What were your cravings?

A lot of people talk about the cravings they had in those early pregnancy days - did you have any weird ones?

I wouldn't say any of the ones I had were particularly weird - I had a phase where I wanted everything salty (French fries with extra, extra salt and brown gravy!) and then a spicy kick (subway sandwiches with a million jalapenos on them!) but those were the main ones!

What about you? What things did you crave in pregnancy?

Hmmmm.... I've been thinking about this question, and I really can't come up with anything that was a bona fide craving.

Now that said, I *do* seem to remember myself using pregnancy as an excuse to eat things I *wanted* like chocolate a little more often. Sad but true... but it worked. hehe

Funny thing is that now, when I'm *not* pregnant, I've been craving something... such a strange feeling. Bacon wrapped scallops... go figure!

During my first trimester, I had the worst craving in the middle of the night on top of a mountain miles away from town for a spicy chicken sandwich from McDonald's. I could smell, taste, and even feel the patty on my tongue. I wanted that sandwich so badly. Not a strange craving to many people, but I do not eat fast food or like anything from McDonald's.

Now that I'm in my third trimester I'm having a craving more people would consider weird: grilled cheese with chocolate sauce. Mmmm.

@Mariposa I totally get where you're coming from -- I think I too often used pregnancy as an excuse to eat more junk food than I ever would normally! I mean, lets be honest -- I could eat ice cream every day, but I know it's not a good idea for my waistline or my health...but in pregnancy it snuck in to my eating waaaay more than it should have!

I always felt irritated when pregnant so I craved for lemon water, guava and anything sour that would keep me from throwing up. There was no particular craving for a particular food, well except spicy foods that made the irritation go away.

darkchild said:
I always felt irritated when pregnant so I craved for lemon water, guava and anything sour that would keep me from throwing up. There was no particular craving for a particular food, well except spicy foods that made the irritation go away.

Sounds like your cravings were all nice and healthy! That's awesome 😀 One of my best friends also was all about sour stuff when she was pregnant - I think for much the same reason as you mentioned, that it helped keep her nausea away!

With my first pregnancy, all I wanted was cold and juicy fruits and vegetables like apples, strawberries, watermelon, celery, and carrots. It just seemed like that would have solved my excessive heat problem and my thirst. I was like a walking furnace. However, my second pregnancy was the complete opposite. I did not crave anything what so ever. I did not care if I ate at all when I was carrying my son. Which is funny because now all he does is eat. I never craved anything weird though. I worked with a girl who craved toilet paper during one of her pregnancies which I thought was very strange. Not sure if she ate any of it but I do know that she would smell it.

I had several different cravings for all of my kids. None of them were the same. Although for my girls most of my cravings were sweet. Now I am waiting to have a boy and I crave a type of bread found here in the Philippines. For my girls anything sweet pretty much got my attention but I guess not all the time. I can't say I had one of those weird cravings were its just not normal to eat. My cousin though when she was pregnant she had a weird craving for soap. (She really took a bite out of a soap bar).

Oh, I had a lot of cravings back when I was pregnant. I craved Coca-Cola mostly since it was summer then. Drinking Coca-Cola, ice-cold and with some ice of course was my guilty pleasure. Of course, it is bad for the baby, so I tried to control it as much as I can. But there were really days that I crave it so bad. Luckily, my husband doesn't control me much then and said it's okay to have a few of the bad food sometimes. Lol.

Another one I craved is chips. I especially love Cheetos and Lays. I dip the Lays in cream cheese... Ah, heaven! Haha! I don't know why... But throughout my whole pregnancy, I craved very unhealthy stuff.:/

With my oldest I craved cucumber, pickle, tomato, cheese, lettuce cream cheese bagle sandwiches lol.. and seafood! UGH.. not one day in my entire life have I ever liked anything that comes from the water. In fact, the smell alone makes me sick. So I tested my theory.. during a huge craving I went to a restaurant that serves seafood and the smell made me SO sick! lol. Didn't stop the cravings though lol, I must have been deficient or something.

With my youngest I just craved garbage. Mostly pizza. I did not treat my body well with him, I've always felt bad about it. But then, those bagel sandwiches weren't healthy either..

chocolate and cheese