do you eat 3 meals/day?

I'm trying to avoid nausea, low blood sugar and dehydration so i eat about every 3 hours. It's truly not helping with the nausea. Trying to keep it healthy...apple, sting cheese, granola bar, milk. Eating three meals/day would still provide enough calories for baby. I'm 7.5 weeks. Just curious, are you girls eating frequently or 3 times/day?

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pretty much 3xs a day with an occasional snack in between.
somedays i'll have no snacks and some days i'll have almonds or some fruit or a smoothie from GNC....
it all depends what i packed for myself...

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I snack during the day...sometimes I have 3 meals, sometimes I don't. I just go by how I'm feeling that day!

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At least But I haven't had to deal with the nausea so I'm no help there. I have read that eating small meals throughout the day may help, but I'm sure it depends on you.

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sssshhhhhh.... it's my GD secret... I'm supposed to eat 4-5 small meals a day, and at best I eat lunch, dinner, and 2 small snacks (yogurt or a chocolate milk).... and I'm 37 weeks!

when I was in my first trimester, I usually ate lunch and dinner only... I drank a lot, but definitely didn't eat properly and I DID sometimes get light-headed becuase of my bad behavior.....

so eat small meals frequently, but just try your best

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usually yes, but it depends on the day
sometimes i have 5 meals; sometimes 2

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Not even CLOSE.

With my son I ate about every 2 days...seriously..

Now with this baby I try to eat more, smaller meals but Im still only getting 2 meals on a Good day.

I have hyperemesis ( severe m/s) and really most foods give me this strange aversion, like I couldnt eat them if paid good money to.

I try to stay hydrtaed, thats my biggest concern.

This scared me to death with my first, but he is healthy as a horse, so I have tried not to freak this time and eat when I can and whatever I can.


HTH

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no, it's definitely a day by day thing. some days i have zero appetite and DH has to remind me to get in my calories and other days it's like a million little meals. I'm all over the place.

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Keep healthy snacks around and eat whenever you're hungry.

Don't feel you need to eat any amount of time per day or you may just end up overeating like I did at the very beginning. :(

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I ususally do. I used to be really bad about eating lunch, I get so busy at work that by the time I think about it, it's so late already. Now, I make sure that if I haven't brought lunch with me, I go out and grab something. I'll also have a couple of snacks during the day. Usually fruit.

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I eat 3 meals w/one snack around 3pm. The "quality" of the snack depends on what I've eaten before that...so basically, if I've eaten a healthy bfast and a healthy lunch the snack is something like a cookie

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I eat more than 3x a day, no doubt! I have breakfast at about 6:30 and by 9:30 I am having a snack. Lunch at about 11:30/12:00 and then an afternoon snack. Dinner about 6:00 and then an evening snack. I have quite the appetite!!

ETA: My snacks can be anything from a yogurt to a handful of pretzels. I have found that I feel much better if I don't let my stomach get empty.

Message edited 9/9/2008 9:14:45 AM.

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I have Hypoglycemia therefore I have to eat at least something every three hours...if I wait longer than that...I get lightheaded and dizzy and feel like I will pass out.

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I think it is better to eat healthy snacks all day long instead of the regimented 3 meals.

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i eat about 5x per day.

I eat a fruit in the morning, then cereal with milk at 10 then lunch around 1 and then a snack at 3 and then dinner at 6 and maybe a dessert

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During the week I eat three meals a day with a snack ( usually fruit) at 10:00 and again around 4:00 to hold me over inbetween. I am 15 and a half weeks and this week I feel like I am starving. On the weekends I usually have 2 meals and snacks inbetween

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I tend to eat a smaller meals more often, except on the weekends when I'm busy - but then I get tired more easily.

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During the week, I eat every few hours (usually 3 meals with some small snacks in between). On the weekends, I tend to just eat 2-3 meals per day.

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I'm pretty consistent with 3 meals a day and then ice cream before bed. Can't survive without the ice cream.

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If I am working-- I eat 3 meals a day... If it's a day off or a weekend, it depends on what I am doing.

That said, I always have snacks with me... so, I eat throughout the day. It just depends if I am actually having a "meal".

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Well I am past MS now so I do eat 3 meals with snacks in between (fruit, veggies, pretzels and PB -depending how hungry I am)....now that I am 16 weeks I am hungry 24/7 so I have to eat little snacks here and there.

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I graze all day long... no real meals for me I just snack on whatever sounds good and will stay down.