Pregnant vegetarian craving meat

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cravings have no rhyme or reason. It isn't about "remembering what it tastes like" oh sanctiveggie- it's about your body having an innate need/desire for something.

Pregnant women who crave eating dirt or laundry detergent aren't "remembering a time long ago when they ate dirt". They crave it.


I was a meat eater who couldn't DEAL with the smell or texture of meat for the first 15 weeks or so with my first. So? I couldn't eat it. I ate what my body told me to during pregnancy.

+1. I become a vegetarian during the first trimester.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a thing. I went vegetarian so my pregnant friend could eat meat for a while and more animals wouldn't die because of her cravings.

Joey is that you? What a nice thing to do for your friend Phoebe!

NOBODY'S commented on this yet?! C'mon people, "if you're gonna do something wrong, do it right!"

[Anonymous]

Veg here too, and no meat cravings. But I can't get enough cilantro. It's such a weird thing to be craving but at this point I'm eating it like it's an actual vegetable. At least it's easy to grow.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Vegetarian here. Lots of people told me I was going to want some bacon or a hamburger while pregnant. Turns out I didn't. But thank guys, very helpful.

Ha ha, same here. So many people asked if I would 'still' be a vegetarian during both of my pregnancies. Hm well I haven't eaten meat in 25 years, I'm certainly not craving it since I don't even remember what it tastes like.

like sombody said, craving have nothing to do with remembering tastes. in both my pregnancies, i craved beer. i am a teetotaler and never drank beer in my life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cravings have no rhyme or reason. It isn't about "remembering what it tastes like" oh sanctiveggie- it's about your body having an innate need/desire for something.

Pregnant women who crave eating dirt or laundry detergent aren't "remembering a time long ago when they ate dirt". They crave it.


I was a meat eater who couldn't DEAL with the smell or texture of meat for the first 15 weeks or so with my first. So? I couldn't eat it. I ate what my body told me to during pregnancy.

So, do you think people whose bodies are craving laundry detergent should eat what their bodies tell them to?

No, I think that they should pay attention to their craving and seek to find the underlying cause of their pica with a medical professional. They aren't eating it because of some past memory. That's ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vegetarian here. Lots of people told me I was going to want some bacon or a hamburger while pregnant. Turns out I didn't. But thank guys, very helpful.

Ha ha, same here. So many people asked if I would 'still' be a vegetarian during both of my pregnancies. Hm well I haven't eaten meat in 25 years, I'm certainly not craving it since I don't even remember what it tastes like.

like sombody said, craving have nothing to do with remembering tastes. in both my pregnancies, i craved beer. i am a teetotaler and never drank beer in my life.

Yep. My relatively clean living SIL seriously craved Scotch and cigarettes. OP your sister should consider herself lucky.

[Anonymous]

Her body needs protein. Protein and fat are what brains grow from.

[Anonymous]

I was vegan and then vegetarian for 16 years. When I was about 10 weeks pregnant with my twins, I woke up one morning desperate for a hamburger. I also craved and ate a ton of roasted chicken. I haven't gone back to being vegetarian. I do try to limit myself to pasture-raised animals (although I recognize that there is no such thing as humane slaughter). Ethically I wish I could go back to being vegetarian, but I feel so much better eating meat.

[Anonymous]

I don't eat red meat, but I craved bacon during pregnancy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a thing. I went vegetarian so my pregnant friend could eat meat for a while and more animals wouldn't die because of her cravings.

Joey is that you? What a nice thing to do for your friend Phoebe!

NOBODY'S commented on this yet?! C'mon people, "if you're gonna do something wrong, do it right!"

Thank you!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vegetarian here. Lots of people told me I was going to want some bacon or a hamburger while pregnant. Turns out I didn't. But thank guys, very helpful.

Ha ha, same here. So many people asked if I would 'still' be a vegetarian during both of my pregnancies. Hm well I haven't eaten meat in 25 years, I'm certainly not craving it since I don't even remember what it tastes like.

like sombody said, craving have nothing to do with remembering tastes. in both my pregnancies, i craved beer. i am a teetotaler and never drank beer in my life.

I'm not a total teetotaler (I maybe drink three times a year), but when I'm pregnant wine, beer, mixed drinks - it all sounds amazing. I have no idea why.

[Anonymous]

I craved potatoes throughout my first pregnancy. Any kind of potato - baked, fried, broiled, mashed, boiled, whatever.

I craved celery through my second pregnancy, which was weird, because I hate celery.

[Anonymous]

I've been a vegetarian for over 15 years but went to Chick-Fil-A three times during pregnancy. I never told anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been a vegetarian for over 15 years but went to Chick-Fil-A three times during pregnancy. I never told anyone.

Did you eat the chicken at Chic-Fil-A? Did it make you sick since you hadn't eaten meat in so long, or were you OK?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been a vegetarian for over 15 years but went to Chick-Fil-A three times during pregnancy. I never told anyone.

Did you eat the chicken at Chic-Fil-A? Did it make you sick since you hadn't eaten meat in so long, or were you OK?

This is bunk. I was a veg*n for 11 years and my first meat was delicious ribs- felt fantastic!!!