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What did you crave during pregnancy???

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wurlywurly · 22/05/2007 15:51

With ds1 I wanted turkey and maramlade sandwiches. With ds2 I wanted apple juice and snack sized mars bars. Went off all junk food and carved roast potatoes and gravy.

Anyone else?

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Toady · 22/05/2007 21:03

DS1 wham bars and cakes

DD2 orange juice and fish pie

DS3 orange juice and peanut butter

maisym · 22/05/2007 21:05

this time - strong mints, veg, fruit, bread & cheese, very milky tea & decaf. Could eat this all day. Can't face yoghurt & have gone off biscuits.

MrsMarvel · 22/05/2007 22:09

Rollmops

Enormous Cream Cakes for two.

Still haven't lost the weight.

StinkyPete · 22/05/2007 22:10

1st - nothing particularly
2nd - toast, crisps, jacket potatoes

LaBoheme · 22/05/2007 22:28

Prawns and Stir fry's

GrumpyOldHorsewoman · 23/05/2007 10:13

I'm glad to see a few others with the Ice thing.
DD1 it was prawns and plums (not together)
DD2 loads and loads of ice. I would feeze a half bottle of Evian and when it was frozen would cut the bottle off the block of ice and just eat it like a cavewoman eating a leg of mutton.

LadyOfTheFlowers · 23/05/2007 10:15

what didnt i crave would be more the question!
I even had pica! what a nightmare!
whitespirit and shoe polish - the smell of, not to eat tho!

MerryMarigold · 23/05/2007 10:26

FOOD!

Especially McDonald's Mcmuffins and Hulahoops. Very healthy

My friend craved...LETTUCE. Life is so unfair!

emzlee85 · 23/05/2007 12:42

mmm jelly especially lime flavour
i didnt get cravings for much else ijust went off everything!

anotherbadmother · 23/05/2007 12:52

Loads and loads of junkfood. Portuguese chicken burgers with loads of chilli sauce were my fave. Oh, hang on - they still are. Maybe it wasn't a craving at all and I was just being a piggy !

DarrellRivers · 23/05/2007 13:27

rare beefburgers from the gourmet burger co.
craved the bloodiness

grouchyoscar · 23/05/2007 13:33

Dried fruit, particularly apricots

Milk, by the pint

Smoked fish esp mackerel and trout.

Wintersun · 23/05/2007 14:05

Avocados, raw carrotts, rock salt and sand.
Have gone totally off chicken.

BandofMothers · 23/05/2007 16:59

With DD1 cold custard by the bucket full, In first trimester couldn't eat anything but cheese and pickle baguettes. Usually like marmite and couldn't touch it. YUK at whole jar every morning with a spoon.

DD2 Ice lollies, chocolate milkshake with cornish icecream in so it went really thick, Trouble is I still love those. Also chocolate with both of them in the last few mths.

When bf ing DD2 who was a pig, I craved anything fatty, cream ckaes, crisps, chips chocolate. Which is a shame cos she was such a good eater that I could've lost all my baby weight
I couldn't help myself tho.

ArcticRoll · 23/05/2007 17:00

Rice cakes and grapefruit,

MerryMarigold · 23/05/2007 17:06

oh, arctic, purleeeeeease. You are kidding.

plummymummy · 23/05/2007 17:14

This pregnancy I am craving alcohol Had to buy alcohol free becks so I could fool myself I am drinking

bossykate · 23/05/2007 17:15

ds - smoked almonds and thick creamy yoghurt...

dd - sausage & egg mcmuffins

MrsBadger · 23/05/2007 17:20

plummmymummy, try 0% Cobra as well - nicer than the Becks IMO

Not craved anything specific apart from, er, sweet fatty carbs like cake/ croissants / doughnuts, which (thinking about it) I usually crave when not pregnant too...

jacobandlysette · 23/05/2007 17:26

at the start it was reallllly spicy food - vindaloo strength curries (can't normally take them), then al the way through i wanted to eat alpen 2 or 3 times a day and peaches. Haven't eaten a peach since giving birth 10 months ago (except last night really wanted canned peaches....).

then towards the end lots of chocolate biscuits

noddyholder · 23/05/2007 17:27

ice and oranges

nellieloula · 23/05/2007 17:36

Can I just check something with a stupid question, Mrs Badger and plummymummy - becks alcohol free lager is absoutely fine to drink isn't it? I have got myself into a right pregnancy dither about this - I'm sure it is but if you could just confirm I'd enjoy them a lot more!! And, presumably 0.5% wine is ok too??

MrsBadger · 23/05/2007 17:38

Becks alcohol-free is fine - 0.5% wine is ok but obv isn't alcohol free so don't drink it all day every day (and I find it's rank anyway).
The 'pregnant gin and tonic' where you pour a half measure of gin into a glass then pour it out again and top up with lime, ice and tonic is pretty good too

nellieloula · 23/05/2007 17:45

Brilliant Mrs Badger - thank you! And I really like the pregnant gin and tonic idea. Been really craving alcohol so exploring all opporunities - thanks!

Meglet · 23/05/2007 20:03
  • Lemonade and Coca Cola (was craving alcohol, specifically Pimms and they seemed like a good substitute)
- Special K red berries - olive salads.

Still eat the special K by the tonne. Also had Mcdonalds breakfasts for the first few weeks as midwife had put the fear of God into me about being underweight, the carbs stopped the nausea too.