Pregnancy Cravings

Ok, these cravings are driving me nuts. Let me first say that yes, I eat stuff while pregnant that I didn't plan too when I signed up for WLS. (please no flamers) I plan, as I did with my first son to get "back on track" starting in the hospital rather than trying to fight it right now with the hormones and stress... etc. Yes, it's an excuse, but i'm keeping it. :) As this is also my last pregnancy (I'm having a tubal with my c-section) part me kinda has that last supper syndrome... I'll never use the "i'm pregnant" excuse again and I did have my rny to live a healthy and full life with my husband and now children....

So that being said... I am going crazy with these cravings. First of all I could eat Ice as fast as it will freeze... thank god it's not summer and I don't have to contend with snowball stands (I had a HUGE addiction to those when I was pregnant with my son). Secondly cream cheese or sour cream. Both things that I never ate a lot of before... I could eat with a spoon like ice cream now. The other day it was oranges... I ate 3 and drank about a quart of juice. I haven't drank juice since my rny since it always made me dump....

I feel like I'm going crazy.... I actually woke up this morning craving ice so bad I had to get up and get some (3 hours before I would normally be up).

Anyone else going crazy too? Or is it just me?

Actually when I was 34-36 weeks along I woke up every morning around 2-3 a.m. to eat pop cycles (and I'm not talking the sugar free kind...LOL) I would wake up extremely hot and shaky so they helped a ton. When I asked my OB what the heck was wrong with me he told me it could just be my hormones because evidently around that time your hormones get a little more crazy and alter your temperature and also your sugar levels some. I live in Indiana and it's cold here so I think he must have been right. Since then I have had no cravings for anything. I have no room to eat in fact! I was told you loose your appetite the last couple of weeks before baby comes...so far that's whats happening to me anyways. 

I dont know if you could consider yourself "lucky" you don't dum*****t.  When I was pg, I actually dumped far worse than when I wasn't pg. 

As far as the ice cravings---get your iron levels checked ASAP!!!  This is definately a sign of iron deficiency! 

As least you as almost done!

Debbie

I crave different kinds of cereal...I LOVE frosted mini wheats and cheerios right now, but I think those cravings are far better than the cravings I had with my daughter pre-WLS...it was Krispy Kreme doughnuts and lots of em, so I don't feel so bad about my cereal cravings, it could be a lot worse...doesn't sound like your cravings are that terrible either ;-)

I posted the other day that I have been craving dirt. I don't know what it is about it, but I crave that rich, moist, earthy "taste" I guess. I used to eat it when I was a kid. I've had my iron levels checked and had a full blood panel done, and I am not deficient in ANYTHING. So I have no idea what's causing it... but it's to the point where when I think about sucking on a dirt clod I start to salivate. LOL!

My cravings are everything bad for you, but it's been sweets lately. M&M peanut is a daily need and I too have to have a nightly bowl of Frosted Mini Wheats.....I always feel dragged through the mud though, sorta like I'm in a crab coma...I think I have mini dumps.

~~Gina

I've had odd cravings too!  Around 10 wks, I craved cherry popsicles for about 2 weeks.  I thought I NEEDED one every day (not the sugar free kind!)....funny thing is that as a kid I loved popsicles but hated the cherry ones.  Now they are my favorite.  The last 2 weeks I have wanted cherry Icees....oh, they are so good!!!!!!!  You're not crazy!

Well I think I am doing better than with my daughter.  With her, I craved Big Mac's and I couldn't eat just one, lol.  So far, I am craving Hot Tamales and Mike n Ike's candy, lol.  Also chocolate milk.  And not with sugar free chocolate syrup.  Oh and Taco Bell beef burittos.  I can't help it.  I figure it could be worse.  I haven't gained any weight, I've actually lost, so as long as I keep it under control, I think I will be ok.

MY name is Saletia...
I will eat cereal for, breakfast, lunch and dinner if I can!

I crave canned light cling peaches in pear juice. I also like sour gummi bears & those terrible orange candy slices. Neither were things I was particularly fond of before. I do try to keep my cravings in check by keeping the actual amount I eat to a minimum, lol. If someone mentions something to me it causes me to often want it. For example if I speak to someone and they are eating a ham sandwich, then that becomes something that I now want to eat! I've only gained 3lbs since the beginning of this pregnancy, so I'm not beating myself up...yet!