Pregnancy Related Food Aversions and Cravings

RunsWithBees
RunsWithBees Posts: 1,508 Member
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I was reminiscing about being pregnant with my son (who is now 25 years old) and remembering what foods I could not stomach or even stand the smell of while I was carrying him in my womb. Oddly I didn’t really have cravings or experience bouts of morning sickness but there were a few food aversions I did experience... for me the first thing was mangoes, could not stomach them at all, didn’t have a problem with any other fruits though. Then it was hot dogs, I would immediately retch at the first smell or taste of hot dogs. The last thing I couldn’t stand while pregnant was eggs, hated the smell, taste or even THINKING about eggs... yuck! I was able to eat mangoes after giving birth but to this day I don’t really care for hotdogs and it took me about 4 years after my kid was born to even CONTEMPLATE eating eggs again... very, very slowly reintroduced them into my diet and now I have no problem with eggs.

What foods did you oddly crave or were a total turn-off for you while being pregnant?

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  • Miss_Chiev0us_
    Miss_Chiev0us_ Posts: 2,208 Member
    I couldn't stand the sight or the smell of ground beef. I could have lived off popsicles and slurpies.
  • penguinmama87
    penguinmama87 Posts: 1,155 Member
    When pregnant I can't stand the smell of yogurt, onions, or Cheerios (they have a distinct smell and absolutely cannot be in the house when I'm pregnant and can smell absolutely everything).

    The yogurt thing is funny to me because it smells the exact same as baby poop, so it's all I smell in those first few months with a newborn. :p

    Most of the time I can handle a dirty diaper being in the trash (or pail when doing cloth), but not while pregnant. It has to be taken care of pronto.

    I do stereotypically crave pickles. Of any kind. But I eat them a lot when I'm not pregnant, too!
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    edited March 2021
    In the first trimester, when I was nauseous, I craved cold fruit all of the time. I can no longer drink tea that I used to love. I also had an aversion to eggs. My morning sickness wasn’t that bad at all and I eat mostly vegetarian. I wonder if that has anything to do with it since I noticed a lot of other pregnant women are averse to meats of some kind.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    nooshi713 wrote: »
    In the first trimester, when I was nauseous, I craved cold fruit all of the time. I can no longer drink tea that I used to love. I also had an aversion to eggs. My morning sickness wasn’t that bad at all and I eat mostly vegetarian. I wonder if that has anything to do with it since I noticed a lot of other pregnant women are averse to meats of some kind.

    Adverse to Meats !?

    I find this most highly unpossible.

    I craved carnitas burritos.

    ..... but to be honest, I wasn't pregnant or even in the same room as anyone (or anything) pregnant.

    I just sometimes (if not, usually) crave burritos.


    I thought you should know.

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