Severe food aversions

Elsa32 · June 2014

What food aversions are people experiencing? I am a meat eater, and I am unable to eat any meat for the last few weeks (I'm 9weeks 3 days). I'm a huge fan of Asian food, like curry and pho, but I can't stomach it now. I could give many examples. Strangely, I am highly allergic to nuts but I've been craving peanut butter. My doc said that she is concerned that my aversions will continue through my second and third trimesters bc more severe aversions are more likely to continue. If so, I will need to see a dietician bc I have so many food allergies (fruits, some vegetables, herbs, etc). It is just crazy!

atrinh11 · June 2014

My main aversion is meat. I can eat certain meats if they are in something (like spaghetti with meat sauce for example). I can't handle like a steak or pork chop on my plate at all. I also can't cook the meat. I was considering cooking spaghetti last night and couldn't even open that package of meat.

Unfortulately I had this exact same aversion with my first pregnancy and it did stick with me the entire time. I could eat all the meat I wanted as soon as he was born though.

ktkoala · June 2014

All raw veggies. I can't touch them.

Milagros315 · June 2014

The biggest one for me is coffee. I miss how much I normally love iced coffee. I also don't really care for vegetables as much as I used to (luckily fruits aren't a problem). And eggs usually sound gross to me, but I never loved scrambled eggs to begin with.

kayham12 · June 2014

I have an aversion to a veggies. I didn't really like them before pregnancy, but now they are unbearable. However I crave fruit. It's strange, I also can't stand anything BBQed or BBQ sauce. I live in Texas and it's summer so that one has been interesting.

BackseatDriver · June 2014

Coffee and veggies for me. They didn't last last the first tri last time so I'm not too worried.

On the other hand I have been craving coke all the time and I don't normally drink pop.

GromMom · June 2014

Right now eggs and deli meat, today for lunch I ate oatmeal because honestly nothing sounded good, we have a dozen hard boiled eggs and a ton of deli meat, I was forcing myself to eat hot sandwiches but I'm sick of them. All I want are carbs really

Htle07 · June 2014

Aww, I am a pho lover! The thought of Chipotle makes me want to gag each time I drive by one. Not sure what about it.

LadyXaverian · June 2014

Chicken.

Citrus water.

luciddreamer106 · June 2014

Chicken ( unless it's covered in a sauce or part of something), coffee, mushy cooked vegetables, Greek yogurt.

Roxycc55 · June 2014

Literally everything. :-<

MusicFanatic · June 2014

Sometimes coffee.. but more so the smell, not taste. I can drink it still, but I hate when it brews. ANY raw meat- chicken, steak, ground beef. I can handle eating it, as long as I don't have to prepare it. And Chinese food lately

mediclui · June 2014

Couldn't touch meat between week 6-9.. Thou seems to have pasted now..

BookitBoo · June 2014

Coffee, soda, raw veggies and hummus, and Fried food.

I'm okay with the coffee and soda aversion but I have an awesome unopened container of my favorite hummus in the fridge that I'm going to have to give away. And the French fries

all the poor fries!

MahriM23 · June 2014

Coffee is the major one for me too. I've switched to iced tea that I brew myself. I have this theory that pregnancy makes you hate things that you previously loved. I've had a coffee aversion for every pregnancy. My first pregnancy I hated all Italian food. I normally have a bit of a sweet tooth but this pregnancy sweet things turn my stomach. Basically, nothing is appealing to me..I can't wait to love food again! Also, I feel like a commercial "I lost 10lbs on the pregnancy diet. Lose weight without counting calories and never feel hungry! It worked for me and it can work for you!"

efujan · June 2014

This pregnancy, I can't do coffee. Oddly, I still love the smell of it, but can't stand the taste of it. It's got absolutely zero appeal to me. Yogurt, which is usually a favorite of mine, occasionally makes me gag now, too. :-( Everything else seems to be OK so far.

During my last pregnancy, I didn't have that kind of food aversion to things I liked, but the stuff I didn't like (mushrooms, mayo, pickles) was magnified to the point of ridiculous throughout pretty much the entire pregnancy. I could smell mayo on a sandwich someone else was eating & would just about lose it. Last fall at the IL's, my MIL was sauteing mushrooms for everyone else to have with our steaks & I literally had to leave the house, I ate outside, and didn't go back in the house for nearly 3 hours (until it was time to go to bed) because I thought I'd barf everywhere.

ETA: fixed crappy grammar

kmajoy · June 2014

Really most foods are still disgusting r. I'm in the middle of my 12th week and I was hoping to feel a bit better by now. I've lost about 5 pounds since the beginning of the pregnancy! Fruit, yogurt, cereal, are the easiest to force down. Really can't wait to enjoy good again.

mellie86041 · June 2014

Chicken, fish and orange juice (tastes like bleach. blegh). I had these same aversions with DD.

Also, coffee. But because there's no way I'd survive dealing with a toddler all day, I've been suffering through it. (I have found that cold coffee doesn't affect me as much as hot coffee does)

And not an aversion, but tomatoes (which I normally don't like at all) have no taste to me right now. It's so weird.

bannaners · June 2014

All meat especially beef. Gross. I'm from Texas and always loved a good steak or burger but not any more.

luckylady18 · June 2014

The smell of anything cooked makes me want to vomit. I usually love Asian food and when my husband ordered Thai last week I had to leave the room. We dont eat meat at all, but I've been craving tuna. (made mock tuna from chickpeas and it satisfied the craving). Since we are vegetarian, we usually eat lots of veggies, but lately those aren't appealing at all. However, I've never been a huge fruit person and now I cant get enough fruit! Pretty much everything is opposite for me!

shaneandstephanieolsen · June 2014

I am the same way I love meat mostly white meat chicken fish pork but the smell of any meat makes me start gaging. I have found that if I don't smell it I can stand to get ground beef. Pretty concerned about it because I've lost 3 pounds since I found out I was pregnant.

texasmama786 · June 2014

Ground beef makes me want to vom!

kolaczka · June 2014

This week chicken. The texture, smell yuck, yuck.

leighdb10 · June 2014

Chicken chicken chicken...if I see it on a billboard while driving, I have to pull over to gag.

GromMom · June 2014

jessah127 said:
I can't eat bananas. It took me a long time to acquire a taste for bananas, but now I'm back to not being able to eat them. I think it's a texture thing.

Since I was pregnant with lo who is two I have not been able to eat bananas, which sucks because so many delicious things have bananas, like banana splits! While pregnant they made me vomit but when not pregnant they give me stomach twisting gas and I feel sick all day so I've given up on them :-(

JEMondy · June 2014

Hummus, gyros, and seaweed. Other than that, any really "rich" foods, such as bbq sauce or chocolate

I was going to suggest a BRAT diet for those finding it hard to eat anything (bananas, rice, apple sause, toast) because I've heard it's suppose to be easy to digest, but not if you can't stomach bananas!

Olema · June 2014

@Elsa32‌, I haven't been able to eat any turkey (ground turkey and turkey burgers especially). I likes them just fine until I became pregnant, now I can't even look at it. At the beginning, around 5 weeks, I wasn't able to eat any meat, chocolate milk was my BFF! I'm now 11.5 weeks and I'm able to eat chicken, still no turkey.

rachel+family · June 2014

I wish I had cravings.

larahouseman · June 2014

Cooked veggies, especially tomatoes, but even sauteed mushrooms, onions and garlic, all of which I used to love!

On the other hand, I'm obsessed with cheese and eggs, neither of which I was particularly into pre-pregnancy.

Pregnancy is weird, yo.

GromMom · June 2014

Omg today dh was eating a slice of cheese and normally I love cheese but it looked so unappealing :-&
I desperately want to be able to eat something other than cereal and oatmeal without feeling sick, granted I was up 5 lbs because I got pregnant while on a cruise but I've lost 7 lbs so far because nothing tastes good or seems appealing. :-(

Smelh324 · June 2014

Steak. Sounds so heavy and the thought if chewing it , yuck

knebel915 · June 2014

I am currently 12 wks and I have had extreme nausea and food aversions ever since I found out I was pregnant. I've lost 15 lbs since the beginning of my pregnancy due to the decrease in food volume and probably due to some vomiting. I am overweight so my doctor wasn't extremely concerned but they are keeping an eye on me to make sure I'm not spilling ketones in my urine. About two weeks ago, I got so ill that I was hospitalized on the 16th. I ended up being there for a week bc they found out I was having issues with my gallbladder and they had to remove it. I assumed most of my stomach issues were bc of my pregnancy, but now I have had a decrease in those symptoms since the removal of my gallbladder. The only downside is that I ate so little food for so long that I am not able to eat a full meal. So I have been doing small snacks throughout the day and that seems to be helping. It's just frustrating that I will crave something, really look forward to it, and then have like two bites and I am unable to stomach the rest of it. I just want to eat!! Lol

clorh2 · June 2014

My morning sickness is 24/7. My doctor prescribed me some nausea medicine; however, that doesn't work half the time. So needless to say, the thought of most food sends me over the edge. Most of all, meat which I usually eat daily.

However today, I did crave carrots and ate a bowl full. So, that must be a good sign. Fingers crossed this goes away when I hit my second trimester.

clorh2 · June 2014

Oh and sweets make me sick. Never thought I'd say that in my lifetime.

Elsa32 · June 2014

clorh2 said:
Oh and sweets make me sick. Never thought I'd say that in my lifetime.

Me too! I absolutely loved sweets before pregnancy. I forced myself to eat a cupcake my husband bought me the other day.

LegallyMom · June 2014

All meat, especially CHICKEN. Just typing the word is giving me chillbumps, and not in a good way. Coffee (which is really really sad), chocolate (even sadder), dairy/eggs (I have an aversion to those even when I'm not pregnant, but it's amped up when pregnant), and cooked greens (cooked spinach, etc.).

I could eat fruit, especially grapefruit, and peanut butter all day long. Tomatoes have been a big winner for me too.

mandikins27 · June 2014

This little one apparently does not! Like strawberries its an instant 30 min barf session from one bite!

firegalb · June 2014

Onions in anything, coffee and chocolate. My nausea has been so bad, the only thing I want is cereal and McDonalds smoothies.

longcat07 · June 2014

chicken and cooked fish (i had no trouble with sushi, oddly enough). most raw veggies too, unless it's completely dredged in bleu cheese.

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