Eating for Two, Feeling Like One Big Question Mark
(Nutrition During Pregnancy – no rules, just real life.)
No one tells you how emotional food becomes when you’re pregnant.
It’s not just cravings or aversions.
It’s the weird guilt when you eat too much.
The panic when you eat too little.
The confusion when a food you loved last week now makes you gag just thinking about it.
In my first trimester, all I wanted was plain toast and sour apples.
Every time someone said “eat more protein,” I smiled politely while secretly chewing on saltines for dinner.
Then came the second trimester —
The part they call the honeymoon phase, as if I suddenly turned into a glowing goddess with a balanced plate.
Nope.
I still forgot to eat lunch.
Still stared into the fridge wondering what might not make me nauseous.
Still googled “can I eat brie cheese if it’s baked?” at 11PM.
But something shifted around week 22.
One morning, after a night of leg cramps and a long cry over the smell of garlic, I got up and said:
“Okay. Enough. Let’s try again.”
I filled a little tray with almonds, banana slices, and those oat bars I used to eat in college.
I poured a glass of oat milk.
I took my prenatal vitamin before I got too busy to remember.
And I sat down.
Not scrolling.
Not rushing.
Just… eating.
It wasn’t a perfect breakfast.
But it was fuel.
It was care.
It was me trying again.
Since then, I’ve stopped thinking in meals and started thinking in moments.
I keep a little snack pouch in my bag now — with dried fruit, trail mix, and my “emergency crackers.”
I meal prep, kind of — just enough to know there’s something green in the fridge I won’t hate.
And the pill organizer?
Changed my life.
I don’t care how “grandma” it looks — at least now I remember my magnesium before the cramps kick in.
I’m not eating for two.
I’m nourishing one growing life,
and the one carrying it — me.
Both matter.
Daily Snack Pouch A small, soft organizer I fill with grab-and-go snacks for “hangry” moments and hospital waiting rooms. Keeps me human.
Pill Organizer for Moms: Because remembering my prenatal, magnesium, DHA and iron shouldn’t feel like a puzzle. One glance. One click. One sigh of relief.