What Cravings?

Many have asked me if I've been craving anything this pregnant.  Funny enough, no.  Not a thing. Not even with the girls.  Ok. That's not entirely true.  With one of the girls I craved ice water.  That was it.  This pregnancy has been no different.  No pickle cravings, not peanut butter-bacon sandwich cravings. Nothing!

That being said, I find that my taste buds are more alive than ever before when I'm pregnant and my nose much more sensitive (probably why I taste things more intensely).  I'm not a huge ice cream person.  However, when pregnant, it will taste like never before.   Several weeks ago, I couldn't get enough peanut butter. Not because I craved it, but, because the girls eat a lot of it.  As soon as that jar was opened up, I would dive in and eat it by the tablespoons.  If I walk past a restaurant, I can smell what they're cooking and want it immediately.  Most everything I taste is delicious.  I can't stop eating and I want more.more.more.

The downside is that I can tell when a cook needs a little help creating favorable dishes.  This is because he or she will have salted the heck out of it.  When pregnant and sensitive to flavors, I simply can't eat overly-salted food.  When a chef over-salts food, it speaks for his or her skills (lack thereof). 

The same goes for chocolate.  I usually only buy chocolate that is organic - no fake ingredients.  I recently had some chocolate that tasted like plastic.  I almost gagged and spit it out!  When pregnant, I can especially taste fake foods. 

So, no, my husband hasn't had to make any late-night ice cream, potato chip, bacon runs!