Can we talk cravings?

[stealthmom]

My first pregnancy I was all about milk and cereal.  Together and separately.

This time I can't get enough water.  And I have no consistent cravings so far, but for a while it was fruit of all kinds,  last week was tapioca pudding.  Now it's boxed cake mix and tub frosting.  dh is on his way home with it now!

[rex]

Anything chocolate. I cannot get through a day without eating it.

Frozen/really icy water.

[allibee8]

My first pregnancy it was grapefruit. And sweets. All the sweets. Even though I usually don't really do sweets at all. That was fun when I was diagnosed with GD.

This time it's sweets again but more ice cream. Maple walnut ice cream. Nom nommy nom nom.

[littlemisschatty]

I, too, craved cereal all the time. My husband says that our baby is made up of Rice Krispies HAHA! At least I was getting lots of milk.

Also, fruit and sweet juices, cottage cheese, and all the bad carbs (bagels, muffins etc). And since I was pregnant for most of summer, lots of ice cream

[Velar Fricative]

I had no cravings or aversions until about 20 weeks. Still no aversions, but I have been craving all the bad carbs in the world. Especially bread rolls with butter, bagels and ice cream. This is why most of the obscene amount of pregnancy weight I've gained won't just naturally fall off due to birth and BFing.

[vmars]

Idk if this is a craving but I need to eat protein, so I have eggs for breakfast most days and a PB&J sandwich for lunch. I also lived off strawberry jelly my 1st trimester. Now I really like Rita's chocolate coconut water ice...so nom!

[snickers]

I just really like canned fruit. Not actual fruit, the canned stuff. If I buy real fruit, I am turned off by it but I will eat one 540 ml jar of canned fruit in the run of a day and still want more. I guess it isn't the worst craving, but it's the stuff that is packed in juice. I don't have GD so I guess it's alright.

[daisy24342]

Carbs carbs carbs.......lots of bread and peanutbutter. Then fruit and sweets. Nothing too unusual I guess.

[Cricket0619]

Carbs and salt.

[kelle017]

Pizza, donuts, peanut butter cups, peanut butter and jelly (homemade jelly) sandwiches, cherry coke and fresh pineapple

[blindyswife]

Last pregnancy: MILK. I could drink glasses and glasses of white milk. And broccoli beef from my fav Chinese restaurant.

This time: Just as soon as I got past the puking all day phase I was cursed with the GD. So naturally I am craving what I can't indulge in. I want baked goods: cake, pies, cookies, pastries, donuts, etc. I've had small bites here and there so that I stay within my guidelines, but I'm excited to eat ALL THE BAKED THINGS in ONE WEEK! :-D

[BaliHai]

Carbs. Specifically cheese breadsticks from Pizza Hut. I need to stop eating them, though, because the marinara makes them for me but it gives me reflux from the 8th circle of hell.

Other than that, I just have aversions. Mainly meat and blueberries.

[redpenmama]

I have more aversions than cravings. I have had the same aversions both pregnancies: meat, especially lunch meat (during 1st tri), greasy food, anything spicy.

With my first pregnancy, I had a major sweet tooth and probably indulged more than I should. This time, I can't get enough fruit. I guess this baby has healthier tastes.

[chicago]

Big glasses of milk. And, unfortunately, fast food, particularly French fries and Taco Bell, chicken fingers. Basically my body wants all the bad things. I was eating next to no bready carbs and mostly salads/healthy when I got pg, so my body is apparently rebelling against me.

[formerlyak]

First pregnancy it was soft pretzels from the shop in the student union at UCLA (I was working there at the time). Every morning at 10:30 am when they opened, I was there.

This pg, nothing yet, but I am still way to early for that to start.

[salemsaberhagen]

Carbs and peanut butter.

[bananapancakes]

This just started for me. Yesterday I made a fried egg sandwich. I took one bite of it and had to spit it out I was gagging so much. All I want right now are carbs and fruit. I'm going to get the diabeetus, aren't I?

[browneyedgirl9]

I have had more food aversions then cravings. In the first trimester it was really bad, but getting better now in the second.

I have been craving milk, especially chocolate milk. I also have been eating at least 1-2 string cheese a day, i am obsessed with them. My other craving is Italian ice.

[chicago]

Holy moly, power of suggestion! As I'm reading all the responses, I am wanting all these new things - Italian ice?! Yes. Pineapple? Yum.

[trufflefries]

Mine changes. In first tri it was lemon water, air heads, and carbs. Fruit has been a pretty consistent craving. Right now I'm craving French fries and caramel (not together lol).

[runblondie26]

Meat and salads with lots of ranch dressing. It has to be ranch dressing, nothing else is acceptable.

I normally have a wicked sweet tooth, but sweets and heavy carbs like pasta are a real turnoff. Thinking about peanut butter makes me gag.

It's been the same with both pregnancies.

[lauren170]

1st trimester- all carbs and pizza
2nd trimester - cottage cheese and Honest Pomegranate Ade

[purplecow0206]

Aug 11, 2013 11:07:15 GMT -5 mekiakoo said:

Nothing except I want every food I see.

This is me. I've been on an ice cream kick lately, but I hear someone mention something, and it's like, "ooh, that sounds GOOD!"

[sent]

First tri - carbs, specifically mac and cheese from a box.

Second tri (now) - Chaat. It's this Indian snack/street food concoction of crispy cereals or fried dough pieces with a little bit of plain but spiced potatoes, some fresh chopped onions, and then the whole thing is smothered in a few different tangy sauces. They make some versions with yogurt and that is the one I want. The yogurt kind.

Aversions - Definitely seafood in first tri. Fish tacos sounded good last night and I wanted to order it to see if I could eat it. But my husband got so full from eating other stuff, he had no room to share fish tacos with me in case I decided that I couldn't eat them.

I'm also not feeling brunch or any gourmet restaurant menus. I just want to eat familiar stuff or just make something at home. And of course, every weekend my husband picks gourmet restaurant spots in NYC followed by brunch on Sundays.

[greencrayon]

I haven't had any cravings yet, just aversions. I'm having trouble cooking/eating meat and vegetables. Right now I mostly eat bread or bagels or cereal and drink protein shakes so that I'm getting at least a little protein.

[pbutter]

Watermelon, mustard, and horseradish. Not all together though.

[shelbyann]

Ice cream and/or milkshakes
Regular milk, but it has to be COLD
Sweet fruits like peaches, strawberries, cherries (again the colder the better)

[sweetminnesnowtan]

Milk and cereal (either separately or together)
Fresh fruit
Salads early on, though I haven't had one in awhile
Cookies, candy- pretty much need something sweet after eating a meal.

Aversions: hamburgers (unless it's from one place in our metro area- otherwise I can't stomach it) or really any ground beef. Most fried foods besides fried chicken.

[papie]

With the m/s settling in, all I am craving is sweet and salty stuff.  Olives, pickles, sour crunchy apples, chips, lemons...My teeth hurt!

[Amy]

Last pregnancy I ate bagels with cream cheese, salmon and avocado on them every day - my DH thought it was disgusting and it was one of the first things he mentioned yesterday when we got the BFP