One woman's journey through life as a mom.
Pregnancy is a funny thing. It can make you disgusted by things you used to love and it can make you drool over things you previously hated. Fortunately, from my experience, the aversions usually aren’t so bad after the first trimester. In my first pregnancy, I was turned off by chicken, turkey, and fish. In the second trimester, I got a craving for red meat, which I had never in my life eaten. I gave in to the craving and have enjoyed meat ever since.
Now with this pregnancy, I had aversions to almost everything possible during the first trimester. I lived on fruit of any kind and bagels with cream cheese. I am still somewhat turned off by cold-cuts, which is fine because you aren’t supposed to eat them anyway. I also still love fruit, but also enjoy eating salads and can finally handle eating some chicken and meat again. I wouldn’t say I love them, but I am totally ok with eating now. I am pretty turned off by the smell of taco sauce and certain other spices. I would say, the blander, the better. I crave soft-serve vanilla ice-cream cones from McDonalds. Pretty much anything cold and sweet is my best friend!
What are some pregnancy cravings and aversions you have had?
