The Midnite Cravings - Avoid or Indulge?

My pregnancy books state that it is a perfectly good idea to have some snacks at the bedside to eat before getting out of bed in the morning or while in bed before going to sleep. But then I realized the advice was for those suffering from nausea, which usually just occurs in the first trimester. What's my excuse? I am now in my third trimester and don't (thankfully) have even a stitch of morning sickness. But I want to eat something, especially in the late hours of the night.  I want just one last food item before I sleep. It's not that I am particularly hungry, rather I feel it's my right to load up on one more thing before the long hours of the sleeping night stretch upon me. I am talking about 11 o'clock at night.  Never would I consume food at such an hour in my non-pregnant state. The pounds would pack up quickly as a result. But now that I am hugely pregnant, I feel late night snacking just goes with the territory.  Am I taking advantage of my pregnancy to overeat?  Last night it was a mug (ok, it was a bowl) of cereal topped with flaxseed and a peach. Even though that sounds healthy, it carries a lot calories. No wonder my stomach is huge...my stomach muscles have been atrophied from the fourth meal I consume!  The night before, it was the rest of my Hershey with Almonds bar left over from our Hersheyland outing.  The night before that it was a whole wheat pancake spread with crunchy peanut butter.  I eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and two snacks. Everything is healthy and nutritious, for the most part. Lunch, for example, has been a sardine sandwich on whole wheat bread, lettuce, hummus, and cheddar cheese. And now this 11PM feast.  I don't need all this food!  And once the baby pops out, I will have this stomach to deal with. By the way, the sardine sandwich and flaxseed, is my attempt to get my Omega 3's in. Unfortunately, sardines leave a very unpleasant taste in the mouth. I address that problem with chocolate. Yes, chocolate does the trick. Yet, I just defeated the purpose of having the sardines in the first place. And flaxseed is like eating finely ground cardboard.  I need the milk and sweet cereal and fruit to overwrite it. Ice cream and chocolate have been my nemeses this pregnancy. At least the heat of summer is over and I am no longer reaching for the ice cream container. But Hersheyland got me back on my chocolate fixation, and I am craving it everyday. Dipped in peanut butter is even better. Stop it! I have to give it up or I will still look pregnant even after I'm not!