What foods do you CRAVE when you were PREGNANT?
By Avi_Gan
@Avi_Gan (191)
Philippines
October 3, 2008 6:26am CST
I'm 5weeks pregnant and as early as two weeks ago, I'm experiencing a lot of different things going on inside my body. One of those things are food cravings. I used to have a sweet tooth, but now, I'm always craving for anything tangy or salty or spicy, nothing specific but it has to be just has to have the right amount saltiness or tanginess or spiciness. I just had a snack of homemade spicy tuna sandwich and toasted garlic bits. That hit just the right spot.
What about you, are you pregnant? Any food cravings? When you were pregnant, do you have any specific taste or a particular food that you are always craving for?
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11 responses
@1111appleblossoms (169)
• Canada
3 Oct 08
Congratulations on your pregnancy! I did have cravings when I was pregnant. For my first prenancy I craved dill pickle chips, can't eat them now though. My second I craved fish which I never liked but couldn't get enough of, I ate it all the time. My third pregnancy I craved apple crisp, yummy!
the strangest thing though was that for all 3 pregnancies I occasionally (and this is disgusting) brushed my teeth then drank orange juice, and I loved it!
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@Avi_Gan (191)
• Philippines
3 Oct 08
Drinking OJ after brushing sounds unappetizing to me... hehehe... I think I'm not going to try it while pregnant. My barf reflex is in high time these days... :) I haven't tried those dill pickle chips nor apple crisps. I don't think we have it here in the Philippines, but I'll be sure to look for them and try them when I go to the US in time for my delivery. Thanks!
@kavinsh (78)
• India
6 Oct 08
hi avi_gan
when someone is pregnent then the mother is having different tastes .
i got my second baby four months before.
sometime i want to eat sweets.and then spicy food.
even sometime i just can't explain what to eat .
i just want to eat something what i don't know.
when i was first pregnent then i want sweets.
second time radish i want to eat.
as u are pregnent take good care of urself as it will be important for baby also.
what u want to eat now a days just take that food .
may be baby wants that .
thats why we have food cravings.
take care.
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
3 Oct 08
When I was pregnant with my first child, 34 years ago, I was always craving salty foods too. Especially plain potato chips. Then with my second child, 26 years ago, I craved ice cream all of the time. I ate ice cream a lot. I have ever since craved for ice cream even without being pregnant.
Congratulations on your pregnancy. Is it your first child? How exciting for you. Are you hoping for a boy or girl? Do you have any names picked out yet? Is your boyfriend, or husband, happy about it too? Is it also his first?
I hope your pregnancy goes well for you, my friend. Good luck and keep us informed how your pregnancy is going.
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
4 Oct 08
I will hope for you too, that it is twins, a boy and a girl. That would be cool.
@Avi_Gan (191)
• Philippines
4 Oct 08
Hi! Thanks! Yup, it's going to be our first baby. My husband is more excited than I am. As soon as I tested positive, my husband insisted that I take a leave from work. So, it's 11 months of nothing to do! At least, I discovered myLot, so I can blog all day if I want too. I'm actually hoping for twins but a singleton (that's what they called it at babycenter.com) would be welcome as well. Hopefully, if they're twins, it's a boy and a girl! One time Bigtime baby! :) We don't have names picked out yet. We're actually finding it hard to find the perfect name. I'm thinking along the lines of picking baby names when I see their faces. lol ... We're very hopeful that it's going to be a successful pregnancy for us. When I had the ultrasound it was just a sac with nothing in it and another one that could be another sac or else just a shadow of the first one, so I have to do it again after 2 weeks. Crossing my fingers!
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@quinnkl (1667)
• United States
6 Oct 08
Well, I hate to admit it but I was never sick either! Never had any morning sickness. Was just tired a lot. Disgusting isn't it. I was only able to have one pregnancy though - health problems. If not I probably would have had lots since I had it so easy (though not all might have been)??!!
@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
4 Oct 08
With my oldest (my son) I drank Orange juice like it was going out of style! With all that vitamin c and d I joke that he was born with a suntan. It's funny but with my youngest (daughter) I had heartburn throughout the entire pregnancy and orange juice would have killed me! I don't remember having any major cravings when I was carrying her but I do remember keeping a ginormous bottle of Tums with me wherever I went.
@katpuchboy (392)
• Philippines
4 Oct 08
I already have three children. Each time during my pregnancy, I don't really crave for specific food. However, because I am thinking that the baby inside me must get all the nutrition through me, most of the food I eat are healthy foods. There are fruits I don't usually eat but whenever I am pregnant, I eat all the fruits I see, particularly papaya. My mother also says seafoods like clamps, mussels, and tuna are best for pregnant women because of iron and protein.
Books also help me in choosing food to eat. I read that sardines is best for pregnancy because of calcium. Spicy food triggers contractions.
Other than this, I really don't have what they call psychological cravings.
Good luck in your pregnancy!
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
4 Oct 08
Congratulations. I craved for yoghurt, red apples and coffee/caffeine.
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
8 Oct 08
I didn't crave anything specific during my pg's. Though for some reason I wanted a cheese pocket & another time a ice cream sandwich but it wasn't something I was just going nutty w/o KWIM?
I did have aversions w/ my first.... the smell of cooked meat made my stomach churn & that was hard for dh to comprehend cause he thought I hated his cooking..... wich I normally loved it was just the smell & beef stew made me sick reminded me of up-chuck. EW!
@grammasnook (1871)
• United States
3 Oct 08
Congrats!!!! Your craving for salt is concerning especially this early in your pregnancy, Please try to limit the salt intake it can cause problems in your pregnancy. Later down the line you will find the spicy food will cause you to have lots of heartburn.
My first child I craved pizza boy did I pack on the weight
my second was oreo cookies ... he is a sweetie
My third was chinese food, any kind I could get my hands on
My fourth child was fruits which shocked the heck outta me lol
My fifth are you ready for this.. it was ice, I always had to have ice to chew on it drove everyone in my family crazy and here it is 8 years later and I still chomp on ice.
@Avi_Gan (191)
• Philippines
3 Oct 08
Oh my gosh, really? Huhu... I feel depress when I don't get my cravings fulfilled. Maybe, I'll just stick with green, sour mangoes... hmmm... thank you for this, I'll try to limit my salt intake and maybe, I could just opt for mildly spicy food like curry and not eat small fresh chillies... huhu... it depresses me just to think about it.
@lisa0502 (1724)
• Canada
4 Oct 08
Well congrats to you. I know that when I was pregnant with my first baby for the first 3 to 4 months I could hardly eat I was so sick. All I could eat were tomatoe and mayonaise sandwiches. But once I was over the sickness it was big macs. My second pregnancy I had no cravings just hated anything greasy. My third it was slurpees and yeas my fourth was also slurpees go figure. I just got lucky and had no major crazy cravings.
@Avi_Gan (191)
• Philippines
4 Oct 08
lol... at least I don't think you packed on weight during your pregnancy if all your eating are slurpees... I barely started my first trimester and I gained 8pounds already! Well, I read in babycenter.com, that if you get enough of vitB1, you wouldn't feel nauseated at all, so maybe its working for me. I still get gagging reflexes but it stops just as soon as it starts. Lucky me! Thanks for posting!
