Too early for cravings?

Teach123 · June 2016

With my last pregnancy, I had nausea pretty much the entire 9 months, so I never really had cravings. Most things turned my stomach.

This time around I've only had mild bouts of queasiness. I also get these thoughts in my head that certain foods sound so good. For example, this afternoon out of the blue I just had to have string cheese. Unfortunately, we don't have any, but potato chips sounded good too. So, here I sit with a bag of BBQ lays in my lap chewing down, and I'm not one to really ever eat chips.

Anyone else experiencing cravings?

Dinozaur · June 2016

This is my first pregnancy so I don't really know how it's supposed to go, but I'm in the exact same boat. Mild queasiness throughout the day, but I've been craving a couple of really random things, and then pretty much anything else sounds gross.

TinaBelcher · June 2016

I don't know if they're cravings per sé but with my morning sickness I can really only eat what sounds good to me, and that is a rotating selection (one thing for 5-7 days, then something else for 5-7 days)

? Pregnancy is weird

ThePax89 · June 2016

Cravings are definitely a thing this early. That being said, they get SUPER fun after the first tri. No joke, food tasted unbelievable during my first pregnancy. (After I stopped gagging and heaving for 16 weeks).

mrshuse525 · June 2016

During my pregnancy with my DD I wanted mac and cheese all the time. Toward the end of my first trimester it was the only thing that even sounded remotely good. The other food item I craved was French Toast. All. The. Time! So good. I even went as far as combining the two at one point. Think... Fresh Toast Mac & Cheese Sandwich with Maple Syrup Drizzle. It may sound gross but OMG... it satisfied every single taste bud craving I had.

Hoping to not eat as many carbs this time around

ThePax89 · June 2016

@TinaBelcher I'm so different. Something that I crave one minute sounds brutal like an hour later

BAJDesigns · June 2016

I am totally at the whim of cravings. Same as @TinaBelcher. My MS means I can only eat what sounds good, which seems to be less and less every day. For some reason, all I want this week is german potato salad.

christac1010 · June 2016

I've been craving tangy, vinegar flavors since about 6 weeks. Now at 10 weeks, I'm destroying banana peppers and pickles. It's no fun for my heart burn but it literally tastes like the best food ever. Last week I made friends with the girl at the Mr Pickle stand at the farmers market (local, home brewed pickles) and DH found it hilarious.

Dinozaur · June 2016

@christac1010 Have you tried making popsicles with pickle juice? I absolutely loooooove pickles (pregnant or not), and I take the juice from the jar and make popsicles, and it's pretty much the most amazing thing ever.

christac1010 · June 2016

@Dinozaur WHAT?! I have to buy a popsicle tray and make these this weekend! Thanks for the suggestion!

hjmorgan-2 · June 2016

Yeeesss, cravings are my life right now. I am constantly queasy, I can only eat food that 'sounds good'. Right now it's potatoes.

Baked potatoes. Mashed potatoes. Omg so good.

canavara · June 2016

Reading this thread while hungry was a terrible idea haha. To contribute: a couple of weeks ago I wanted to eat nothing but fish sticks and ketchup. This week I've gone through a box of cherry pop tarts--something I would never eat normally. Pickle Popsicles sounds AMAZING.

julianna88-2 · June 2016

Cravings are fun. It get's fun after the first tri. It's when you could actually keep things down without morning sickness being in the way.

sagoon · June 2016

Definitely not too early. Last time, all I wanted were peaches, cheese quesadillas, and chocolate frozen custard with Reeses peanut butter cups in it. I ate that custard like 4 nights a week for the last 20 weeks, and then as soon as he was born I had no desire for it at all. This time around I'm already eating more peaches than usual.

jessbray5 · June 2016

We call them pickle cycles down here lol they sell them at concession stands at ball games and stuff too. I make them for DH. They're really good!
I've been having cravings too, I didn't with DS. It's something different everday and man I want a Subway sandwich SO bad but the whole Listeria thing? And I don't like lunch meat cooked. I never heard of that when I was pregnant with DS 5 years ago, I'm pretty sure I had sandwiches

sweetyjenj · June 2016

I've only had a few random cravings, otherwise nothing really sounds good, but nothing tastes gross really, so I have been eating logically instead of what I'm craving. Except...
I usually don't eat much cheese, especially on sandwiches, but I NEEDED melted cheese. I wanted a grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup so bad, but we had no cheese. So then I wanted a grilled chicken sandwich, but I really wanted melted pepper jack cheese on it. Again no cheese. So I didn't have cheese, but I really wanted it. Then last night we were cooking grilled chicken and I was also making veggies and quinoa. Midway through it I decided I really wanted buffalo chicken dip for dinner instead. So I finished making the other food and put it in the fridge and made buffalo chicken dip and ate it in little lettuce rolls, with red peppers, with carrots, and rolled up in spring rolls with veggies. I love that stuff.

spano41 · June 2016

Cravings are definitely a thing this early! H went on his first craving run this morning to get me cinnamon rolls. Potato salad, mac and cheese, fruit (especially peaches), yogurt with granola, and artichoke dip are what I've been surviving on between bouts of nausea. Last time it was PB&J, oranges, and baby carrots for like 3mo.

colleenkevin · June 2016

I have been craving pasta with butter and parmesan cheese. I've literally eaten this 5 out of the last 7 days for lunch. Every time I eat it I feel like a picky toddler because that's all I remember my brother eating when we would eat out as kids. My last pregnancy I craved soy milk for most of the first half. Pregnancy is so weird.

ceillyang · June 2016

I was craving spaghetti and was too tired to cook it so I ate it at noodles n co 3 times in one week! That craving has passed but now that my husband knows that baby has tastebuds he wants me to eat everything lol

Knottie1443924966 · June 2016

Toasted Bagels with Original Philidephia cream cheese. And banana greek yogurt.

This is weird for me bc I'm a vegetarian that hardly ever eats dairy! So you can imagine the surprised eyes when I met H at the checkout counter. My sweet tight lipped man didn't even make a peep just a cautious smile

I bought daiya onion chive cream dairy free cream cheese. Save yourself from bringing it back for a return. It's HORRIBLE!!

ThePax89 · June 2016

I drank Italian dressing two weeks ago. I was facetiming my sister and she was dry heaving.

ceclarlinetlo · June 2016

I just ate a spicy chicken sandwich from Wendy's! Pure heaven!

sweetyjenj · June 2016

@ceclarlinetlo I just ate a crispy chicken sandwich from BK and it was fantastic

I haven't had fast food in over a month, but I needed it bc I was starving and getting more nauseous and it not only helped, but it tasted sooo good

Caitie81490 · June 2016

This is my 3rd pregnancy, unfortunately our first two ended in miscarriages at 5 and 4 weeks so I never really got a chance to feel pregnant. This time, I'm 7w2d today and so far I've wanted chicken tenders or yeast rolls from Texas Roadhouse or Logan's. I've been eating grapes and apples too but chicken tenders are where it's at!

scgirl6113 · June 2016

jessbray5 said:

We call them pickle cycles down here lol they sell them at concession stands at ball games and stuff too. I make them for DH. They're really good!
I've been having cravings too, I didn't with DS. It's something different everday and man I want a Subway sandwich SO bad but the whole Listeria thing? And I don't like lunch meat cooked. I never heard of that when I was pregnant with DS 5 years ago, I'm pretty sure I had sandwiches

I eat sandwiches all the time. I never did with my first because of the fear and then I asked my dr about it and she said as long as the meat is processed and fresh (cold and throw away opened packages after a week or whatever it says) I shouldn't worry much. She also pointed out that we often hear of listeria recalls but they are rarely for deli meats. My second pregnancy and this one I have given in to my cravings. My jimmy johns last night was amazing!

Salliejabl · June 2016

I've been craving Taco Bell tacos the last couple weeks along with Ruffles potato chips. My MS is worse this time around but instead of food aversions, I have cravings, weird! But, when I do eat when I am hungry, the MS is back with a vengeance a 1/2 later. Some days I am craving more than others.

sweetyjenj · June 2016

I've been mostly into savory foods lately (before BFP I always craved sweets), but for some reason I've been REALLY wanting any dessert that has a white glaze on top. Like a glazed chocolate bundt cake, or lemon-poppyseed glazed zucchini bread or lemon pound cake, or maple glazed cinnamon apple cake.....

And today I REALLY craved these old brownies I used to make.....black bean brownies! I haven't made them in ages. You just puree a can of black beans and add to a brownie box mix. that's it. And cook it, then make a glaze and pour that on top. So i made that today and it was delightful, and mostly healthy.

Want a personalized experience?

Too early for cravings?

Re: Too early for cravings?

Choose Another Board

Search Boards