Do your cravings really tell you what your having?

mamagarcia15 · January 2015

So I'm 15 weeks, I have been dealing with crazy cravings. One minute is sour and salty, the next its sweets. I know with my son, sweets made me sick. But I'm confused on what I might be having based on my cravings!

I was told by a friend she had the same cravings as I am and found out at 20 weeks she was having twins, boy and girl!
What do you guys think?!

leenziepops · January 2015

I'm craving carbs.
I must be having a unicorn.

ombradellarosa · January 2015

mamagarcia15 said:

So I'm 15 weeks, I have been dealing with crazy cravings. One minute is sour and salty, the next its sweets. I know with my son, sweets made me sick. But I'm confused on what I might be having based on my cravings! I was told by a friend she had the same cravings as I am and found out at 20 weeks she was having twins, boy and girl! What do you guys think?!

Are you saying she didn't know she was having twins until 20 weeks, or that's when she found out they were a boy and a girl? Because the latter makes sense to me and the former doesn't.

musictchr25 · January 2015

Please go to your local library and borrow a pregnancy book. It will help significantly.

Also, the only things that can tell you the sex of your baby is a genetics test (chromosomal, so cannot be wrong), an anatomy scan (which can be wrong if read incorrectly), and the birth of your baby, where you can clearly see the sex organs.

thay33 · January 2015

I've craved nothing but chocolate milkshakes this entire pregnancy & I'm having a boy. The myths are not true, it's all 50/50

housewifebecomesher · January 2015

Sorry, but no! @thay33 now I want a milkshake.

Bednarova · January 2015

thay33 said:
I've craved nothing but chocolate milkshakes this entire pregnancy & I'm having a boy. The myths are not true, it's all 50/50

oooh. milkshake. nom.

Emilywooddesign · January 2015

I won't start a new thread, sorry to steal OP- does anything like acne or being very hormonal/ angry have anything to do with babies sex? This might be a silly questions but I'm actually really wondering.

musictchr25 · January 2015

Emilywooddesign said:

I won't start a new thread, sorry to steal OP- does anything like acne or being very hormonal/ angry have anything to do with babies sex? This might be a silly questions but I'm actually really wondering.

Nope, just hormones.

Emilywooddesign · January 2015

@musictchr25‌ I thought so. I'm asking bc my GF who is due a week after me if a raging bitch and has terrible acne and everyone keeps telling her she is having a girl, people have her convinced. I didn't want to rain on her parade bc she really wants a girl- I'll let her keep thinking

maddibayer · January 2015

Nope I am having a girl and no acne or mood swings. Every woman's different and how your body handles your hormones have nothing to do with gender.

Bednarova · January 2015

@Emilywooddesign‌, my MIL believes that girls make you ugly, and that's how she knew that this LO is a boy. You know, since I'm not all bloaty-faced, acne marked, etc.

Uhm. Ok.

thay33 · January 2015

Emilywooddesign said:
I won't start a new thread, sorry to steal OP- does anything like acne or being very hormonal/ angry have anything to do with babies sex? This might be a silly questions but I'm actually really wondering.

Lol I used to truthfully believe this! Everyone told me I was having a girl because I had so many pimples and my "beauty was being taken away" but nope, just my SON taking it all away lol.

starkbaby22 · January 2015

I have two girls and a boy on the way. .I can't get enough spaghetti, salsa or sour things with all 3. I don't think you can bank on this too much

thay33 · January 2015

brennazesquire said:

thay33 said:
I've craved nothing but chocolate milkshakes this entire pregnancy & I'm having a boy. The myths are not true, it's all 50/50
I've craved fruit and chocolate milkshakes mostly. And I'm having a girl. One of us must have missed the memo on sexist cravings

LOL! My son has missed the memo on every single wives tale! His heartbeat is 167, im craving sweets, and I still have yet to get that "pregnancy glow" it's all pimples and ugly lmao! But he's definitely a boy!

neongreen · January 2015

tashany99 said:

Bednarova said:

@Emilywooddesign‌, my MIL believes that girls make you ugly, and that's how she knew that this LO is a boy. You know, since I'm not all bloaty-faced, acne marked, etc. Uhm. Ok.

gotta love those old wives tales.... especially from older Mom's and Grandmas Lol

Multiple people have told me that the pregnancy "isn't in my face yet". Uh, okay. Allegedly that means boy.

However, I'm carrying high and just getting bigger all over (except my face?) rather than having the cute little bump out in front. So clearly, that means girl.

All of this just supports my prediction that I'm having one of each.

KimberlyandThor2014 · January 2015

According to my cravings I would be having Cookie Monster!

thelittlestbee · January 2015

My cravings range from cheeseburgers (boy) to cupcakes (girl) to potato chips (potato?). I had zero morning sickness (boy) and got really bad acne (girl). I'm also carrying low (boy) and DH put on sympathy weight (boy).

Turns out we're having a girl.

starkbaby22 · January 2015

emilyzemily said:

starkbaby22 said:

I have two girls and a boy on the way. .I can't get enough spaghetti, salsa or sour things with all 3. I don't think you can bank on this too much

***** quote box fail*****

oh man now I want spaghetti! I also want salsa... good job we're having fajitas for dinner tonight

Yessssss! Let's go! Queso dip, too!!

Trampslikeus · January 2015

@thay33‌ Maybe just a particularly beautiful boy

As for me, I just housed a carton of red raspberries and I still want more. Conclusion: I'm having a bumble bee.

GASuzuki · January 2015

While I don't think cravings really tell you what you're having, the ER doc laughed when I told her I'm craving opposite stuff from what I was craving with my DD. She said it might be a boy since the cravings were different.

Ladymouse · January 2015

With DS, it was chocolate cake, milk, and beer (O'Douls helped). The vast majority of old wives' tales said he was a girl. With this one, fresh pineapple, pepperoni, and red wine (nothing's helping the wine craving. Fake wine is f*ing awful.) And both chocolate and dairy make me puke. A lot.

I'd love a milkshake, but I've thrown up chocolate-tinged curdled milk one too many times to try it again.

tiffbot1985 · January 2015

What if you don't have any cravings, and are just hungry for everything? Am I pregnant with ALL the babies???

finchfeeder80 · January 2015

I'm not really having any cravings. Does this mean I'm having a cat?

Kiki119 · January 2015

mmmm.. these gender guessing based on old wives tales needs to chill... it will just drive you crazy... we are only few weeks away until anatomy scan... and there is only 50/50 odd here.. stop driving yourself crazy!!!

finchfeeder80 · January 2015

asutherl said:

I wish I had cravings, that would make meal planning so much easier, then I wouldn't hem and haw over what to eat every night!

Same here. The hubs has to be so sick of hearing, "I honestly don't care, I don't have a hankering one way or the other. It's whatever you want."

OMGTree · January 2015

OMG I want a milkshake!!!!! I was a raving bitch the first time around and had a girl this time another girl and cool as a cucumber. Stress as well as hormones. Also plays a part in your cravings.