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What were your cravings during pg and what gender did you have??

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MINNIE1 · 22/08/2006 14:22

Hi all,
I am due in Nov and i have a little girl now 7 months and i am always wondering what the sex of this baby will be. I am interested in the cravings side, with my daughter i craved apples and orange juice now its currys.

What was your cravings during your pregnancy and what was the gender?

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MINNIE1 · 23/08/2006 12:06

no pattern at all only the orange juice....

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PrettyCandles · 23/08/2006 12:15

I had the same cravings each time, only vastly stronger with dd than with ds.

Marmite, apples, Caesar salad, salty food, butter and real ale.

EvesMama · 23/08/2006 13:18

i had lots of heart burn = dd

swalesie · 23/08/2006 13:27

I had lots of heart burn, was convinced i was dying/having heart attack, much to the amusement of my doctor. Never knew it could be so painfull.

juicychops · 23/08/2006 13:39

i had no heartburn and my only cravings were jelly = ds

alibo · 23/08/2006 13:44

i loved indian curries with my ds!! (and ice cubes)!?

EvesMama · 23/08/2006 14:17

i used to swig gaviscon from the bottle like an old winoand choccy gave me it bad so id have a piece of choc followed by swig of gaviscon..method to my madness

Mithriltari · 23/08/2006 14:18

I crave chalk!!! White chalk, want to eat loads of them but do not dare!
Ice, yummiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
currys and spicy food, tacos...and chocolate digestives every now and then.
But mostly chalk! arrghhhh!

Mithriltari · 23/08/2006 14:18

No idea what I am having, due in november!

EvesMama · 23/08/2006 14:19

isnt chalk ok?
speak to your Mw, you must be lacking in it

Wisp · 23/08/2006 15:11

With me it was;
DS- Tomatoes on toast and then cheese later on in the pregnancy

DD- Limes and lemons-used to buy loads and suck the juice out !And ice cream

DS1- Fried mushrooms and tomatoes on toast

littleducks · 23/08/2006 15:19

avocadoes (had hg so that all i could eat for 6 mths) then just fresh stuff, salad subway sandwich etc.

had a baby girl

Smalline · 23/08/2006 16:02

Fruit, veg & cheese cheese cheese first pregnancy, had a boy.
Couldn't get enough chocolate down me, sparkling water in the gallons & cheese cheese cheese second pregnancy, had a girl.
Went off Indian during both pregnancies, also couldn't stand the smell or taste of coffee in the first trimester.
My son who is 5 will eat any fruit or veg that is put in front of him. My daughter who is 3, is not too fussed with fruit & veg, adores chocolate & loves to drink water. Both kids love cheese.

yummummy · 23/08/2006 18:14

With both DDs I craved Coke- bizarre, as I absolutely cannot stand the stuff- after giving birth both times went home and had completely gone off it again.. if only I had craved DIET coke I wouldn't have put on a dress size with each bump!!!

ronniemummy · 23/08/2006 18:16

Am having a girl...hopefully any day now!

Went off curry and any spicy food...normally love really hot spicy food- the more chilli the better- but can't stomach the smell.

HAd cravings for Big Soup initially- was the only thing I could eat.

Went through a phase of wanting really sour sweets- like cola bottles, sour cherries etc Until they started giving me heartburn!

Also, seem to remember liking salty crisps or beefy crisps at the start.

Went through phases of needing fruit as well.

Have generally gone off vegetables- typical healthy eating has gone out of the window! Especially green veg- only just able to eat it again in the last two months.

So generally, have not eaten as healthily as I always though I would when pregnant!

d1156351403534b002966 · 23/08/2006 18:17

anyone have an idea why i have a major craving to
lick coal! i am expecting my third child, a girl, but havent had this before, i have resisted the urge to do it so far!

Greensleeves · 23/08/2006 18:20

When I was pregnant with ds2 I had MAJOR cravings for gravel/sand/aggregate. No joke. I remember walking past a group of workmen and going weak at the knees because of the plaster dust they were throwing up, it was delicious. DH was really worried, especially when I started begging him to go and filch me some aggregate from the railway line . You know that smell when rain hits dry concrete? It used to make me dizzy, it was so nice

nappyaddict · 23/08/2006 18:34

prawn cocktail crids and prawn crackers. had a ds. hardly sick at all only the few odd days. i never knew you had cravings cos u were lacking in something though.

nappyaddict · 23/08/2006 18:35

*crisps

Calmriver · 23/08/2006 18:39

yes, prawn cocktail crisps, but I had a DD

Tili · 23/08/2006 19:33

pickled gerkhins and pickled onions lots of them, straight from the jar. I couldnt eat anything else with them. I had a dd

noonar · 23/08/2006 19:37

i used to LOVE the smell of petrol, and ate parsley and watercress by the handful everyday. had girls both times.

potoroo · 23/08/2006 20:01

Strawberry milkshakes and Nesquik which I hadn't had since I was a child.
Had a boy.

wrinklytum · 23/08/2006 20:03

Broccoli for ds
Wine gums for dd
Funnily enough ds will only eat broccoli now.Turns nose up at all other veg!!!Eats loads of fruit though!

mawbroon · 23/08/2006 20:51

I have one ds. Early pregnancy I craved vinegar - pickled onion monster munch and really vinegary salads or chips. I stopped myself swigging it from the bottle, but I could have easily done it. Later on in the pregnancy it was sweeties. I could polish off a half pound bag of liquorice allsorts in no time and yogurt covered raisins were a particlar favourite too.