Cravings

The commonest question about pregnancy is what kind of cravings did you get? Mine is about the least exciting one you can imagine: fruit. Fruit, fruit and more fruit, I gotta have it. I once had a dream about stealing peaches from my friends. The most sinful thing I eat right now is the non-organic berries my husband was foolish enough to bring home. Like I can be trusted around luscious blackberries and sweet-tart raspberries, whatever I say about trying to stay organic for the baby. And I'm sorry, honey, but we've been married long enough for you to know that even if I say I'm not in the mood for apples, if you bring home only one honey crisp, the next day it will be gone. Overnight that apple started singing its siren song of juicy crisp fruitiness. You should've known better.

 I do have one craving but  nobody wants to hear it from a preggo chick: alcohol. Wine, beer, margaritas, sophisticated cocktails, Gran Marnier...I've had intense cravings for all of them at one time or another.

What people don't ask about -- and I have experienced much more intensely -- is food aversions.

Aversions

• Eggs
• Vegetables
• Left-overs
• Bread crusts
• Meat, with the exception of processed chicken tenders
• Coffee
• Water
• Beverages besides juice
• Seafood
• Dairy
• Protein
• Prenatal vitamins
• Any kind of vitamins
• Cheese, except in powdered mac'n'cheese form

A complete list of foods that were acceptable to me in my first trimester

• Trader Joe's boxed mac'n'cheese
• Potatoes
• Apple juice