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What is the number one food most craved during pregnancy?

Watermelon never tasted as wonderful as when I was expecting my daughter!

Pam W
SE of Seattle

I don't know what the most commonly craved food is - it probably varies.

With my first pregnancy I craved avocado and guacamole.
With my daughter I craved ice cream! Yum!

With this pregnancy I haven't had any strong cravings really except that our home grown tomatoes are tasting particularly good this year! :-D

What is everyone else craving?

Angela <><

Tuna Subs I swear i went to the sub shop 5 days a week for a Tuna Sub during my whole pregnancy. That baby boy weighted 9 whole pounds

MMM - tuna does sound good!

*scampers off to the kitchen*

I hated tomatoes til I was pregnant. I've loved them ever since.
Red Licorise was a real craving.

I can't get enough of my breakfast cereal - muesli with Greek yoghurt especially. Yum. I could eat that all day.

And potatoes. I've gone nuts for them.

And fresh orange juice. And fruit, plenty of gorgeous, delicious fruit.

I have gone off coffee, tea, sugar, and also chocolate to an extent. If hubby brings chocolate through for himself I'll have some and enjoy it, but I definitely don't want it the way I did before I was pregnant.

Yogurt was really good to me during pregnancy as well.

:-)

I craved peanut butter sandwiches and milk. Tuna melts, too. I also craved pickles, pickled cauliflower, and artichoke hearts. LOL

I never crave anything specific, I just crave foods and not healthy ones :((((

For my first pregnancy, I craved oysters and seafood. My husband read about needing a particular mineral in peanuts for optimum brain development in the final month so he made me eat tablespoon of peanut butter every day during that last month. I don't care of it that much but I ate it. My son's head was large and it wouldn't fit through my pelvis. I had to have an emergency C-section! But he is smart!!! And his head isn't too big or anything now.

My second pregnancy, I craved pickles and ice cream. Not together though! My daughter adores pickles and ice cream.

For my third, I craved Snickers bars. And yes, my son loved Snickers bars.

I ate healthy foods, too. Just those darned cravings compelled me to eat the junk!

That is SO common - your body has a high need for fatty acids and healthy proteins but sometimes our brain interprets that need as a desire for fatty foods. The WRONG kinds of fats!

When I started feeling like I just HAD to have that giant chocolate bar I would first try eating quite a bit of a healthy fat. An avocado sandwich, or can of black olives, would usually satisfy my body's needs without me dipping in to the cookie jar.

Usually. *wink*

Angela <><

I'm in my eighth month and the only consistent thing I've noticed is blue raspberry slushies. I know, that's SO not healthy! I only have about one a week, but it's got to be a big one!

I've been wanting lots of sugar and lots of carbohydrates. That sounds bad, even to me, but I've only gained about 15 pounds total and I passed my gestational diabetes test "with flying colors", so it must be okay. I should say, though, that I eat very healthy three times a day and I walk a lot...the sugary stuff is filler. lol

I never had food cravings so much as I was repulsed by some foods. I love Pizza and I could not eat it when pregnant.

I had a friend several years ago that said she craved dirt, imagine, dirt! I never heard of that. I asked her what she did to satisfy the cravings and she said she ate raw potatoes, I guess the skins of the potatoes satisfied the dirt craving ...weird.

yes its very hard

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