18wks and can barely eat already?

Okay see I am really not complainin....well...maybe a little.  I just got to where I can eat food again, and now it seems my stomach(or pouch) won't hold near what it did.  I can eat a cheese stick(1 oz) and I'm full.  Is that normal this early?  Its odd.  I do worry she won't get enough, but then again, I am still plus sized, so maybe this will keep the weight gain down.  I'm sure the doctors will be thrilled...

Also...is it normal to hear her HB above the belly button already?  Thats where I'm finding it.  I know by 20 wks it should be even with your belly button and this is my first.  I know it could be an echo...but its strange.  What do ya'll think?  I go back to the doctor on the 7th of Dec and will definitely ask then but what do you all think?

It's normal I assume... Cuz I eat very small portions and I am full... like a cheese stick...  but an hour I am hungry again... I drink plenty of water and eat when I am hungry and both my babies are growing... So even though we dont eat a lot as long as we do eat I can't see anything wrong with that... Some times I can eat more and others I pick... I am also large still so I keep losing weight but it's finally slowing down. But my belly is growing and the babies are as well... Just ask your doctor to double check... take care :)

 

Chrissy

I am 15 weeks and some days I feel like I can eat a horse and others, like tonight for dinner I was lucky to get 2 oz in. I had about 4 small forkfuls of pot roast and the same of mashed potatoes (about 1/4 cup of food) and I was done.

Oh and Laying in bed this morning I can feel the top of my uterus about 2 inches below my belly button - I am picking up the heartbeat about 1/2 below my belly button. I guess I'll see exactly where the baby is with my ultrasound in 2 weeks.

The food issue....I will say is normal. I just saw my surgeon last week and bought it up cause I thought it was just because I got preggo so early. He said nope, its normal. Baby is pushing up and all your organs and insides are going up to and its causing crowding and squishing pouchy.

HB near the belly button..that I am not sure. I just this done on Wednesday and the dr had to have me unbutton my pants because baby girl was only slightly above my pelvic bone and I was 18 weeks. She had a strong heartbeat of 151 bmp. But when they did the u/s they were looking at my belly button so I dont know whats going on. I say ask on the 7th.

Simone

oh wow.. I hadn't heard of this ... glad I read this post! I didn't know the amount you could eat would lessen with pregnancy.. Im 2 years out and can eat a decent amount. Interesting... who else has this? Im fascinated... tell me more!!

I actually had to have my band released all the way at about 10 weeks because I couldnt even eat yogurt.  I never thought the hormones would change the restriction quite that much!

I'm thinking its the baby moving up and pushing all the organs out of the way that is causing the restriction.  But yeah.  There are days I can eat like a horse, and others where its like just after surgery again.  Which is why I laugh when people worry about me gaining weight.  The more she moves up, the more I'll probably have to supplement with protein shakes just to get food. 

Okay...I figured out that my uterus is at the belly button.  I heard her HB this morning in my belly button(LOL)...so I'm guessing she is there.  Maybe she is just smart & advanced!  I dunno.  It'd be nice if I could claim I was farther along than I am...but oh well.