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I thought in the first trimester you were supposed to be too nauseous to care about food much. Instead, my body appears to be screaming "FEED ME!" You only need another 300cal a day or so, and your metabolism is more efficient; so why is my stomach insisting on being fed more? Quite aside from my mother's bizarre "27 pounds" mantra ("You can't gain more than 27 lbs!" Oddly specific number), I don't want to gain more weight than I need to, and since I'm heavy to begin with I don't need to gain much.

Also, having been through the whole PCOS thing, I'm skeptical of my body's demands for food. It often thinks it wants more than it needs. I'm still on Glucophage (I rang my old endocrinologist, as there's no definitive opinion on metformin in pregnancy, and asked her: she said take through first trimester. Some say stop, some say take all the way through as it also lowers gestational diabetes risk; she seems to be opting for the middle path. Hence me arguing with GP. I'm still a bit worried though--not just about miscarriage and diabetes, but because before Glucophage I had elevated testosterone levels and I'm worried about how that might affect the baby if it came back. Useless asking the GP about it--and I don't know who to ask as it's both an endocrine and a fetal development question.. If I actually get to see any of the consultants at the hospital, they might, or at least know who would. (In the UK, your prenatal care and the birth are mainly handled by midwives. You only see the consultant obstetrician if it's a complex case.)

(Eaten bowl of cheerios; hopefully that will stave it off for a bit. Meanwhile, Ziggy is trying to bite my toes.)