Stomach growling in the middle of the night!

[Ebabe25]

This sounds like a silly question. Lately I've been waking up like 3am ish and my stomach is growling. And yet I have a healthy bredkest,lunch and dinner and a snack in the middle of the day. But is till don't understand why this keep happening? I know it's normal. I just got my period the other day and that can tend to make you crave for food at times. I know like I said before it's silly question but any ideas?

[Kramapple]

This happens to me as well regardless of if I eat a huge feast or nothing at all. My solution for the past year has been a casein protein shake at night. Casein takes longer to digest so you won't get the hunger feeling during the night.

Casein is also found in milk so if the protein shake isn't for you then perhaps a glass of milk at night would help.

[TheOneTurv]

Mine does that all the time. I have no idea why, maybe you're hungry? Try drinking cold water when it happens it usually cures mind when it growls

[ColdFeet]

That's hunger. Cravings aren't hunger so I guess it has very little to do with your period.

I don't think it's a question of why is your stomach rumbling but more why are you waking up. If I wake up in the middle of the night it's logical if my stomach rumbles. It's been many hours since I ate, we just normally sleep through it I guess.

[Paris13]

You haven't said yet if you are hungry in the middle of the nite...

[Paris13]

Sounds like gas rumbling around inside, sweetie. If you are not hungry in the middle of the nite, then it sounds like this. You also mentioned your period had come on, so this also will cause some gas before and during. You said "lately." Are you sure it isn't "hunger pains?":))xx

[Ebabe25]

Hunger pains? never heard of that?

[Paris13]

Oh, yes...they call it "hunger pangs," maybe that is what I should have said..I'm so sorry, where is my mind today? Pangs, not pains...Just hungry, and---"craving for something good in the middle of the night or just whenever hungry.:))xx

[kenzigirl]

this has happened to bme before too. a lot of people don't know this, but your body uses a lot of its energy when you're sleeping

i can't say why you're waking up in the wee hours of the morning, but the being hungry thing is wayy normal. just your body doing its job (:

[gostar]

This started happening to me more frequent when I began to go to university. I think it has something to do with stress. Like when we're stressed, some or most people turn to food. I guess when we get stressed over homeworks we need to finish, our stomach thinks we need to eat something. But this is just a theory though.

[sammy_31]

That happens to me right before I go to sleep, sometimes I just drink water. Enough to make my appetite go away but not SO much to wake me up during the middle of the night.

[Ebabe25]

i stay away from SODA

[sammy_31]

That's good! I do TOO, I don't drink it anymore. :)

[yawst]

You might not be eating something filling. Perhaps consort a doctor rather than us.