Let's Talk Aversions

[theatre4life]

Is there anything that you normally like, but all of a sudden can't stand? (Either the smell or the taste of.)

For me, I cannot stand the smell of delivered pizza (Dominoes, Pizza Hut, local joints, etc.). The mere smell of them makes me so nauseous. (I normally love pizza.) Though thankfully, I am okay if I made it at home - my own dough and everything. Also, I have a weird aversion to potato chips. None of them taste right.

[narockshard]

So many things in the first tri...veggies, salads, chicken (that I would make). One that has stuck though is bacon. I'm just not liking it like I used to.

And lately, no dinner ideas that I'm coming up with sound appealing to me. I just want to go out for every meal or not eat at all, besides my sugary cereal when I get home lol.

[bowies]

Anything that is spiced, especially if it's chicken. H made cajun chicken the other night and I got through one bite before I wanted to hurl. Something like lemon chicken is perfectly OK.

Toothpaste remains my number one nemesis. The smell of microwaved popcorn is a close second.

[Deleted]

In the first tri, I could eat plain bread and cereal and that was about it. Everything made me feel like crap. I was in the 2nd tri when the aversions started to fade and the 3rd tri before I could really eat what I liked before. It was really awful because normally I love eating and for most of the pregnancy, all of the joy of good food was gone.

[blushing]

My first pregnancy was chicken for the entire pregnacy. Just the thought of chicken made me gag.

There is nothing definite this time yet. I have gone off pasta (I discovered this last night when I made spaghetti bolognese), but don't know how long this will last. I am now just eating the sauce without the pasta or having it with a baked potato.

[picksthemusic]

Chicken and bacon for the most part... Meat, really. And scrambled eggs.

[loira]

blushing, I've developed a weird aversion to pasta too. You'd think it would be a fairly inoffensive food...

[robinsbff]

i never really had any. just definite preferences. if some food/item/drink didn't sound good to me at the time i didn't eat/drink it. there were things i definitely preferred though - mac and cheese, cheerios, chicken nuggets, etc.

[runblondie26]

Feb 20, 2014 13:04:44 GMT -5 @charky said:

Pretty much all food from 5 weeks to 9 weeks.

That's awesome! And I mean that in the nicest way

I'm so glad to see you posting here. Congrats girl!

[pinotgrig]

theatre4life - your aversion makes me so sad! I hope it gets better soon.

My aversions in early 1st tri changed daily but none seem to have stuck around to this point (23w).

[magdala]

Raw onions...it makes cooking interesting because every recipe we make seems to include onions.

[nessness]

Another vote for chicken and scrambled eggs. Other aversions come and go, but those are pretty constant.

[Yankees21]

My whole pregnancy has been meat. I can handle it if it's shredded into very small pieces or something, but I haven't had a full piece of chicken or burger since getting pregnant. Good thing most of it hasn't been during grilling season!

[kermit]

No real aversions, but it's harder to make myself eat stuff that I normally ate before. Like a normal dinner used to be either a turkey or salmon burger with steamed mixed veggies and maybe pasta. Now that just doesn't sound good, though I could eat it if I had to. I've been having cereal or oatmeal with fruit and greek yogurt for dinner a lot because the meals I used to make just don't seem great anymore. Though when I take the time to make something more time consuming on weekends it's fabulous.

[jewel]

Coffee It was actually my first symptom. I got a big Starbucks drink and usually slurp it down quickly. Over the course of a few hours, I'd only had a couple of sips. I just had no interest in it. I knew something was off, and got a BFP that night (after a BFN that morning).

I don't have any terrible aversions to anything, but most normal food doesn't sound good to me anymore (meat, vegetables, etc). I won't even say what my diet looks like now....

[IndiaInk]

Red wine smells HORRIBLE to me, and beer too. It's not really a hardship since I'm not drinking while pregnant, obviously. But I used to love red wine and now I have to sit on the other side of the room when DH is drinking it because it smells so putrid.

[radical]

Feb 20, 2014 15:10:23 GMT -5 jewel said:

Coffee It was actually my first symptom. I got a big Starbucks drink and usually slurp it down quickly. Over the course of a few hours, I'd only had a couple of sips. I just had no interest in it. I knew something was off, and got a BFP that night (after a BFN that morning).

I don't have any terrible aversions to anything, but most normal food doesn't sound good to me anymore (meat, vegetables, etc). I won't even say what my diet looks like now....

My biggest has been coffee too! From like 7-9 weeks, the thought made my mouth water like I could puke any second. I also hated the smell. I can smell it now but I still have no desire to drink it. It sound so disgusting!

Almost every night, dinner doesn't sound good but I eat it anyways. Usually just because I don't want it, doesn't mean I can force myself to eat it. Only a couple times have I had to stop eating something. Like pulled BBQ chicken sandwiches. Barf!

[hbear]

Right now I'm very anti garlic.

Lots of things don't sound good to me now, but the past week or so garlic is killing me.

Food aversions are no joke!!

[shaynaatl]

Thai food is my absolute favorite, but I've lost interest in it since becoming pg. I'm hoping the craving comes back afterwards!

[Odonata]

Water. Plain water. And it even has an odor now!

I gag thinking about ice cubes.

[Alwaysabridesmaidf]

I have food aversions to...food. Seriously I can't think about what I am eating. I can't cook. I can't even look at recipes or food pictures without wanting to through up. Cereal, yogurt and bread are the only things that ever "appeal" to me.

[starlily]

Chicken, unless it's diced or shredded and hidden in something like a taco or sandwich.

Cooked fish.

Mushrooms, unless they are hidden in a sauce.

Milk unless it's in coffee.

[Blue Moon]

I can't stand the sight or smell of a pork chop, which I tolerated fine pre pregnancy. Butternut squash is also revolting.

[scribellesam]

Apparently coffee, which is crazy because I'm normally a 2 cup daily drinker, religiously. But I've skipped it the last two days because it just sounded unappetizing.

I also made tomato soup for dinner a few nights ago, took one sip, and practically gagged. So I guess veggies too. And eggs and meat, particularly meat on a bone.

[cowboyjoe]

The only real one I've had was alcohol.

DH has graciously given up his whiskey drinking.

[jewel]

Feb 20, 2014 15:47:29 GMT -5 radical said:

Feb 20, 2014 15:10:23 GMT -5 jewel said:

My biggest has been coffee too! From like 7-9 weeks, the thought made my mouth water like I could puke any second. I also hated the smell. I can smell it now but I still have no desire to drink it. It sound so disgusting!

Almost every night, dinner doesn't sound good but I eat it anyways. Usually just because I don't want it, doesn't mean I can force myself to eat it. Only a couple times have I had to stop eating something. Like pulled BBQ chicken sandwiches. Barf!

Well you are a better person than I, LOL. It didn't really even occur to me to force myself to eat a regular dinner, although I'm sure I could.

As evidenced by the artichoke dip and sour dough bread that I am currently eating for dinner

[mrspost08]

Chocolate tastes terrible to me. Chocolate was a must have every day & now I can't handle the taste.

Sweets in general are a no go for me now.

[chedominique]

The smell of pizza and newspaper so far.

[sunshine608]

Onions. OMG onions cause me to be so emotional ( the thought makes me shuddder and seeing them in my food has caused tears more than once) They just taste so nasty. It started in the first tri and has not let up. I used to love onions too. Chickfila and french fries as well.

In the first tri I had a lot more- coffee, eggs and there was a 4 week period where I couldn't eat any meat.

[katinthehat]

coffee, eggs, and pho