https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:39:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester/page/2#post-208087 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 18:15:57 +0000 Tidybee 208087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope - I escaped this one. I did have an aversion to eggs which started a few days before I got my BFP. It passed once I hit the 2nd trimester. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester/page/2#post-208083 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 18:06:42 +0000 Periwinkle 208083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I cannot even describe how much I couldn't stand/be around/think about chicken in the beginning of this pregnancy! From about weeks 6-12, it almost made my skin crawl and brought the nausea on. After about 12 weeks, I started reintroducing chicken and can eat a bit now. How funny how these aversions/cravings change so quickly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester/page/2#post-207978 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 13:01:32 +0000 peacockblue 207978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have had a chicken aversion throughout my pregnancy. But if it is beef, I am all in :). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester/page/2#post-207756 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 05:37:22 +0000 aunt pol 207756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, total. Made it for dinner for hubby and dad, could never quite bring myself to eat any. No problem with red meats though, in fact I kind of craved bread rolls with butter and boiled ham. Carrying girls doesn't necessarily put you off all meat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester/page/2#post-207693 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:33:13 +0000 googly-eyes 207693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! And ground beef!</p> <p>I'm back to eating chicken though! It was chicken mcnuggets cravings first, and then I got back to regular chicken! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester/page/2#post-207679 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:07:35 +0000 lovehoneybee 207679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Chicken, pork, red meat, anything fried, dairy, pretty much anything cooked...the bulk of my diet was made up of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and oatmeal. And bacon, which made both me and DH sad. </p> <p>I still don't have much of a taste for fried food. I can eat bacon again (although usually just one slice), and animal protein is a coin flip. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester/page/2#post-207653 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 20:19:09 +0000 singingbee 207653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I couldn't cook, look at, or eat chicken. All I wanted was a hamburger. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester/page/2#post-207650 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 20:14:03 +0000 caitlanc 207650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Well, maybe less of a full on aversion and more like other bees where I just didn't want it. Still don't really. I managed to eat a whole steak and some Chik Fil A recently but other than that, the meat has to be pretty "hidden" like lasagna and I'm 20 weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-207312 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:11:57 +0000 heffalump 207312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I couldn't eat any meat,other than the chick fil a chicken sandwich. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-207179 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:00:23 +0000 MaisyMay 207179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Even now raw chicken gives me the heeby-jeebys. I'm a-okay with cooked chicken, just not raw. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-207177 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:55:27 +0000 kgbee 207177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The opposite, actually -- I wanted to eat nothing but fried chicken. I had a beef aversion until I got into my 2nd trimester, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206979 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:48:50 +0000 mrs. wagon 206979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>any meat and any cooking smells!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206945 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:07:33 +0000 eeh 206945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I couldn't stand the sight or smell of any form of meat, cooked or otherwise. Sometimes even talking about it would send me running. And..we're having a girl. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206920 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:28:59 +0000 matador84 206920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I had no idea I wasn't alone. It was literally the only thing I could not think about, smell, go near, or even look at cooked or uncooked in any way, shape, or fashion. I finally started eat smaller portions of it maybe around 29-30 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206857 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:18:47 +0000 sandy 206857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: @highwire: @Running Elley: I am usually a big meat eater but could not stand it during my pregnancy and ha a girl...I pretty much lived off of carbs and fruit. My friend is basically all about veggies and craved meat her entire pregnancy and had a boy. I am so interested to find out what you all are having :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206856 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:18:21 +0000 chrispygal 206856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YES! I couldn't handle ANY chicken in the first trimester and through the entire second trimester I couldn't handle chicken on the bone at all. The aversion has gone away in the 3rd trimester and I am enjoying chicken a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206842 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:57:16 +0000 kokobee 206842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>nope. it was shrimp for me... the texture... bleh! i love shrimp too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206840 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:55:56 +0000 LuLu Mom 206840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, it was about the only thing I could eat, chicken and rice for about 4 weeks straight! Any other form of meat made me sick! I needed bland colors/flavors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206838 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:50:33 +0000 calsmom 206838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't repulsed by it, but I never wanted it. I rarely have beef, and that is all I wanted all throughout my pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206835 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:48:33 +0000 Jenn23 206835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes and at 25 weeks, I still do. I've attempted to eat chicken and pork (sausage) a few times in this trimester and still can't do it. My husband loves it, though, because he just takes mine and eats it. haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206564 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:29:15 +0000 ladyfingers 206564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: All I want is carbs. For lunch, I had leftover lasagna, leftover penne pasta (we had Italian brought in at work yesterday), and a piece of bread. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206560 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:26:18 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 206560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: I will never eat salmon again after being forced to eat it at 6 weeks pregnant! I also lost my taste for beer. </p> <p>I don't know if the girl thing is true, but it certainly was in my case! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206559 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:25:54 +0000 Running Elley 206559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: Hmmmm. I never ate red meat before pregnancy but since I got pregnant I’ve loved it! And I’m having a boy. Interesting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206556 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:22:32 +0000 photojane 206556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting, @sandy and @ladyfingers... I'm a huge, huge meat eater. A salad is not a meal to me... unless its laden with chicken, of course. I prefer red meat, but do love chicken. This hasn't changed at all since becoming pregnant. In fact, I think I've actually wanted meat more. I've had lots of aversions so far (number one being pizza.. blech!) but a hamburger always sounds good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206551 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:17:39 +0000 DillonLion 206551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sandy: I'll find out on Tuesday for sure. But the doctor was 80% sure it was a girl at our last ultrasound. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206528 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:06:29 +0000 ladyfingers 206528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sandy: It's funny you say that, my friend wanted to eat red meat all the time when she was pregnant with her son, and she's not really a big meat eater. I don't know how her eating habits changed when she was pregnant with their daughter, but she did say she had an urge to become a lot more feminine -- take the spacers out of her ears, wear more feminine clothing, grow her hair out longer, etc. -- when she was pregnant with her.</p> <p>I will say that we are not far enough along to know the gender, but normally, I love the hell out of burgers, and the idea of eating a burger just does not appeal to me at all. I'm not even averse to it, I just... don't want it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206525 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:04:51 +0000 ladyfingers 206525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. Gross. DH usually makes this really delicious chicken drumstick recipe, and I've had to turn it down after the last time, with the skin and the fat and the UGH GROSS. I feel really bad, I haven't told him yet that I can't stand chicken right now. </p> <p>And is it weird that I don't really like looking at eggs right out of the shell? They remind me of the first ultrasound where I saw the yolk sac and everything. I still like eggs and eating them, etc. But looking at them raw makes me think of what they are -- unfertilized eggs -- and just makes me want to cry. (Sorry) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206522 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:03:20 +0000 sandy 206522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: did you have a baby girl? </p> <p>My theory is meat aversion = girl. This is based on a very small sample of people i know who had boys and loved meat during their pregnancy and those who couldn't stand it and had girls. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206515 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:00:38 +0000 DillonLion 206515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha how crazy that this happens to be so common! @sandy: Same here. All meat gave me the heebie jeebies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-aversion-to-chicken-during-your-first-trimester#post-206512 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:59:55 +0000 sandy 206512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a major aversion to all meat...I didn't cook or eat meat during my entire first trimester and rarely ate or cooked meat through my entire pregnancy - the only exception was I ate bacon almost every day</p> <p>I also could not stand eggs while I was pregnant </p>