The night I took my first positive pregnancy test, I wanted seafood. Of course, I always want seafood, so I'm not sure if that was a pregnancy craving or just an excuse to go to our local seafood place. We'll blame it on pregnancy, OK? I also wanted chicken patties for lunch the 1st couple of weeks after I found out I was pregnant. I haven't seemed to want them since. I'm thinking that all of this is just craving of protein.
Somwhere between the 4-week and 8-week mark, I put salt on food for about a week. Normally, I use salt very sparingly, but during this week, I coated all my food with it. Luckily that craving has gone. (I read Progesterone can strip your body of salt. I'm now off shots, so maybe that's what was going on at that time.)
I live on Antacids. Even a cold glass of water seems to upset my stomach a bit. This has not "turned off like a switch" when I hit the 2nd trimester like many books and websites say it will. I am just fortunate that I'm not vomiting like some of my friends have when they were pregnant. I work with a girl who has to stop her car and puke on the way to work. So glad that hasn't happened!
I am also very thirsty! I get up several times a night to pee. Seems like every time I get up, I drink a big glass of water. Then I go back to bed and sleep for a couple hours. Then the cycle repeats! This usually goes on 3-5 times per night.
For a couple of weeks around the 12-week mark, I ate an entire can of peaches every night before going to bed. I blame this on the baby's father being a Georgia peach!
For the first time in my life, the words "This is too sweet" came out of my mouth. This has never happened.
We went to the Cheesecake Factory when I was about 14-weeks along - I ordered banana cream cheesecake rather than anything with chocolate. The people we were with looked at me like I was an alien. I went without chocolate. It is a strange event. One day right after the Cheesecake Factory incident, I even called mother-in-law to tell her I didn't think the baby was related to either of us. She's as much of a chocoholic as I am. She just laughed.
Now that I've hit the 17-week point, my appetite has hit overdrive. I've eaten nonstop since Friday. Baby must be hungry!
Reading you post made me so hungry, lol
ReplyDeleteSo glad everything is going well, despite the upset stomach every now and then. I was the opposite when it came to chocolate, could not eat enough of it when pregnant! (and still though...).
ReplyDeleteIt's weird how the cravings come and go. I didn't want any meat for the first 2 trimesters, but when I hit the third one I was craving steak... I never ate steak, or red meat in general.
ReplyDeleteI never had "morning sickness" but I did have all day nausea. When I hit the late second trimester I got awful heartburn too. It goes away for some people, but not everyone. You might want to try taking some mints when you feel nauseous. I survived on Tums and mints lol.
Yay for hitting 17wks! You are moving right along! So happy for you.
My appetite was huge during the 2nd & 3rd trimester, but surprisingly it is even bigger now that I'm breastfeeding! At that point I couldn't imagine eating more. But now I'm off to eat a sandwich, again :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Toni, I am super hungry now. My cravings are just starting and I am back to corn on the cob and mac & cheese. I guess I should be documenting this stuff.
ReplyDeleteI had the same exact thing happen with salt. I rarely eat salt and for about 10 days, all I wanted was salt. I mostly ate it on fresh lemons. I'm also on supplemental progesterone, so maybe that has something to do with it.
ReplyDeleteSounds like everything is progressing well as they should. Baby will be here before you know it.
ReplyDeleteStopping by from ICLW to say hello and that I wish you all the best with your pregnancy, what an exciting time! I craved milk for the longest time while I was pregnant and then I had the WORST heartburn the rest of the time too! It's probably an old wives tale, but I've heard if you have heartburn while pregnant, your baby will be born with lots of hair. Our son was born with lots :-)
ReplyDeleteI craved Peanut butter when I was pregnant, not something I usually crave. Crazy babies ;)
ReplyDeleteHere from ICLW, at an exciting time, I see! Congratulations on your pregnancy, and thanks for giving me a craving for banana cream cheesecake ... sure, it's not chocolate (my usual, too), but it sounds really delicious!
ReplyDeleteHappy ICLW! Congratulations on your pregnancy!
ReplyDeleteThis post made me smile. Baby has a healthy appetite.
ReplyDeleteHi from ICLW. Congratulations on your pregnancy! Wishing you a happy and uneventful 23 weeks to go!
ReplyDeletethere is nothing wrong with being well hydrated and baking a baby is hard work!! I have to say that I totally LOL'd at the chocolate thing and the call. When I got pregnant with my 10 year old, I ate an Oreo cookie and threw up .. it was ..... sacrilegious! I couldn't touch an Oreo my WHOLE PREGNANCY which didn't go to term, he was premature .... but still!
ReplyDeleteHappy ICLW from #3
Pregnancy plays so many games with our body and sometimes the changes stick around afterwards. Huge congrats on your pregnancy and I hope the remaining time goes smoothly.
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