what do/did you crave?
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Topic: what do/did you crave?
Posted By: BaAsKa
Subject: what do/did you crave?
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 12:33pm
I craved fruit and salad with both my boys but this time i crave KFC!!!!!  oh gez this isnt good for the weight! lol and the bad thing is that we dont have a KFC here - its half hour away!! aarrgghh!!! ...fruit was so much easier!!
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 12:36pm
| OMG! Congratulations!! |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 12:38pm
| bahahaha! kelly thanks! |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 12:41pm
| Ive been awol for a few days and missed all the excitement! Thats so cool! |
Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 12:48pm
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Toothpaste. I was brushing my teeth 10+ times a day, and pretty much just eating the toothpaste by itself!
Oh and hot chips with loads of salt! Congratulations!!!! 
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 12:52pm
thought i hadnt seen you here lately kelly
LMAO Renee!!! toothpaste!!! thats too funny!!! but not as bad as my other craving with the boys - the smell of petrol!!! 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 1:16pm
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Andrew it was doughnuts covered in icing sugar filled with cream and the little dob of jam on the top (I ate far to many of these, like 3-5 a day) and Oreo Cookies. Josh it was salt - anything and everything had salt on it, I even put extra on stuff that already had salt on it. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: pikelets
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 2:30pm
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Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate!
I don't usually eat alot of chocolate but I had to have chocolate every day. I also craved apples and I don't really like apples. Infact before I got pregnant, I can't remember the last time I had an apple. I guess it helped cancel out the chocolate though lol!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 3 Angels - Dec10 / Mar11 / Dec11
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Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 2:46pm
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I craved fruit especially Tamarillos and Grapefruit and cream donuts mmmm. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 3:20pm
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Toasted cheese sandwiches and if I am feeling a bit icky, Milo.
My big craving is mayo, my MIL is under strict instructions that when she comes to the hospital after baby is born she must bring a ham and mayo sandwich. If she doesnt, she cant come in!!!!!! I have been craving McChicken burgers, but I know its really the mayo I want. -------------   
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 3:25pm
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1st and 3rd babies:
Salt and vinegar chips and chippies Salami Basically anything vinegary and/or salty! Icecream in last trimester 2nd baby: Jam on toast. I had it for breakfast and lunch and went through a loaf of bread a day
Icecream 4th baby: Vegies: pumpkin, kumara, spinach (raw whole spinach leaves by the half-dozen!!!) Fruit So bizarre - I'm actually craving healthy foods and it's weird!!! -------------  |
Posted By: Danaj
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 3:37pm
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Busymum, it will be interesting to see if it's a boy or a girl seeing your cravings are so different.
I wish I was craving healty food
I'm craving peanut slabs, Feta quiche, and buttered bread (SO bad). I do have cravings for fruit though so not all bad. I had a major craving for Merlot a few months back. It was so strong and couldn't be ignored. I poured a very small glass, drank half of it and tipped the rest down the sink. Haven't thought about it since thankfully!! ------------- http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wyI1oWn/"> 
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Posted By: Natalie_G
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 4:12pm
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I am not sure if I have had any cravings .
I always eat peanut butter on nearly burnt toast lol. Hmm yummy. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 4:18pm
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With DD I craved weetbix and bananas and ate that most nights for dinner as odd as it sounds
Wonder if thats why she now has a wheat allergy??!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Mrs_B
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 4:53pm
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Well so far I have been through the lime milkshake stage, the poppa jacks stage and I think I have just finished with the McD's chicken deluxe burger stage....
ETA - Oh and I musn't forget the almond magnum ice cream stage... -------------  
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 5:02pm
That is true, and we do think I have a boy, although since June this year I have been gluten-free (had an intolerance diagnosed) - so most of that other stuff would be out of bounds now anyway. The neat thing is that I haven't craved anything containing gluten!! ------------- |
Danaj wrote:Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 5:26pm
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gez i shouldnt have started this thread! lol now i feel like eating almost everything everyone has mentioned! lol
mmmmmmmm magnum!!!! I cant tell whether i crave fruity things or whether its just because im thirsty ALL the time!!!!! whats up with that!!!???? I think im carrying another boy so not sure if i really believe the difference in cravings vs gender
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 5:37pm
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I am thirsty all the time too, now its getting warmer I can see myself going through a lot of frozen juice ice cubes. I did a tray last weekend and polished them off quite quickly. They were yummy! -------------
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 5:44pm
| mmmmmmm frozen juice cubes! thats a great idea! |
Posted By: Blankney94
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 6:15pm
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For me it has to be chocolate milk! Also craved ice cream earlier on - particularly the really creamy naughty gourmet ones. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 6:53pm
Chocolate milk and ice cream. I was going through 2-3 2L tubs of ice cream a week and about 8L of choc milk 
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Posted By: Mel&Kel
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 6:56pm
As soon as I read frozen juice I said mmmmmm frozen juice out loud... then I saw your post!! ------------- Mummy to Eva born 11 Feburary 2009 and Charlotte born 18 April 2011 |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 7:28pm
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[QUOTELMAO Renee!!! toothpaste!!! thats too funny!!! but not as bad as my other craving with the boys - the smell of petrol!!! [/QUOTE]
Me too!!! I craved anything toxic smelling with my boy like petrol (especially petrol), fly spray, vivids, felts, chalk dust, jet fuel.
With my daughter I craved dried apricots and chutney....not together ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 7:33pm
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when i told everyone that i craved the smell of petrol with Bay they said "its definately a boy!". It started as soon as i knew i was pregnant so when i got pegnant with Astin and went to get petrol i "knew" it was another boy! lol
And the smell of turps and meths (was doing painting not sniffing! lol)
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 7:38pm
SAND!!! ------------- 
 
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 7:42pm
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Daizy, poor you! Did you have that we both?
I have just made another tray of juice cubes, pineapple today.. hope they dont give me heartburn -------------
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 9:11pm
I have this too - for the whole pregnancy so far. Asked mw about it and she said a lot of women get extra saliva in their mouths so it's probably just a hormonal thing like that. One thing is good: it makes you drink plenty of water! (And then you'll have to set up camp in the loo )------------- |
Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 9:21pm
It wasnt as bad second time round. First time DH had to ban me from going to the beach because I just couldnt help myself I really do miss my sand cravings, i used to have a bucket of sand just sitting on my deck when ever I needed it.
Surprisingly its not as uncommon as I thought. It was caused by lack of Iron, I had a friend who has never been pregnant but also gets really bad sand/rock cravings when they are really low in iron. Other than that I craved vinegar and lemons. -------------
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 9:51pm
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I craved chocolate mudcake with Caitlyn, and i bought a big mudcake , and 5 of those little mudcakes..and ate the whole lot, by myself , in under an hour....and then i didnt like it so much ....
oh ,and caramel yohgurt...this one im already getting cravings for green onion chips, and mc donalds cheeseburgers, and salt, lots of salt . ------------- 
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Posted By: sonyaw
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 9:53pm
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i read in a magazine not long ago about a lady who craved sponges???? weird huh her DH used to go and buy her sea sponges and boil them so they were sterile and she ate them...cant think of anything worse but hey us preggy ladies do weird things all the time.
my friend craved wet dirt so much so that she used to lick the potataoes before she peeled them and she used to make her DP wet the garden at all the time just for the smell. cant say ive craved anything major this pregnancy but with DS1 it was bananas and with DS2 it was pastry so i lived on pies bad bad mumma lol. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
SHAY 9 QUIN 7 2 angels @9wk 1 day on 30-04-09 our angel 6-06-07 |
Posted By: palomino
Date Posted: 12 October 2008 at 10:50am
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omgosh i didnt realise about sand cravings. luckily mine have been fairly bland by comparrison.
I have been through Mandarin stage Carrot stage Butter chicken stage currently on the choclate milk stage. |
Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 12 October 2008 at 12:15pm
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It's funny how you have stages then all of a sudden you are so over it aye?
I had; Tomatoes with salt and pepper LeSnaks Lemonade popsicles Granny smith apple Water with ice and lime Chocolate choc milk (I'm not over this one yet...) McD's fries with sweet and sour sauce Meat roasted so much it was dry Orange juice and lemonade cake!!! S & V chips the smell of carbon/charcoal Manderines Oranges lemon with salt caramel popcorn That's all I can think of right now... first trimester was the worse! -------------   
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 12 October 2008 at 1:05pm
My first baby I had to have puha & pork bones. I also went through a stage of wanting to eat soap ( ,..but never actually ate it) Id walk around all day sniffing this bar of soap- orange glycine (sp) soap mmmmm
Second time it was hot chips with Tom S or Maccas cheese burgers by the dozen ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: febbabe
Date Posted: 12 October 2008 at 8:09pm
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Soap! Hehe First trimester was defiantly salt and vinegar chips or anything salty which also helped with ms Can't get enough cheese at the moment and cucumber also a big hit. Love apples but they are giving me indigestion 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 12 October 2008 at 8:13pm
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i knew a girl that craved apples ...with salt poured on them ... -------------
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 13 October 2008 at 6:48am
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When I was pregnant with Michaela I initially lived on plain potatos, I'm not really sure if that's because I craved them or just because that's all I could stomach. Later on I craved summer fruits (fresh nectarines, apricots and berries) and raw veges but I wouldn't eat a salad, the idea of mixing my veges together made me feel ill, so while DH had a yummy fresh tossed salad I would have little seperate piles of raw veges (lettuce, cucumber, carrots etc). I had one unfulfilled craving which was crunchie icecream. I wanted it so much but when I was pregnant with Michaela they'd discontinued making them and there was no equivalent on the market. This time around it's still early days and I haven't had any cravings, just food aversions (just thinking about chocolate, wine or coffee makes me feel sick). -------------  
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Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 13 October 2008 at 7:37am
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With Ashlee, I went through dozens of oranges a week, and also loved crackers with cheese and pickles (I NEVER eat pickles!!!).
I have really bad food aversions at the moment. Fruit makes me feel better, but it's the act of eating it that I can't get past! So am having canned fruit chopped up into little pieces. Loving potatoes too, and anything salty or buttery. Popcorn is great! |
Posted By: nekes
Date Posted: 13 October 2008 at 10:15am
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i havent had any cravings at all, at the start i felt like McChickens all the time but never ate them, self control lol. Maccas now use 99% fat free mayo in everything and even there packets are 99% fat free, you dont get a choice any more and its gross!!!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 13 October 2008 at 11:03am
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I totally craved apple juice. Frozen cubes were my life saver as I was so sick the entire time.
Fresh fruit was also a big craving, and luckily I was preganant during summer so all the good stuff was available. At one stage I was craving the bun, lettuce and dressing of McChicken burgers. Eugh! Oh, and I loooooooooved the smell of DP's bourbon! Weird, as I can't bear the taste, and I didn't drink any, but I would always offer to pour him a drink so I could sniff the bottle
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Posted By: My3Sons
Date Posted: 13 October 2008 at 11:35am
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lol at some of these cravings!! Mine was fizzy drink, all 3 times!! ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4
 
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 13 October 2008 at 6:08pm
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LMAO!! this thread is halerious!! with the sand etc!!! gosh we preggos do some strange things!!!
but now i dont feel so bad about the petrol things with my boys even though some days when Bay cant even find the end of his nose! littlelone his shoes - i think "hhhmmm maybe i spent a little too long filling my car up with gas when i was pregnant with him".....just a little guilty!!
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Posted By: Mrs_B
Date Posted: 14 October 2008 at 9:07am
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Hmm would it be weird of me to have mashed potato for breakfast...??? -------------
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Posted By: bass.baby
Date Posted: 14 October 2008 at 11:54am
Cravings!!! Lol when I carried my daughter I craved...junk food haha okay, well I loved chocolate and golden queen peaches haha couldn't keep chicken down but still kept on eating it lol weird...and now with this pregnancy...all I want is rice and veges...full meals....full HEALTHY meals lmao it's so funny! Love my water and fresh juicy grapes lol and I can't stand chocolate...it makes me sick  ------------- http://women.evenhealth.com"> 
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