My nausea has kicked in this week which makes me crave salty food, like french fries or chips. I'm sitting here arguing with myself "oh screw it, you're pregnant, get the fries" vs "I'm only 5 weeks and I don't want to gain a ton of weight" Ugh, it's like the devil and angel on my shoulders! When do you give in to your cravings?
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Right now I am eating anything that doesn't make me gag....When I get past the nausea I will go back to eating as healthy as possible again.
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Always give in. With morning sickness, whatever I craved was the only thing I could eat without feeling worse. I ate so little when I felt sick, that I didn't feel bad about the calories/nutritional content of whatever I was eating. At least it was something.
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For me it's more about if I want it bad enough to send DH out to the store or ask him to stop somewhere after a long day at work.
Weirdly enough this pregnancy the cravings have been much less after the 2nd tri!
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All the time. At 12 weeks I still have to eat what I can. I gained 5 lbs early on but it's remained static since!
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I eat whatever I want as long as it's practical. I don't send DH out for cravings but I do have ice cream frequently as well as whatever else I'm craving (fries, chips, etc). I'm 25 weeks tomorrow and have only gained 6 pounds! I go for my GTT in two weeks though
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All the time. I'm about to order a hoagie.
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When I'm sick I eat whatever I can. It's balanced out with not wanting to eat and I haven't gained much. But I'm concerned I'm not feeling a ton better and past 13 weeks. I don't want to eat crap the whole time.
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When I was nauseous, which wasn't often or extreme, I ate whatever I could stomach. Lots of pretzels. For other stuff, like a big bagel with cream cheese and a coffee with lots of half and half, I'd treat myself once a week. I also craved chicken wings, and I just got those when I was going out with friends. I never had cravings so strongly that I HAD to have it right now. I know some people do.
Actually, beer was probably my strongest craving. Like...double IPA, super hoppy, beer. I remember smelling my husbands beer and literally drooling. I didn't let myself take a sip until the last two weeks of pregnancy, only because I knew I'd be craving it even more after a sip. During the last couple weeks I'd have maybe 1/4 to 1/2 of a beer (strong beers) a couple times a week.
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When I was sick I gave in to every craving but was barely eating so a milkshake was preferable to nothing. Now I give in if it's healthy, if it's not healthy I try to substitute something else because often I crave something just because I am hungry, if that doesn't work I go for it.
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I eat anything that pops in my head if I can because most of the time, everything sounds disgusting.
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I lived on cheeseburgers when I was super nauseated. Throwback to my partying days I guess... but it was the only thing I could keep down.
Once that passed, I can't say I ever really had many cravings, except peaches. And that I just indulged as I saw fit.
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When I felt sick I ate what I could or what I can, when I am having a good day/days I make it a point to eat as healthy as I can.
My new craving is grilled zucchini so odd, but I love it so I figure that is a good craving to give into
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@MrsHansen82: same here! Although it's getting a lot better now that I'm closer to the second trimester. Still have more food aversions than cravings though.
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In the first tri all the time whatever sounded good I ate. At almost 17w I still eat something if I have a super strong craving for it but honestly that doesn't happen often.
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@charmed: Yeah I am having more cravings but most of the time it's stuff that I know will upset my stomach. Just last night I really wanted nachos, like really bad. That would not have gone over well.
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During the first trimester, I just ate whatever I could keep down, regardless of fat content.
Now I don't really have any cravings.
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Pretty much always- I was constantly nauseous so anything that sounded good got devoured. Too much weight was never a concern since eating was pretty difficult for me, it's early yet, I wouldn't stress over that yet.
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