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Your cravings - sweet or savoury?

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MrsSawyer · 15/03/2011 12:15

Mine are all savoury, quavers, cheese spread, spaghetti hoops, no chocolate, cakes, pastries or anything. The only sweet thing ive fancied is haribo but just more of a "i could eat some haribo" not a "if i dont eat some dairylea in the next 2 minutes, ill hit someone" :-)

Come tell me yours and what do they mean?

Sweet = boy/girl?

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1Catherine1 · 15/03/2011 12:22

Meh...

Apparently if you crave sweet stuff its a girl and if you crave savoury its a boy.

At 39w+2 the only thing I have craved is dairy. In my first trimester I managed to eat over 48 yoghurt in 2 weeks. My second trimester I had hot chocolate (made with milk ofc) or horlicks every evening - it was the hot milk I really wanted. And now in my third trimester I'm on the chocolate milk. Want to guess what I'm having? :)

Expecting a baby girl.

NewMummy5July2011 · 15/03/2011 12:34

Hi
I'm on the sweet stuff, although like 1Catherine1 I LOVE dairy as well. I go through a four pinter of skim milk in about 2 days, and eat yogurt and ice cream most days. At the end of my 1st trimester was obsessed with ovaltine for some reason! At the moment am addicted to blackcurrent squash and J20 and usually go crazy for something chocolate mid-mornings.

I too am expecting a baby girl!

del1 · 15/03/2011 12:56

1st - mcdonalds, cheese straws with dips,crackers with cheese, milk. - had a boy.

2nd - anything salt and vinegar, chocolate, biscuits, ice cream, sweets - had a girl.

3rd - only 15 weeks, but craving everything to honest?! one day chocolate, the next fruit.
so havnt a clue what it will be?

snowbobby · 15/03/2011 12:59

1st - craved lemon mousse, exotic fruit juice and exotice fruit. Spent a fortune at Sainbury's salad bar on mango & pineapple. Had a boy.

2nd - craved vinegar and mint sauce with everything. Had a girl.

SnapFrakkleAndPop · 15/03/2011 13:01

Sweet mostly. I think I've survived the pregnancy on twixes! But occasionally I really want steak.

Don't know yet so a hermaphrodite going by the mix of sweet amd savoury

mum2b072011 · 15/03/2011 13:29

I am craving Wootsits, spagetti hoops, cheese on toast - defo savoury

And expecting a 'boy'

theressomethingaboutmarie · 15/03/2011 13:30

When I was expecting DD, I didn't have much of a sweet tooth either but would, for some odd reason, stock pile chocolate. Very odd! I also had a major craving for Shreddies and ice cold milk.

This time, I'm craving savoury rather alot (especially anything to do with cheese and bread). Found out that we were expecting just before my birthday and guess what I received in abundance as gifts...? Chocolate! I must have received about 6 boxes - needless to say, my DH is working his way through them ;-)

HLSalter · 15/03/2011 13:34

I have been craving Orange Juice all through my pregnancy. I'm expecting a boy

MrsSawyer · 15/03/2011 14:32

god yeah, orange juice too! Wow, must be expecting a boy then :) although with my DS, now 4.5, i cant remeber any cravings at all.

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apple99 · 15/03/2011 14:35

I am craving jacket potatoes, cheese and crackers, crisps and fresh orange juice

Have to wait another 2 weeks to find out what I am having.

Vakant · 15/03/2011 16:42

For me it's sweet things too, and I was always more of a savoury girl pre-pregnancy. Offer me a packet of crisps or a bar of chocolate and I'd always take the crisps. Now, it would be the chocolate. And I'm having a girl.

cowboylover · 15/03/2011 16:46

I am normally a sweet girl but now defo savory when pregnant and we are expecting a girl.

cowboylover · 15/03/2011 16:48

Oh yeh and loads of Orange juice... Tropicana with bits ummmmm

ToriaPumpkinHead · 15/03/2011 16:59

I would currently kill for some spaghetti hoops and a block of cheese, and yesterday at work I went out for a sausage baguette with cheese and tomato ketchup on my tea break. But I am also eating maltesers like they're going out of fashion and would quite happily live on Ben and Jerry's...

No scans so far, and we don't plan to find out anyway, so will keep an eye on the cravings and see what we end up with!

lolajane2009 · 15/03/2011 17:49

morning sickness made me live on corned beef, peanut butter and bread... no idea what I have as I am only nearly 14 weeks but I want to find out at 20 weeks if I can.

PermaShattered · 15/03/2011 18:55

Food.
Particularly Jelly Babies. And always about 3pm

redexpat · 15/03/2011 20:51

At first it was cocopops, usually around 930pm. Then it was just milk. Now it's cheese and pickle sandwiches. I'm 10 weeks.

misty0 · 15/03/2011 20:58

OXO cubes! Whole ones - and it was a girl.

Twiglets - (yeuk) and it was 2nd girl.

Marmite (patern emerging here) - 3rd girl.

This time - cheese and tomatoe sandwiches + gallons of thick greek yog with honey........

Gender still unknown.....

daimbardiva · 15/03/2011 20:59

Dairy, chocolate, cheese and burgers!!!! I never usually eat burgers but had one for tea and it was delicious. Last time my big craving was fish fingers - another thing I never eat!

redandyellowandpinkandgreen · 15/03/2011 21:00

I craved savoury, all roast beef and gravy dinners and totally went off chocolate. I had a boy!

LDNmummy · 15/03/2011 21:46

All I want is sweet stuff, I keep thinking about how huge I'm gonna be at the end of this if I keep eating all this chocolate. I have even been craving cake for the last couple of days and I hate cake!

We want a girl so can't wait to see if the old wives tale is true or not

aStarWithHerOwnWays · 15/03/2011 21:50

When pregnant with DS, the main cravings I can remember were: steak (had been happily non-meat-eater for many years), orange Lucozade, Cadbury's Caramel. This time around, I'd categorise my cravings as 'tangy'. Anything salty/vinegary, so bucketloads of salted pickled onions and gherkins; oranges by the bag; last night I was inches away from making and drinking a bowl of vinaigrette

Will hopefully find out what sex it is next week!

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Beamur · 15/03/2011 21:54

Milk
Weetabix
Hoummous
Even more milk. Switched to skimmed milk to cut down on fat, got jittery when we were running low.
Had a girl.

davidtennantsmistress · 16/03/2011 07:48

ds - mars bars welsh cakes and cheese/onion sarnies oh and ready salted crisps - would suck the salt off.

now - 17+1 & salad creme literally on everything and cuecumber. tbc!

icravecheese · 16/03/2011 10:39

1st pregnancy: salt & vinegar crisps, salt & vinegar chips, cheese, more salt & even more vinegar. Had a boy.

2nd pregnancy: chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate (I NEVEr usually like or eat chocolate). Had a girl

3rd pregnancy: salt & vinegar so far.... only 9 weeks...

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