Let's Reminisce Some More

[sstwinklinglites]

Doing groceries today I passed by something I would eat while I was pregnant, that I would never normally eat. And that got me thinking about the cinnamon rolls and all those cravings.

What were you craving when you were pregnant? What did you eat a ton of? Gave up because it grossed you out? Gross cravings?

I craved milk and apples. I think I drank more milk while pregnant than any other time of my life - and I'm a milk drinker, have some probably everyday. And I don't really ever eat apples, but I was having them everyday. I also had a phase where I was eating Chef Boyardee Beefaroni for lunch everyday (barf).

Your turn.

[Deleted]

No cravings, but I was so nauseated during the first tri that I could only stomach salty/carby foods. I couldn't eat a healthy vegetable until November and I couldn't stomach chicken or fish again until postpartum.

I ate a lot of bagels, pasta, thai food, steak.

[athn64]

No cravings. I had some GI issues a few months before my BFP and craved pickles and chocolate ice cream.

I refused to eat chicken wings while I was pregnant. Tried them a couple of times, and they kept making me sick. Also pretty much any take out DH likes smelled absolutely terrible to me.

[haykay13]

1st tri- icees and cheese pizza... The target by my job had a Pizza Hut express & icees so I went there for lunch like once a week.

2nd & 3rd- milk, chocolate milk, milkshakes, icecream & basically anything that wasn't spicy

[rainbowsockmonkey]

I craved chocolate milk shakes during first tri. A couple of the foods I was able to eat during that time with out getting sick was velveeta mac and cheese cups, turkey pot pies, and chicken patties.

The last couple of months I HAD to have apple jacks all the time. But they have to be the Great Value brand, not the name brand.

[sstwinklinglites]

Jan 16, 2015 21:58:21 GMT -5 @bunannie said:

No cravings, but I was so nauseated during the first tri that I could only stomach salty/carby foods. I couldn't eat a healthy vegetable until November and I couldn't stomach chicken or fish again until postpartum.

I ate a lot of bagels, pasta, thai food, steak.

My cravings didn't start until mid to late second tri and third tri. First tri I couldn't stomach anything, not even water. Then when I was able to start eating again the reflux had me throwing up everything I ate. Fun times.

[Deleted]

Ughghgh.. the reflux I'm lucky that I never once puked the whole pregnancy but there was so much agony with the nausea and reflux and fullness etc etc etc.

[SpinsOffResonance]

No real cravings but I did eat a lot of desserts and chocolate

[kc83]

1st trimester I had the worst morning sickness! I lived off mashed potatoes and mango smoothies from McDonalds. I love all foods and I couldn't even think or talk about it. 2nd trimester I had an awful metal taste in my mouth. I ate jars and jars of pickles and olives. 3rd trimester is where I gained all my weight! Fast food and melted cheese! Haha so gross....

[haykay13]

Oh I forgot egg mc muffins with regular bacon! Soo tasty! Haven't had one since I was pregnant though

[kendy20]

I craved tots! And yes, they had to be from Sonic ;-)

[lecky11]

Chocolate milk, pepperoni pizza, potatoes and of course pickles! I usually eat all the sweets but I couldn't stand sweets while pregnant so no cinnamon rolls for me.

[scotty138]

I never drink milk but craved it when pregnant. I ate ice cream every single night. I couldn't eat anything tomato based in third tri because of the heartburn.

[lunabug924]

Jan 16, 2015 21:53:10 GMT -5 sstwinklinglites said:

Doing groceries today I passed by something I would eat while I was pregnant, that I would never normally eat. And that got me thinking about the cinnamon rolls and all those cravings.

What were you craving when you were pregnant? What did you eat a ton of? Gave up because it grossed you out? Gross cravings?

I craved milk and apples. I think I drank more milk while pregnant than any other time of my life - and I'm a milk drinker, have some probably everyday. And I don't really ever eat apples, but I was having them everyday. I also had a phase where I was eating Chef Boyardee Beefaroni for lunch everyday (barf).

Your turn.

OMG with the milk and apples! That was me too! I seriously ate an apple every day in first tri because it was one of the only foods I could keep down. I think an apple and a small bag of microwavable popcorn was my lunch at work every day. Then there was a random week in 2nd tri where all I wanted to drink was milk. Like, a lot. I think I went through 2 gallons by myself in that week. Crazy. 

I never got cravings for junk, and actually never ate much more than normal. Maybe an extra snack or two a day, or maybe slightly bigger portions. I still managed to gain 33lbs. Considering I was 108 to start with, it felt like a lot!  

[sstwinklinglites]

Jan 16, 2015 22:20:12 GMT -5 @bunannie said:

Ughghgh.. the reflux I'm lucky that I never once puked the whole pregnancy but there was so much agony with the nausea and reflux and fullness etc etc etc.

Love tit in commiseration. 

[sstwinklinglites]

Jan 16, 2015 23:15:22 GMT -5 lunabug924 said:

Jan 16, 2015 21:53:10 GMT -5 sstwinklinglites said:

Doing groceries today I passed by something I would eat while I was pregnant, that I would never normally eat. And that got me thinking about the cinnamon rolls and all those cravings.

What were you craving when you were pregnant? What did you eat a ton of? Gave up because it grossed you out? Gross cravings?

I craved milk and apples. I think I drank more milk while pregnant than any other time of my life - and I'm a milk drinker, have some probably everyday. And I don't really ever eat apples, but I was having them everyday. I also had a phase where I was eating Chef Boyardee Beefaroni for lunch everyday (barf).

Your turn.

OMG with the milk and apples! That was me too! I seriously ate an apple every day in first tri because it was one of the only foods I could keep down. I think an apple and a small bag of microwavable popcorn was my lunch at work every day. Then there was a random week in 2nd tri where all I wanted to drink was milk. Like, a lot. I think I went through 2 gallons by myself in that week. Crazy. 

I never got cravings for junk, and actually never ate much more than normal. Maybe an extra snack or two a day, or maybe slightly bigger portions. I still managed to gain 33lbs. Considering I was 108 to start with, it felt like a lot!  

I lost weight at first due to all the barfing. But by the end I had gained between 40 & 50 lbs. I also didn't eat a whole lot more, but it was mostly baby and retaining water.

[ho11yday]

I Don't remember cravings when pregnant with ds2 but with ds1 I wanted meat, watermelon, and peanut m&ms. I think I used pregnancy as an excuse to eat peeps.

[Susan0utLoud]

First tri aversions included melted butter (the smell mostly), scrambled eggs, and peanut butter.

Later in pregnancy, I pretty much drank a mini-coca cola a day and had a bowl of vanilla frozen yogurt with chocolate sauce every night. I had a thing for Simple Truth Organic gluten free frozen waffles, too. So weird. And Wendy's chili, loved that stuff.

I only gained 12 pounds total, I'm still surprised it wasn't more.

[sstwinklinglites]

Jan 17, 2015 0:21:29 GMT -5 Susan0utLoud said:

First tri aversions included melted butter (the smell mostly), scrambled eggs, and peanut butter.

Later in pregnancy, I pretty much drank a mini-coca cola a day and had a bowl of vanilla frozen yogurt with chocolate sauce every night. I had a thing for Simple Truth Organic gluten free frozen waffles, too. So weird. And Wendy's chili, loved that stuff.

I only gained 12 pounds total, I'm still surprised it wasn't more.

Now that you mention the soda, I drank a shit - ton of it, and they made me cut caffeine out because my heart rate was so elevated at every appointment. They even had me go do an EKG which came back normal. So I settled on Cream Soda since it's caffeine - free.

[merrylove]

Spicy, spicy food (spicier than I can tolerate now!), orange juice, coconut water, chocolate, milk and carbonation. One weird concoction that I loved was milk and club soda together. I would drink that in the evenings when my nausea hit (in the first tri) and it made me feel better every time! I was craving milk, but I also wanted carbonation and I thought, why not just mix them together? I would crave that.

[helmink0804]

I had no craving- lucky hubby.
However I did eat a lot of kid fruit snacks- fruit roll ups, gushers, and turtle fruit snacks. Which now I want...

[katzalia]

Awful morning sickness until 18 weeks. I ate ginger all the time to try to cope. And couldn't stand vegetables, chocolate, or the smell or taste of coffee.

Cravings: Korean beef tacos, chips & salsa (the hotter the better), bison burgers, chili sauce & roast chicken. And orange juice.

[kittyriot]

The nausea almost did me in. I prayed for vomit. It didn't come.

First tri I lived on oranges and grapes. That's all I wanted and so many things made me queasy, including chicken, beef & coffee (all things I love).

When I was finally feeling better I wanted peanut butter on everything, ice cream, guacamole and chips.

[kittyriot]

Oh and burgers!!! I wanted burgers every damn day!

[becole]

I had lots of aversions to everything like chicken, spinach, sausage, eggs, anything that smelled.

[birdhut]

Jan 16, 2015 22:20:12 GMT -5 @bunannie said:

Ughghgh.. the reflux I'm lucky that I never once puked the whole pregnancy but there was so much agony with the nausea and reflux and fullness etc etc etc.

Same here! I found out I had a hernia in my stomach right before getting pregnant which caused GERD so that was even worse. My first craving thigh was chicken nuggets. During the holidays I think I ate 3 jars of okra. I like it but not that much lol. Anything vinegar as well. Salmon grossed me out though even though we ate it all the time before.

[sstwinklinglites]

Jan 17, 2015 8:13:50 GMT -5 kittyriot said:

The nausea almost did me in. I prayed for vomit. It didn't come.

First tri I lived on oranges and grapes. That's all I wanted and so many things made me queasy, including chicken, beef & coffee (all things I love).

When I was finally feeling better I wanted peanut butter on everything, ice cream, guacamole and chips.

And I prayed for a day without vomit. It was non - stop. I ate pasta? Vomit. Saltines? Vomit. Jello? Vomit. I dared to drink water? Vomit. I remember one day after vomiting when I had a glass of water because I was so thirsty I could die, I started bawling my eyes out telling DH I couldn't keep doing it. I was hungry, thirsty, dehydrated, tired - absolutely miserable. Now I look back and think I would do it all over again in a heartbeat, but it was rough. And I know there were ladies that had it worse, and that's what I kept reminding myself.

[babybarlow2014]

I ate a lot of tacos. A lot.

[letal316]

I had tons of cravings throughout my pregnancy. The big ones I remember well are pineapple and cottage cheese and pickles (not at the same time). For the first trimester all I ate were carbs because I had aversions to everything. I also drank tons of milk and chocolate milk when normally I have lactose intolerance.

[athn64]

Jan 17, 2015 8:13:50 GMT -5 kittyriot said:

The nausea almost did me in. I prayed for vomit. It didn't come.

First tri I lived on oranges and grapes. That's all I wanted and so many things made me queasy, including chicken, beef & coffee (all things I love).

When I was finally feeling better I wanted peanut butter on everything, ice cream, guacamole and chips.

Honestly, I did vomit, but the nausea stayed with me even after I did. First tri was just plain awful.