So, I am in my second trimester and my cravings have been fairly mild! I have to say, all of my pregnancy “symptoms” have been fairly mild. However, in the first few weeks, I did have one strong craving! One day, I was at work and I decided in the afternoon, after lunch, that I wanted an egg salad sandwich! Yep, EGG SALAD! Like, I wanted egg salad and I needed it RIGHT THEN! Unfortunately I was at work and although we have a ton of food in the office, egg salad is not something we keep stocked. So, the second I got home that evening, I boiled my eggs, and made me some egg salad! It was exactly what I needed. Had I waited any longer I think I would have combusted.
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Other than the egg salad, I really didn’t have any other crazy cravings or food urges in the first trimester. I did have some major food aversions, though. Tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce/salad, anything cooked with too many spices, beans, and pretty much all vegetables (which are all things I LOVE) made me GAG!!!!! I was eating a lot of PB&Js, Mac & Cheese, and mashed potatoes those first 14 weeks.
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Now, at 17 weeks, I am craving things like pomegranate, grapefruit, oranges, COCA-COLA and Sweet Tea (both of which I Wont drink b/c I am paranoid), and just fruits in general. I have been lucky to not crave sweets too much. Every now and then I will see a box of chocolate chip cookies at the store that I grab on impulse, but for the most part when those cravings hit, they are calling for the fruit!
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I will have to post again if and when things start changing!
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Update 3/20/13
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I am now at 26 weeks and I have completely caved for coffee, sweet tea, and caffeine free pepsi (all in moderation and rarely even once a week). I just couldn’t handle it! You go, moms who are super healthy and awesome, but that’s just not me! I am southern and I NEED my sweet tea! “It’s so good… once it hits your lips, it’s so good!”
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I don’t really have any new cravings. I have noticed that I want more sugary things now than I did in the beginning. Like cookies. Those dang cookies! It’s Girl Scout cookie season and I have decided that those little girls are devils in disguise. I have REFUSED to buy any, BUT people at my office have not and they bring their little boxes into the office to “share” and guess who freaking eats them??? YEAH, ME! I have recognized the problem though and I think I am getting it back under control! But I was getting a little crazy there for a week or two.
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There are also a few things that I REALLY MISS and I will DEMAND them once this baby is out. Like:
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– Beer (It’s spring time 😦 and I really want a nice cold beer on the patio wahhhh)
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– Sangria (Again, spring time, patio, me want!)
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– A Philadelphia sushi roll aka. bagel roll (if you knew me in my previous life you would think I was nuts but now I want it SO bad!)
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– A nice glass of chardonnay (crisp and cold and wonderful… sigh)
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Ok, so these are all pretty much alcohol related, so sue me! I am no alcoholic, and I am NOT going to drink with baby in womb, but just ONE after he is born is all I ask… of each… in the same day… it’ll be summer… Don’t judge me!
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