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The reason why pregnant people are hungry often

Pregnancy is very common because the body is using extra energy to feed both mother and baby. The main reasons are:

- Hormones change.

- Hormones during pregnancy affect appetite, make you feel hungry more often or want to eat something.

- The body needs more energy. Especially during trimester 2-3, the body needs energy for infant growth, placenta, amniotic fluid and changes of the mother body.

- Blood sugar decreases quickly.

- Some pregnant people will feel hungry because the body burns faster and sugar levels swing easily.

- You grow up, press your stomach, and you can eat a little at a time, but you're full soon, so you're hungry again.

- Little sleep or tiredness. Fatigue can stimulate appetite, too.

How to help reduce healthy frequent hunger:

- Eat smaller meals, but more often.

- Increase protein and fiber such as eggs, nuts, fish, vegetables, fruits.

Carry a useful snack.

- Drink enough water because the body is sometimes confused between hungry and thirsty.

But if unusually hungry, together with:

- Weight up so fast.

- Often thirsty.

- Abnormal frequent urination.

- Dizzy. Hands shaking.

Should consult a doctor because it may be related to gestational diabetes.

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