I’m one of the lucky ones, I don’t really suffer with pregnancy symptoms, not serious ones anyway. I wasn’t sick with my first pregnancy and I haven’t been sick this time, but I have had a lot of nausea, and at 15 weeks, I’m still suffering with it now.
As with sickness I didn’t have any serious cravings during my first pregnancy, other than one weekend where I spent 2 days downing pints of milk.
This pregnancy has been a little different. I’ve found myself drinking and eating new things, or things I hadn’t had in a while, and continued drinking/eating them throughout.
Here’s a list of my top 5 cravings with baby number 2.
- McDonalds – throughout my first trimester I couldn’t get enough big tasty’s. Junk food was the only thing that helped the nausea. So it’s allowed, right? French fries please…
- Iron Bru – a childhood favourite, during this pregnancy I’ve rediscovered my love for this brightly coloured drink. Mmmmmm…..
- Apples – I’ve found myself eating a lot of apples recently, which I don’t normally do. I love apples, but because I wear Invisalign braces my gums are soft and I can’t bite apples easily. I’m now chopping them up and having them daily.
- Monster Munch – specifically pickled onion. Bloody delicious. I had the same craving when I was pregnant with Lamb, which is why I think I’m having a boy.
- Meat – give me meat! Burgers, sausages, bacon sandwiches. I just wanted lots of meat!
These cravings have calmed down now – thankfully! I’m still loving all of them, actually I’ll happily avoid McDonalds for a while, that craving has well and truly gone – phew.
I call them cravings, but they haven’t been super strong. I haven’t been waking up in the night desperate for anything, but I’ve definitely found myself ‘fancying’ everything on this list.
What are/were your cravings during pregnancy?
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I love hearing peoples cravings it’s so funny how we want different things. To begin with all I wanted was spaghetti hoops on toast even though I knew I would go and throw up straight after having them yet the next day would come and I’d be eating spaghetti hoops haha! I too got the maccers craving, gotta love a macdonalds!!
I didn’t really have cravings with Jack apart from really wanting a KFC one night and there not being one anywhere around – my partner drove for AGES to find me one x
Apples and meat were my cravings with all of mine! so weird but I was really anaemic so maybe my body was just craving what it needed! x
I didn’t really have any cravings when I had Flynn, but then when I had Freya I was craving all sorts, in particular Watermelon!! Which was at the best of times expensive or hard to find!
I loved reading what your cravings are – great combination! I craved fruit with my daughter but with my son I was no way near as healthy. He was sponsored by pretzels and cheese. I honestly expected him to look like a pretzel when he was born! x
Oh I think your allowed to get away with having lots of Mc Donalds if it makes you feel better! I had terrible sickness with my twins and nothing stayed down long enough!
I love reading peoples craving quirks during pregnancy. I didn’t really have any with Ava although as you said I fancied things. I also went through a nausea faze when all I could eat was crispy duck pancakes. I also had a hankering for pineapple! xx
Ohhh I craved sweet stuff, mostly fudge and cookie dough which isn’t good because you aren’t supposed to have cookie dough. I found my sister craved all meats and savoury things and she had a boy and I was all sweet things and had a girl. xx #love2blog
It was all about salt and vinegar crisps and mango for me. I still love both of them although no necessarily together these days 😉
I never had any cravings whatsoever when I was pregnant with my daughter. I felt a bit cheated about that if I’m honest!
During my first pregnancy I craved lemons, I’d eat them until my lips and tongue were burning! With my second it was McDonald’s like you, then coconut x
So funny what our bodies want! I was so healthy with Toby, all I wanted was fruit and veg, greasy food made me feel sick and I couldn’t stand meat whereas this time all I want is carbs, sugar and meat! Not cravings, just all that keeps me going really xx
hahaha they are some strange cravings. I craved ice cream with one of mine, honey nut loops with another and not much else for the other 2 x