So everything I've ever read says lots of small meals all day long is the best way to handle the pregnancy hunger.

I've tried that. It does NOT work for me.

I get SO hungry SO quickly... woe to anyone who is with me near a mealtime. It's not pretty. I have tried managing this with frequent high protein snacks -- precooked chicken, nuts, peanut butter crackers, hard boiled eggs... etc. But for some reason, unless I eat a TON of food all at once, (that also involves a lot of carbs) I only feel more hungry and eventually, nauseated.

What's up with this? It does eventually taper off toward the halfway point of the pregnancies.. but sheesh.

My grocery bill has been insane lately. I stocked up on a bunch of healthy frozen meals so I'd have something quick, easy, healthy and really filling to stuff my face with when the hunger strikes. I've also found myself in the Chick Fil A drive thru line more often than I'd like to admit lately when I'm caught off guard by the hunger out and about at lunchtime.

At least the issue I've had with Ben has never really repeated itself. With him, the hunger used to strike all the time in the middle of the night and I'd be up every two hours eating. There was a point with him where I was eating three breakfasts.

Yikes!