Pickles!

I know we can crave things but should I be concerned if I want to eat pickles everyday...several times a day....

Does this mean I am needed something in my diet? Anyone else having a similar issue?

 

Yes, i do. i have never liked milk but these past few weeks i have been craving whole milk. i probably go through a gallon every 2 days by myself. i keep telling DH we should just invest in a cow. lol Clearly my boys need the calcium and vitamin D.


36W5D mono/di boys

 

Well, I personally like pickles WHILE drinking milk! I mean Ewwww! But seriously, I like the pickle taste of salt and vinegar a lot. I was eating them everyday, more than once for like a month or two. Just recently cut back! I am 24 weeks.

 

I've always enjoyed pickles. .. but I've been a total stereotypical pregnant gal this time around and I'm housing pickles! LOVE 'EM!

 

I usually go through phases... One week I'll want ice cream. Several times a day. Then I go onto sour stuff another week... pickles, picked carrots, cucumbers with lemon and salt, etc. Then, I'll crave meat, hamburgers, steaks, etc. It all depends on how I'm feeling and if I indulge in the craving. But it has not been constant for more than maybe 2 weeks with the same craving...

 

I read somewhere.. can't remember where.. that eating fermented foods like pickles helps to keep the pH in your birth canal low so that you're at lower risk of bacterial infection. Now, I don't know whether that's true, but I gotta agree that pickles are delicious.

 

OH MAN.....I was in search of the PERFECT pickle while pregnant!! I found it.... AT HOOTERS!!! :rofl: Yeah, pregnant with twins and ALL I was concerned about was that their pickles ROCKED MY WORLD!!!

 

I bought a HUGE jar of pickles while I was pregnant and ate half of it in one day...at one point, I was eating bites of pickle in between peanut butter and graham crackers. Not a great combo, I'll admit. But damn, if pickles weren't the most awesome food in the world! Be careful, though, I retained a crap ton of water from all the sodium . I had cankles for like, two months.