Am I eating enough?

Question

Hey everyone, when I found out I was pregnant I started eating a bit more to make sure I was getting enough. I had put on at least 5kg by about 15 weeks. After my appointment with the midwife she I could gain about 10kg more I know a lot of this weight will be at the end so I cut down on meals mainly crabs & portion sizes. How do I know if I'm still eating enough though? A day for me would be...
-2 x weet-bix with honey & lite milk
-banana
-nutrition shake
-cruskets with whole avacardo (for lunch)
-yogurt
-vita weets with Vegemite 
-dinner (stirfry,spaghetti,rissoles & mash ect (smallish portions)

I'm pretty boring lol & eat the same thing during the day Morley days! Is this enough?? Opinions please😊 Thanks so much!!

Answer

Honestly at my prenatal classes they said you don't need any extra calories in the first trimester. In the second tri you only need 300 to 350 extra calories (which is like... 2 glasses of milk and a bowl of oatmeal or something). And third tri an extra 500 calories. 
Of course that is starting from a healthy BMI. If you were underweight before you need more. If you were overweight you need less. 
Honestly, my whole pregnancy I have just eaten when I am hungry and I've gained a healthy amount of weight. And I was worried because eating how I normally eat my whole life it wasn't until about a year before I got pregnant that my BMI was considered "healthy". I'm just very tall and slim and so was around 17.5/18 BMI until I was 24 and got married to a good cook 😉. I was excited to be a BMI of 19 before getting pregnant. Anyways, I was worried I'd struggle to gain weight like I had all my life but just eating when I was hungry I gained just the right amount by each appointment. I think by 24 weeks I'd only gained 5 pounds but I have gained 30 pounds now at 1 day overdue.

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Just listen to your body! It will tell you when it needs food :) it will also tell you when it's too much food.

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Download the MyFitnessPal app you can program it for pregnancy and it will keep track of everything you eat. First tri there's no extra calories needed and second tri it's 300 extra

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Eat when you need to. Your body will point you in the right direction.

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I wouldn't worry so much about it. The baby's gonna get what baby needs :)

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See... even my nails were all mangled from lack of nutrition!

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