Cravings/Aversions

Hey ladies - no real point to this thread other than a place to share our food cravings and aversions this time around.

So far for me I find I'm avoiding dairy - milk and yogurt hold no appeal to me. I am, however, eating tons of cheese - it's one of the things I missed most while on the diet!

I find that most of the time I reach for fruit when it comes to snacking - particularly grapes. I would get hopeful that this could be a sign I'm having a girl, except I've craved fruit in all of my pregnancies. Lest anyone think I'm eating healthy all the time, I must admit I had half a bag of salt & vinegar peanuts last night and a whole bag of chips a couple of nights before :oops:

Great and fun idea for a thread!

I did want to point out there is no way to tell gender from pregnancy cravings and aversions, so I don't want anyone to panic or obsess over what you are craving (or not). Some people crave the exact same things in every pg regardless of baby's gender, others crave different things in every pg and are pg with the same gender every time...there is no pattern to it. It's all about what your body thinks you need and also what you're in the mood for.

It is totally fun to talk about but I just don't want anyone to read too much into it!

with my first pregnancy I completely went off fish, the sight of it and smell of it made me nauseous. I became rather fond of potatoes (especially rostis) but wouldn't say I craved them.

second pregnancy I didn't even chance the fish, I just took omega 3 supplements instead. Raspberries tasted so delicious to me too, especially from 2nd tri. I didn't have any other particular cravings, though, as I'd been taking a multivit the whole time.

I completely went off tea both times!

Oh yes, I forgot to mention that another craving I'm having that I share with my other two pregnancies is pasta. Particularly pasta with tomato sauce and lots of parmesan...either vegetarian or a nice Bolognese sauce.

It's funny that I'm eating so much of it now because pasta is pretty much all I ate for my 5 months on the diet, so you'd think I'd be sick of it! At least I can have a nice, big portion now and not measure it out every time. I'm also enjoying eating real pasta again after all that rice pasta I was eating.

Also, thanks for the reminder not to obsess about gender and food cravings, atomic. If we thought the 2WW was long, the 20WW until we find out the gender is killer! I think it's natural for us to obsess about every old wives tale we've ever heard, but it's important not to take any of it too seriously.

Pregnancy cravings and aversions passed me by with my first 3 pregnancies! I think this is because I generally crave food all day long anyway (pregnant or not!) and I never had any morning sickness.

To begin with this time around I craved fruit - grapes, strawberries and pineapple, but I'm over this now! I find I can stomach most things even if the idea isn't very appealing - I don't ever fancy the idea of a cup of tea but if somebody makes me one I'll happily drink it! This week I'm mostly eating Sugar Puffs (very bad!) and this evening I've eaten way too much toffee popcorn!

With my 1st pg....I could not stand the smell of eggs!! :thumbsdown: But with 2nd,3rd and 4th I craved eggs....weird huh! With all 3 of my 1st pg's I loved spicy foods...I could not get enough!! With pg #4 I craved pasta's, salads,fruits and chicken. But I could not stand red meats and spicy foods not as much as before....and I love red meats like Hamburger, Steaks etc. With this pg's I am loving all of it!!!! I am leaning more toward pasta's and chicken.....but I love the Hamburgers at AppleBee's right now!!:heart:
And now that my m/s seems to have left the building I am craving a lot more!!

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Originally Posted by zanacal

Pregnancy cravings and aversions passed me by with my first 3 pregnancies! I think this is because I generally crave food all day long anyway (pregnant or not!) and I never had any morning sickness.

To begin with this time around I craved fruit - grapes, strawberries and pineapple, but I'm over this now! I find I can stomach most things even if the idea isn't very appealing - I don't ever fancy the idea of a cup of tea but if somebody makes me one I'll happily drink it! This week I'm mostly eating Sugar Puffs (very bad!) and this evening I've eaten way too much toffee popcorn!

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^^ That is me! Too funny! I never have the urge but when my hubby shows up with a cup, I'll drink it! I also crave fruits...apples in particular. I craved them with DS1, but had no fruit cravings with 2 and 3. The only aversion I don't have this time is ground beef, bacon, sausage, coffee.....I don't exactly want to eat this stuff, but the smell of them cooking or coffee brewing doesn't bother me in the slightest. And this would be why I'm finding out in 3 weeks....LOL....too many things different this time and I KNOW I'll be expecting a girl in 27w time;)

I forgot to mention fizzy drinks - Fanta and 7Up in particular ... and we're all out and I'm really, really thirsty! I'll just have to have something else! Oh, and I hate the thought of fish (but again, I have eaten it recently lol!). We like our food hey DM?!

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Originally Posted by zanacal

I forgot to mention fizzy drinks - Fanta and 7Up in particular ... and we're all out and I'm really, really thirsty! I'll just have to have something else! Oh, and I hate the thought of fish (but again, I have eaten it recently lol!). We like our food hey DM?!

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That would be an understatement...... :rofl: for ME ;)