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8 weeks

I am 8 weeks pregnant and I have been craving steak, grilled chicken fajitas, french fries, and pepperoni pizza. Not too long ago I ate a Reese's cup with sour cream and onion Pringles. That combination was VERY good. The past couple of days, I have been wanting crystal light popcorn (a concoction I discovered while bored a couple of years ago; its buttered popcorn sprinkled with crystal light mix powder). I cannot drink Diet Pepsi, but I can drink diet coke and tea. And I cannot drink regular Mountain Dew or I get extremely sick to my stomach and the smell of boiled chicken makes me nauseous. I can drink Diet Mountain Dew but there has to be a lot of ice in it (and I usually don't like very much ice.).
—Guest Lucky_17

Dunkin' donuts cravings

DD hazelnut coffee coolatta. I'm trying for the skim milk option... I could down three mediums in one day but worried about effects on my baby! I'm 18 weeks pregnant today.
—Guest weimj396

Everything good makes me sick

Every thing that I seem to want upsets my stomach I can't eat any thing fried and it seems that all I can hold down is fruit and all I can really drink that seems to quench my thirst is apple juice. This is our 3rd kid and we have 2 boys and we are 7 weeks now. With both my boys I ate every thing.
—Guest Absolutly disgusted

Cravings

Popcorn chicken from sonic and buying vanilla ice cream and dipping the chicken in it.
—ladymustang92290

pineapple and sprite

I'm only 5 weeks pregnant and all I want to eat is pineapple and all I want to drink is sprite.
—Guest Cassandra

So glad Im not the only one!

When I was in my first few weeks of pregnancy I started eating liver spread like a mad woman, eggs as well, fried, scrambled, omelets but couldn't stand runny boiled eggs. I'm 16 weeks along now and I've started craving things like pickled onions, pickled gherkins, onion and tomato relish, tomato foods (I've never been a huge tomato fan.). I still eat chocolate although not nearly as much as I used to before I got pregnant, I also can't drink coffee at all, if I do I'm sick for the rest of the day....
—Guest Atell

Very weird craving

My first pregnancy I craved a weird pizza which was the crust, spaghetti-os, and rice crispy treats on top . It didn't taste that great but that's what I wanted. Second pregnancy boiled potatoes with salt. Now with my 3rd child it has been salads with avocados or french fries with avocados spread on them. What next sometimes I am scared to find out.
—Guest Kristy

Craving

I am 3 weeks pregnant and I am craving salted peanuts and ice cream.
—Guest maria

My cravings

I am 21 weeks and its been Taco Bell nachos bell grande with extra cheese or pizza combos with pickles. I ate the whole bag of combos and the whole jar of pickles and I've only gained 3 lbs so far. Love McDonald's french fries and salads too but lately that's been making me gag.
—Guest Denise

Cravings

With each of my pregnancies they have been similar...until this one. My first son I craved Chips and salsa like a mad woman, the same with my next two sons. My third son however I did crave GRASS. Yes you read right, grass. I wanted to graze out with the horses, the smell of grass did something crazy to me and I wanted to eat it so badly. I never did but I wanted too. With this baby my cravings are completely different from the prior three. I want to eat sweet things such as oranges and apples, grapes and strawberry's and any fresh veggie I can get my hands on, also, soups...even just the broth, it doesn't matter. I am hoping since this time the cravings are different, that this baby might be a girl.
—hucalu

Pickles

I've been craving pickles for about two weeks now including ice cream about hour later after that and I'm 8 weeks pregnant.
—Guest Chanel

Salty and Greasy

I am 15 weeks pregnant andI have been craving McDonald's cheeseburgers, salt and vinegar chips and BLTs. Prepregnancy I didn't eat any of this. I didn't like chips, I was a chocolate cake kinda girl.
—Guest guest Britney

Food cravings

I'm not sure if I'm pregnant or not, but I have been craving doughnuts for the past few weeks.
—Guest Nugget07

Only 4 months pregnant...

What I craved was normal, I think. I craved steaks, subway, fruits and vegetables, ice cream - pretty much just about any thing.
—Guest shanda

FOOD!

I crave fish, mainly salmon. I try not to eat it that often but I find myself counting my days between the meals! Also asparagus and other veggies, all fruits especially cantaloupe. all these foods I crave I never normally ate much of. I used to be a HUGE junk food junkie.... the more chocolate the better. Now, I can't really stand chocolate or too many other sweets. the funny thing is now, I am eating more healthy then ever and at 15 weeks I have already gained 15 pounds. My doc isn't too happy about that....
—Guest sarah

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