PrintPregnancy Cravings?
OK, I'm unabashedly treading on Aunt Jone's coat tails but did anyone have weird pregnancy cravings?
For me it was - Kraft Blue Box Mac & Cheese (not even the one with the liquid cheese, the powdery crap!); Frozen Blintzes...and here's the kicker...Canned Ravioli. Remember, I'm Italian and that's sacrilege!!
I love lamb but couldn't go near it while pregnant - and the smell of bacon which is usually perfume to me made me dash from the room.
Pickles & Ice Cream anyone? Midnight runs for strange food?
'Fess up! :D
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I was consigned to bed for most of both pregnancies, so had to depend on others for food. Between reading and crocheting, I watched a lot of television There was a pizza commercial that nearly drove me crazy. I craved it, I dreamt about it and I never got it. I don't remember anything but that pizza with pepperoni, mushrooms, green peppers, tomatoes. I can picture it like it was yesterday and it was looooonnnnnnngggggg before yesterday.
PerkyMac at 5:29PM on 01/30/08
Ice, ice and more ice for all four of my pregnancies. My dentist is still amazed that my teeth are perfect.
evilchefmom at 5:33PM on 01/30/08
I know this will sound crazy to most, but during my first pregnancy, I thought I would die if I couldn't eat some dirt. Not just regular dirt, but rich dirt, out of the garden, preferably after it rained. It smelled so good, it seemed irresistable. But I never indulged. My doctor said this craving that I was lacking in some kind of mineral. He put me on a mineral supplement.
skylar0ne at 7:10PM on 01/30/08
My first pregnancy I had to have spicy! I made spicy bbq sauce and put it on everything! I ate jars of pepproncini! Also, I had mad cravings for plums - well you can imagine that that didn't end up well, but I couldn't get enough!
Second one - bologna on white bread with the crappy fake sliced cheese and mayo. That was all I could stomach for 5 months! After the sickness ended, I just ate everything in sight, because of the months of bologna and fake cheese!
Maleficent_fan at 11:12PM on 01/30/08
I couldn't cook or eat red meat the first 3 months of my first pregnancy, it smelled rancid and tasted like metal - possibly a mineral deficiency? Later I craved KFC mashed potatoes and gravy. Not just mashed potatoes, but mashed potatoes from there only! I much prefer homemade mashed potatoes, so who knows why that was?
My second pregnancy I wanted nothing but fruit...a little easier to give in to cravings when it's fruit vs. KFC!!
radley24 at 11:35PM on 01/30/08
First 2 months, it was all about the turkey sandwich with mustard.
And then egg sandwiches.
Now it's all about the white pizza.
Can't wait to see what 2nd trimester brings.........
lassi4u at 3:55AM on 01/31/08
pizza with bean sprouts, weird i know but a friend who worked at a great pizza place used to make me one everyday. the trick was to put the sprouts on after the pie came out of the oven but before cutting. i also craved alfalfa, not the stuff from the grocery store, I had a couple of g pigs and the dried out blocks of the stuff I gave them would make me ravenous, i must have gone through 3 huge bags of those things.
huney_bumper at 8:28AM on 01/31/08
Re craving dirt and ice... those have long been considered indications of a deficiency. Had a friend who was eating so much ice she cracked a tooth. Her mom told her it meant she needed iron. Lo and behold. Next OB visit, she was put on iron supps for a pretty severe case of anemia.
Preg#1, craved fruit and beef. Couldn't get enough fruit. Literally ate pounds of it daily. The beef was odd as I was a pescetarian going into the pregnancy, largely because I didn't like the taste of red meat!
Preg#2, craved starchy foods. I worked in a hospital, and there were always things like pasta, potatoes, etc., just down the hall from my office. Meanwhile, fruit gave me terrible heartburn this time around. I put on a bit more weight with #2 (duh).
LoCo at 1:06PM on 01/31/08
#1) McDonald's Chicken McNuggets with Szechuan Sauce (this was around the time "Mulan" was out in theaters. When my husband asked what I wanted for supper, and I replied I wanted "McNuggets" he said: "You must be pregnant!" because on your average day I can't stand the "clown food."
#2) Gyros - with lots of Tzatziki sauce!
SayWhat at 2:40PM on 01/31/08
When I was preggers I was working in an upscale restaurant in downtown Nashville and basically lived off of salad! I made a massive one before my shift. I craved it every day. It also had to have the old steakhouse style French dressing.
I also ate a King Sized kit kat every night. I haven't eaten them since. I'm amazed that I only gained 25lbs!
One night I had to have sausage balls. I made a double recipe and sat on my couch with a huge bowl and ate all of them. I had the worst headache of my life afterwards and have only made them once at the request of my husband.
jcrisco at 3:34PM on 01/31/08
Tread away, Chiff! I'm flattered.
I haven't had any strong cravings so far, just strong aversions- chocolate (so, so, SO unlike me!) and highly seasoned foods are at the top of my 'oh hell no' list right now. Meat is iffy. As long as it is mixed in with other stuff and not just plain- like a slab of cooked chicken, from any part of the bird, sounds disgusting right now. I might be able to choke down a steak but I'm not sure.
I remember craving nachos really bad in the early weeks of my first pregnancy and all I could get was Taco Bell. I had them and that cured that craving! I also remember wanting frozen fruit, which now makes sense because I ended up being iron deficient as well.
A friend craved smells during 2 of her 3 pregancies. I think the first one was Play-Doh and the second was gas fumes. Seriously- she wanted to go to the station and just stand by the pumps and inhale deeply.
I'm also amazed at how many more restrictions/watch-outs there are in the (gulp) 13 years between my babies. (SIDENOTE- the 13 y/o baby is now taller than me. With a deep voice. And shaggy hair.) Now pregnant woman are supposed to avoid cold lunch meats, certain fish due to mercury contents and raw cheeses. If the fish and cheese warnings were out before I totally missed them. Now I'm completely paranoid to eat cheese if I can't read the label first! And let me tell you, the thought of hot lunch meat is vomit-inducing so I won't be having many sandwiches in the coming months....
AuntJone at 11:24AM on 02/01/08