Struggling to Eat in My First Trimester – Is It Harmful to the Baby?

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Hi, I’m in my first trimester and have no appetite. I feel hungry, but when I eat, I get nauseous and feel like I’m about to vomit. I can barely eat anything. My concern is for the baby—could this be harmful? Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Tbf the first 11 weeks baby is fed off of the yolk sac so u not eating won’t effect baby to much however u should still eat even in small quantities as u need all the energy,fat and vitamins in ur body right now growing a baby take a lot out of u so its understandable that u wont always have an appetite but try to eat even if its little nibbles here and there hydration is key tho

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Even if you eat very small amounts baby will be fine. Just try eating small amounts every hour. That way you'll get food for your body too.

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Try dry food. I literally lived off crackers and smoothies my first trimester. The smell of everything made me nauseous. If it’s really bad your dr can prescribe you meds for the nausea, or you can try some ginger and warm water.

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Thank u for this post I have been dealing with the same thing but i still make sure I eat even I wanna throw up

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I lost over 30 pounds my first trimester with my daughter. I couldn’t keep anything down to save my life and therefore couldn’t eat much. My pregnancy with her was perfect she was healthy born healthy and is now a crazy 5 year old. I had undiagnosed HG which could’ve been really dangerous I ended up in the hospital multiple times for Iv fluids from the sickness. This could’ve been really bad for myself and my daughter but we got lucky.
The first trimester can be really hard but if you’re so sick you can’t eat and when you do you vomit please please please contract your ob there are pregnancy safe sickness medications they can put you on!

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It can be yes. You and baby both need nutrition. If you are having trouble eating or keeping food down speak with your doctor.

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Same thing happening to me. My baby only likes fruits and crackers. Anything else I eat, I vomit. I been trying to eat veggies and meat. I had chicken soup around 5 and I took a nap. I woke up an hour ago feeling nauseous.

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i lost about 20 lbs my first tri but then the naseua started going away and i gained it back and now ive gained 8 more lbs so dont worry too much abiut it

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I lost 6 kgs in my first trimester and barely ate anything. I took Zofran to help me and was only able to have tiny meals and most times I’d skip meals. Just make sure you are not dehydrated even if you have to get IV fluids

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Seriously forgot what some of these people said. I have HG and am on my 4th pregnancy.. which is worse each time. As long as you can get SOMETHING in you, you’re okay!!💜 it really just starts to matter more into the 2nd & 3rd trimester with making sure you’re eating properly. Hang in there 💜

Struggling to Eat in My First Trimester – Is It Harmful to the Baby?

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