Pregnancy Cravings
When I found out that I was pregnant with my daughter I was a vegetarian. This was a lifestyle I grew up with and had gone back and forth with over the years, but I was determined to try my best to maintain a vegetarian diet throughout the pregnancy. I did this with my doctor?s blessing, and I tried my best to maintain a healthy and balanced diet.
Fast forward to my fourth month of pregnancy. My morning sickness had subsided and one night while out with friends I suddenly got the most irresistible and undeniable urge for cold fried chicken.
Cold fried chicken? What?
I valiantly ignored this urge for three or four days until I just couldn?t stand it anymore. I called my husband while I was at work and asked him to immediately go buy a bucket of fried chicken and then stick it in the fridge so it would be cold by the time I got home. My mouth was watering the entire drive home. When I arrived home I dashed to the fridge, ripped open the bucket, and ate that cold fried chicken as though it was the first meal I?d had in weeks. My husband watched me with an expression on his face that could only be described as amused intrigue. I haven?t been a vegetarian since.
I never had the fabled pickles-and-ice-cream cravings, but cold fried chicken was the most prevalent craving throughout my entire pregnancy. A friend of mine craved chocolate pie when she was pregnant, and another wanted apples with every meal. I?ll never forget, however, how pregnancy switched me from content vegetarian to ravenous carnivore.
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Jessdel27 says...
LOL…same thing happened to me, but I’m determined to start cutting back on meat.
Delisyus says...
in a way, I envy you… i was looking forward to the pregnancy cravings and hubs was scaredly anticipating them… so we both didn’t know how to deal with the fact that I didn’t have any appetite and eating was a chore…
hubs would come home with different types of food just to get me to eat…
fast forward to now… three months after giving birth, am as ravenous as a pregnant woman
michelle says...
Just curious..did eating meat mess up your stomach?? I’m a vegetarian and 29 weeks pregnant. I’ve thought about eating burgers but I’m scared it will really hurt my stomach. Any suggestions?
Tamsen Butler says...
Michelle, it didn’t mess with my stomach at all. I’d suggest starting with something more natural than a fast food burger, though!