Feeling Shamed

So for the most part, I like to think my diet is pretty good.

Breakfast usually looks like scrambled eggs with spinach (and or tomato); eggs with broccoli and cauliflower or rye biscuits with avocado and tomato.

Lunch is usually a salad or whatever I’m feeling at the time.

And dinner is usually either meat/fish and veggies; stir fry; pasta dishes.

I’m not going hungry and my iron levels etc are in good shape as they were recently tested.

Occasionally I have this strong desire for a cheeseburger or some kind of fast food or a soda.

When this has happened, I’ve received these lectures “you shouldn’t be eating that, you’re pregnant you know” or “no wonder you’re getting fat” Uh no Karen, I’m 27 weeks pregnant.

And it’s just this whole thing, one person tells me my bump is too small for where I’m at for this stage not the pregnancy. Then next minute I’m being told I’m too fat.

You’re not eating enough, you’re eating too much.

You’re eating the wrong vegetables (my usual vegetables were sweet potato; asparagus; egg plant; squash; zucchini; capsicum; carrots; peas; corn; cauliflower and broccoli) and i should be eating better.

And now i have this cloud hanging over me that I’ve eaten the wrong foods for my baby and I just feel so lost.