what were your cravings and what sex was your LO ?(humour me)

[MerlinsBeard]

Ok, its pointless poll time.

What cravings did you have and if you have more than one DC, what was the sex?

Am just having a bit of fun to see if i can predict what this one is going to be before ethe scan although i know that its all boys on DPs side so likely to be another boy!

dd - oranges
ds1 - lager and curry (yes really - thankfully cravings did not extend to watching hours of footie). I really hankered after the chemical tang in lager - my husband caught me by the fridge downing a stubbie at 3 am once.10 years on my son does not seem to have suffered any ill effects!
ds2 - black olives by the tin
ds3 - more olives mmmmmmmm

Fruit fruit and more fruit had dd.

went off eggs and mushrooms v strange for a veggie.

2 boys = mashed potatoe craving both times and couldn't eat banannas or brocoli without puking, fine again once given birth.

Beef hula hoops and egg butties - Girl

Went off coffee and I still can't drink it even though she's 11 months old now!

prawn cocktail crisps - girl

(always hated them before, still love them now)

Ds1: Cucumber, for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Still gained 2 stone....

Ds2: Strawberries.
And again, still gained 2 stone....

Anti-craving with DD: couldn't even look at apples when normally eat at least 2 a day.

DS: Popcorn with salt and vinegar or houmous! And still like it now...
Totally went off peanut butter, which really is strange as I eat a jar a week normally!

DD: Cereal, muesli, porridge, rice pudding. So sweet carbs basically.

First pregnancy - BOY
Baxters Minestone Soup
Fresh Orange
Tinned fruit - particularly tinned fruit salad
Fresh fruit - particulary oranges & apples
Crisps
Big turns were chocolate & biscuits

Preganant at the moment - craving the same things so assuming another boy...

Tarmac and creosote sniffing.

Ice cubes.

Chalk.

Both girls.

Can anyone tell me when cravings are supposed to start?

I'm having a girl in Feb (22 weeks) and haven't had any cravings at all yet.

I am pregnant with ds3 and have had no cravings in any pregnancies (except for in the first few months when a bit sicky and only unhealthy foods chips etc seemed attractive)

fresh pineapple - boy

and french fries

rozzyraspberry, I have noticed that my taste buds seem to have regressed. Thanks for the info.

pickled onions - DD

cheddar cheese - DS

couldn't stand smell of raw chicken, barf barf

ds1 - cheddar cheese

ds2 - lurpak

Must have been suffering from a calcium deficiency.

I'm not convinced that cravings have anything to do with defiencies or excesses, as studies have shown that people who craved meat didn't necessarily have low iron levels, nor that people craving sweets had low sugar levels. People who wanted salty snacks didn't have low sodium levels. Similarly women who had aversions to food such as pickles didn't necessarily have high salt or acidity levels ect.
I think it is more related to the very heightened sense of smell and taste/texture experienced by pregnant women. So I do think that hormones have a big role in cravings and aversions.
Add to this the emotional links with many foods and the comfort sometimes needed, and it is more than likely that pregnancies will induce faddy food patterns. But I suppose research isn't hugely in depth yet, so this theory could be wrong!

DD1 - milk, oily fish (couldn't eat curry)

DD2 - everything!

Oooohhhh - just loved tinned meat pies with DD1 too!

lemons lemons lemons,

and Maccy d's cheeseburgers.

its a boy..