That's a gag. The tird time around was the most unpredictable because I was sick morning, noon, or night. No rhyme or reason and it lasted until into the second trimester. I lost 15 lbs (much appreciated since I had a lot to lose) at first, then gained a total of 30 (net gain 15!). I also enjoyed the oreos with mustard. Gross? Absolutely. But it was a craving and all you can do is give in to the cravings!
Oh my golly. Effing hilariousness, you have.
My 2nd pregnancy? I was much, much, MUCH more tired than with the first one. Also, I went into maternity clothes at 2 1/2 months (versus 5 months with the first), but I'm sure the excessive eating played a role in that. Yet in spite of having a larger mid-section sooner, I didn't feel ANY movement until well into the second trimester. (I thought I would feel it sooner, because I knew what it was like. Not the case.)
So yeah, even though you've had a baby before, it's still a completely different pregnancy and new set of symptoms to throw you off.
You're totally having a girl! OK, I actually AM a scientist and I know there's no evidence for this. But seriously, I had WAY worse morning sickness with my boy than with my girl. FWIW.
I only ever had one child, but MY SISTER had three - two girls and then a boy - and guess which pregnancy was NOTICABLY different symptom-wise?? RIGHT! The boy! So I predict this is all b/c you're having A GIRL this time.
Is me thinking of getting pregnant just so I can eat twice as many double-stuffed oreos a bad idea? Because I'm tempted. :)
Jules
House of Jules
Dude, I'm 10 days late, my boobs hurt, I'm weepy, I'm breaking out, and I CANNOT STOP EATING. Test I took last week said "negative, fat ass." I think otherwise.
Your post gave me hope, is what I am trying to say.
Although, yeah, I think I'd feel more confident that the test was wrong if I was puking all the time instead of stuffing my face with english muffin pizzas.
First preg--craved soda and those horrible pink coconut covered marshmallowy dingdong thingies. Snowballs, I think they are called. Ate fifty million of them. Surprised son didnt' come out pink-coconut covered and carbonated. Also, extremely tired all the time and very emotional and should not have been allowed around people.
Second preg- Ate my own weight in french fries and Big Macs. Up to that point (age 34), I could have taken or left a Big Mac, they were not my fave. But during preg? Seriously, the child's bloodstream must have been filled with special sauce. No lie. Was still tired, but not as bad as with first preg. But the chesties? OhThePainandTorment of the chesties!!! They hurt sitting in my bra. They hurt without my bra. They hurt when I breathed. It was horrible. Worst symptom ever. And I was so emotional ALLTHETIME that my husband calmly looked at me one day and said, "No more babies for you."
With both, very little nausea, no throwing up at all, hair/nail/ear wax production up 200%.
Wasn't going to repeat what other people said but why the heck not..
1. You are still early, I NEVER had symptoms until around 7 weeks, then the puking festival was all around my party!
2. In my humble, 2 baby experience, less puking + more eating = GIRL!!!! Yeah!!!!
Extreme polar differences between #1 and #2. Like you, I lost weight the first time around and was a constant eater the second time. Also like you, my first was a boy, so maybe all the eating means you'll have a girl... or maybe just a baby with a HUGE appetite. My baby girl out eats her big brother any day and she's one and he's six!
I have to go google 'cauliflower and broccoli gratin (with ham!)' because YUM that sounds good.
First son, sick, sick, and more sick, craved citrus...second son, no sickness, no nausea, but pain and cramps, craved cheetos and apple slices and and oh my, earwax unlimited, so bad at times I could not hear...both beautiful babies! congrats pregalah!
Um..I eat like that after I go to the gym...does that make you feel better? No? okay then, I am going to go eat some cheese and jam-together-ssooooo good!
#1 (girl) - not sick at all but very sore boobies
#2 (boy) - sick but pain-free
I think the soreness went away because I'd already breastfed my first. But the sickness? Who knows! Lots of my mommy friends say every pregnancy is different.
With both my kids I was sure at first that the pregnancy was all in my head. I feared my first doctor's appointment and kept qualifying my statements with "I THINK I'm pregnant." The nurses kept incredulously asking me if I had taken a pregnancy test or not? Of course, but still...
also? My main pregnancy symptom that I'm hoping you will disucss in future posts? Complete air-headedness.
Also extremely different pregnancies experienced over here - but, less eating plus less throwing up = girl, and eat everything not securely nailed down and throw up constantly = boy.
Clearly there is no merit whatsoever in any of these theories and the only answer would be having at least three of each sex yourself and figuring out what applies to you!
I ate like crazy first pregnancy, and have lost this time. It just happens like that.
I'm there too!
(I'm trying not to be insulted you forgot about me) sob.
I have 3 children, all boys, and all 3 pregnancies were completely different from each other. No Nausea the first time, slight nausea for a few weeks and extreme nausea the 3rd time through 16 weeks. Just like every baby is different, every pregnancy can be different.
It's totally ok.
Sorry, that would be slight nausea the 2nd time...
Dude, you are totally making me hungry! :)
1st pregnancy: no nausea, just non-stop hunger cmbined with major food aversions. Gained 70 pounds.
2nd pregnancy: non-stop nausea for the first trimester. Gained 35 pounds.
I have two girls.
Yeah, all 4 of my pregnancies were different. And while I had queasiness during the 1st trimester it turned off like a switch after 3 months. Weird. The only time I had the pukies is for my very 1st pregnancy which didn't end happily.
Don't worry if you don't feel sick and your boobs don't hurt. I'm sure everything is moving along swimmingly! :o) But thats no reason not to make your doctor earn his astronomical pay. Good luck!
My wife made me read this entry. Where I was only mildly concerned before, I'm now quite terrified.
But I'm sure you'll be fine. When you get the ultrasound? That's lube, not jelly. Just sayin'.
No morning sickness here! I ate like horse with my son. Food 24/7 all-the-time, gimme more! Of course, I paid the price by topping out at 200 lbs when I gave birth. It was so worth it though - I had some really good food! =)
Lesseee...I never had morning sickness at all, I only had tenderness, say, once a week or so, on average, and I ate like I did when I was a teenager. The only difference between pregnant vs. normal was I really really enjoyed chocolate. So I wouldn't worry.
Like so many people have already said, 2 pregnancies and they were very different in some respects. #1 - 3 weeks of morning sickness and then poof it was gone. I ate blocks of cheddar cheese...like BLOCKS of CHEESE! I couldn't get enough cheese. And I couldn't stand the sight or smell of cooking meat #2 - mild morning sickness for a few months, no cooked/ing meat in the house, lots of weird reactions to normal smells, but no cheese fetish. And my boobs were barely sore and nowhere near as big as with the first one.
Okay so
1.) You are hilarious
2.) I am not pregnant and I ate a 16 piece dark chocolate godiva box in 2 days (yes it took 2 days)
3.) I was only pregnant once so I have no comparisions but I couldn't eat my first trimester so I think that means you are having a girl (since you and I lost weight with a boy)
Began reading when you just had Noah - on my bday - and now AM PREGO with first! 8 weeks! I concur with the hunger. There is no in between - RAVENOUS or full. Also the cramping - had it! Sore boobs, check, but no sickness of any kind. Hooray!