July 2015 Moms

when do cravings start?

Hi! I'm just so curious about the cravings. I think I may have had one last week but I'm not sure. How soon do they start? How strong are they? I'm still pretty nauseated by everything though. Thanks!

Re: when do cravings start?

  • The first few times I have been pregnant, my DH kept waiting for me to ask him to run out to get pickles and ice cream or something strange at 2 AM. But it never really happens like that for me. For me it's more like certain foods that I used to really like, don't sound quite as good, but other foods that I didn't really like, sound a lot better.

    For example, I used to be the biggest wimp when it came to spicy stuff. Then when I had my oldest, I started liking spicy stuff and eating it more. I really bumped up my tolerance and now enjoy "medium" hot salsa (before, even "mild" was too much for me).

    I also have always liked sweet/tart candy like Nerds, Sweet Tarts and Airheads but rarely bought them. But now that I am pregnant, I am eating some Airheads as I type this out (at 11 AM).

    So it's not really like the cravings they show you in movies. Just more a shift in your likes/dislikes. At least that's how it's been for me.
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  • DH told me he's waiting for to make a midnight run for a crazy request! It's like a rite of passage for him or something, I don't know. But I haven't really craved anything either. I agree with @valigrl21. I have aversions now and some things actually sound good that didn't. I love candy now too (Runts) and beer actually smells good, when it was pretty gross to me before. 
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  • @apbogan - mmm Runts! I forgot about those too.
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  • You don't always get cravings or food aversions with pregnancies and like pp said every pregnancy is different. If you do have any I would say they'd start once you are feeling better/less nauseous :) I'm having some this pregnancy that started around 11 weeks and I know they are cravings because it's things I don't normally eat like red meat.
  • This is my 4th pregnancy and I've never really had cravings. Not like people describe them at least. 
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  • I must be the weird one out because I get CRAVINGS. Like so bad, must have right now or else I will cry cravings. Stuff like a certain kind of chips, a glass-bottled cream soda, a Caesar salad with so many crutons...stuff like that. 
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  • I never had insane cravings - some things sounded slightly better -- like burgers, etc -- but, if anything, I have had more food aversions in both pregnancies.
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  • Well the only experience I had was when I had this uncontrollable urge for something I already had many times before. I remember being with DH and him trying to find them (I wanted gnocchi, which I have always loved, being part Italian ;) ) and going to three Italian restaurants, and not being able to even read the menu unless I spotted the name. It was weird, but I wasn't sure if it was a craving because it wasn't something like spicy pickles or ice cream jeje, meaning something I don't usually like.
  • Thanks so much! The problem is that I can't seem to finde that thread :((
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