Oh My God I'm Craving Alcohol & 20 Weeks Pregnant

Honey I craved it the whole time and I did not indulge. Ill tell you what though, the day after I gave birth I had the best damn beer I've ever tasted in my life! !!

I didn't crave alcohol (although, I don't think that is so weird). I craved cottage cheese, scooped with Fritos scoops!!! Hmmmm, I think maybe now I want some....

Buy some O'Douls beer. It's non-alcoholic beer. See if that helps. Maybe it'll take care of the craving.

I bought it when I found out I was pregnant with my second. The next week, the morning sickness (all day long) began. I couldn't even open the bottle, much less drink it, I was so nauseated. Since you don't have my problem, try it.

Good luck!
Dawn

You're PROBABLY craving lycopene, and your body is telling you to go for the most concentrated source it knows.

It's found in tomatoes and grape skins.

So try those. Marinara, grape juice (concord), tomato/basil/mozz (aka caprese salad), roasted tomatoes, whole grapes (red or purple), etc.

It's like craving red meat on your period... but spinach will ALSO get the iron fix.

Lycopene is one of the things your body uses to moderate vasopressure / bloodpressure.

Pour your favorite fruit juice in a fancy wine glass, it makes you feel grown up and as if your are indulging yourself! With my first child I craved green peppers, mostly pizza with green peppers, with my second child I craved pink lemonade. I was dehydrated (from vomiting) a lot in the first trimester and used to dream about watermelon and ice cream ...

When preggers...I ALWAYS had cranberry juice...in a wine glass.

It was 'tart' enough to feel like wine (and I was...and AM a big wine drinker)...but was a healthy alternative...and the wine glass was 'festive'.

Also...when preggers...I HAD to have a frozen burrito or 3...slathered in sour cream and extra cheese almost nightly...

Go figure...lol

Best Luck!
michele/cat

I didn't crave alcohol - but I do know some mom's who did. Their OB said "anything in moderation...." that being said - ONE drink - margarita, daiquiri, etc. won't hurt the baby - unless it's like pure alcohol with a TAD bit of ice! LOL!!!

I don't know how old you are - but remember - back in the 60's women drank and SMOKED while pregnant!! OH MY!! Again - it was moderation. Is it healthy? Heck no! But you can have a drink...talk with the OB and see what she says.

I hope you aren't taking a hot bath! That's worse than alcohol!! The baby can't cool off!!!

I craved cheetos to no end my first trimester. I'm 19 weeks now and have a major craving for deviled eggs and baked potatoes.

As for the alcohol, can you make an alcohol free spritzer punch? Like with ginger-ale and sherbet or grenadine and cherries or something?

Fried pickles from Sonic!!!

I did give in once and have an O'douls ... then after it touching my lips I was done and the mere smell of alcohol made me want to puke! Maybe if you make a steak with a reduced wine sauce so there is no actual alochol that will help your craving! It will make you THINK you are enjoying it but not really. I wanted fruit and fritos, specifically strawberries & pineapple!

I am almost 6 months pregnant and I crave apples, carrots, and wheat thin crackers with cheese like there is no tomorrow. I can't stand anything with alot of sweetness to it--this is so unlike my other pregnancies! The wierdest craving I have had is bean and cheese burrito with applesauce poured all over the middle. It is the BEST. :) LOL

M

When I was about six months pregnant I attended my brother's wedding. I had my OB's blessing to have a glass of champagne for the wedding. We attended another wedding and she gave her blessing for me to have another glass of wine. Her only stipulation was that I drink my single glass (per wedding) after a meal. I saved it for the toast.

By "a glass" I mean "a serving" and it was a literal serving... only a few ounces and not a full tilt glass. I think a serving of wine is technically between 3-to-5 ounces?

My point is to talk to your OB. A single glass ie. a single technical serving shouldn't do any harm. A sign that you'd be drinking enough to pass through the placenta into the baby is if you feel buzzed. Buzzed means drunk. And if all you want is a few sips to satiate the craving rather than a whole serving, then I honestly don't see the problem. Although I did enjoy toasting champagne with my OB's blessing I couldn't actually finish my glass. A few sips was all I needed to curb the desire.

Raspberries. And more raspberries. And once, pudding pops. Hubby even trotted off the store to search for them and came home with a box. Once lick and I'd wished he'd brought me raspberries instead.

1st child: Egg McMuffins and Nestle Chocolate Milk
2nd child:Pelligrino & Tomato, red onions and cucumbers w/vinegar & salt
3rd child: Cocoa Krispies and Apple Juice

With my first...anything sour apple, dinty moore dinners and margaritas. I would go to Walgreens and buy sour skittles and eat all the green out. So gross. With my second- creme filling. I never had a Twinkie before and tried one. And threw up. So, I would dip teddy grahams in a jar of frosting. Isn't that disgusting? Now, I crave coffee. I almost bought a machine. But, I haven't had a cup in 10 years and don't like it. And I am never around anyone who does drink it. Weird!?

With my daughter, I craved DIRT like you wouldn't believe. I just wanted sooooo badly a big bowl full of potting soil as I relaxed in front of the television. They checked my iron and everything was fine. Guess it was just my hormones out of wack.

With my son, I craved corny dogs and french fries dipped in tarter sauce.

Aweird craving I had was for Chablis. I LOVE wine and good beer, and I do drink, but I didn't drink while pregnant except for a few glasses of wine in my 3rd trimester. There was a point in BOTH pregnancies though, where I almost couldn't contain my desire for A LOT of chablis! I'm not a very big fan of white wines at all, but I wanted it so badly, I literally wanted to turn a giant bottle of it up and chug it! Sooooooo bizarre! So no, you're not alone. I believe my craving was around 20 weeks as well -both times.

If I were you and felt like I could be sated with a glass, I would have a normal-sized glass of wine! However, I didn't have a glass because I didn't feel like I could control myself I craved it so badly, and I felt like it would make it even worse if I could only have a little without that "gulping, chugging" factor.

I wanted margaritas and chips and guacamole. My cousin wanted pizza and red wine.

Every night when pregnant with my daughter I had an Italian ice from the local place.. turns out the guy who gave my hubby the Italian ice's wife was also pregnant and seemed to be craving them as well. When I went to the hospital, we both had our kids the same day with in 2 hrs of each other.

Make yourself a virgin Daiquiri to trick yourself ;)

I for some reason craved Twix bars. Not sure, but I just had to have them. So much so that I bought them in bulk and had a candy drawer!

My midwife would suggest that you in fact, grab some wine, hit the tub and then go to bed. A little wine or beer won't hurt you or the baby after the first trimester.

I craved alcohol with my daughter and coffee with my son. I remember wanting anything with alcohol - wine, beer, vodka, rum, etc. It was very frustrating. At least with my son, I could drink decaf. :)

Good luck to you.....

I'm you. All I want is a couple of glasses of wine (not just one) or an ice cold beer and some crabs. I don't drink regularly, we don't even keep beer in the house because it goes bad before we can drink it and all our wine is gifts from others that we only open when we have company. I also can always eat Mexican, but want nothing to do with chicken. I craved wine when I was pregnant with my daughter, but once I had her, my craving went away and I didn't have drink until I was in Hawaii 5 weeks later. I also don't typically like Nutella, but I've been eating it like crazy now that I'm pregnant.

lol you sound just like me i am not a beer drinker really and not a big fan of pizza. well got pregnant with my youngest and i wanted beer pizza oh ya and sasuage and gravy. never really liked any before the scary part was it was my hubbys 3 fav foods lol. and she is 4 now and still just like her daddy!

My OB is a firm believer that if you are craving something, there is something in there that your body needs. She always told me to give into my cravings. Of course, I'm not saying that you should have an entire bottle of wine. But a few sips couldn't hurt.

Just to be clear, I am completely against woman drinking during pregnancy but at the same time I don't think that a small sip would hurt anything (Plus, it will make your craving go away). :)

That is funny, maybe you should buy a bag of jelly belly margarita flavored or go buy a non alcoholic sparkling wine. Sometimes i think we crave things because of what they mean and what is in them. I craved rice krispie treats the other day and i havent had those in YEARS.

i agree with Riley that your body is craving an ingredint in it. Grab some grapes or other food she reccomended

I had a surprise pregnancy after about 6 years of marriage. I had NO IDEA I was pregnant - it was Super Bowl Sunday. We are not sports fans, but my husband had a friend over and I made some "football food". I have never been much of a drinker. I have never even been tipsy in my life. I drank TWO bottles of beer over the course of the day. My husband couldn't believe his eyes. He had never even seen me drink a half of a beer. A few weeks later I found out I was pregnant and I cried to my OB/GYN that I had had 2 beers. She told me not to worry. All I can say is that I craved a beer every day for 9 months. I never had one, but it's all I thought about. I also craved beets which I had never eaten before in my life. I think I ate beets every day for 9 months. A few weeks after I delivered my daughter, my husband offered me a beer thinking I'd love to have one - nope, didn't interest me anymore. Go figure.

I loved almonds and chocolate milk- together. I could drink 1/2 gallon of chocolate milk a day. And would eat a whole can of almonds in one sitting. Funny thing is I haven't touched either since. But now that I am thinking about it, it still sounds pretty good! :)

I am not much of a drinker anymore, but while pregnant with my youngest son, I suddenly had a psycho craving for for some daiquiris, something yummy and tropical: pineapples, coconuts, something cold and delicious for those hot summer days. One day I was driving down the road and the craving was so strong I seriously got tears in my eyes! That evening as I was pulling into the garage, I noticed that my little air freshener in my car was "pina colada". I realized I had gotten those cravings about a week ago, after getting my car detailed and that little air freshener put in, and that just cracked me up! I made a pineapple smoothie and didn't have another thought about it, except to make fun of myself. The cravings disappeared (I think I may have tossed the air freshener, but can't remember).
I think with it being the holidays, wine would be on your mind a bit? Is there something you could drink to substitute? Like make some nice warm nonalcoholic wassail, put on some lovely music, and hit the tub and bed then?
My only other craving was red meat. There were a couple times I got a little psycho with it---one time I called my husband on my way home from the shops very concerned about my sanity. I was driving down the road and there was a pasture with a couple cows eating grass on the other side of the fence....I felt a strong urge to cut one and lick its blood. That was disturbing and I called home thinking something was real wrong with me. He said "No worries---I'm putting Joe's shoes on, and when you get home, we'll go to a steakhouse...you just need some meat". It went away when I ate a good steak. 3 weeks later, I had a dream that I was at a Pizza Hut drive through window trying to pull a calf from the backseat of my car to the front seat, and then push it through the window so the Pizza Hut guy could butcher it for me. I told my doctor about it at my appointment that week, and he checked and sure enough, my iron was real low. He gave me some low dose iron supplements, and I adjusted my diet to eat more iron-rich foods, and never had another issue with a cow.
And both pregnancies, in first trimester, pickles were DIVINE.

My mom craved wine with my brother. So, she finally caved and ordered a glass of wine with her dinner one night, took one sip, and got sick! That was back in the 80s.

When I was pregnant, I didn't have any weird cravings, but I would go on "kicks" like I would only want PBJ for days in a row, or only want spaghetti, or pesto. I did not like the smell of meat so my husband had to do a lot of cooking, and broccoli was an aversion (esp. cooked and even though I LOVE broccoli). My worst aversion was MINT!!! Every time I brushed my teeth I got sick...mint ice cream, mint antacid, candy canes, YUCK!!! I still am picky with anything mint and my little man is 18 MO! :-)

I, like alot of other woman who posted below, craved beer. But only for one day! I'm not a beer drinker but one hot August day it was all I could think about! My husband and I went out for lunch and I insisted he ordered one for himself just so I could have some sips :) After I satisfied that craving I never craved it again. Other than that the only thing I ever longed for while pregnant was nectarines!

I remember craving beer for several weeks with my last two. Like you, I am not a big drinker either. And frosting, but not at the same time. With my middle child, I went through about a six to eight week period where I just could not get enough red meat and eggs. A local restaurant had a pot roast omelette and I think I lived there for two weeks! I probably ate more hamburgers during that time than I have the rest of my adult life, because I am also not really into red meat.

As for the "labor day" celebration, a hospital not terribly far from me gives a steak dinner the night the baby's born, complete with champagne. It's not where I delivered, and the last thing I've ever wanted to do after birthing is eat or drink (probably the only time in my life that's true, LOL), so I didn't miss it. But I say, if you still feel that way when the baby comes, seriously, you will have earned it.

I'm 20 weeks too. Last time I didn't crave alcohol or much of anything, this time around is much different. I have had massive cravings and all for pretty goofy and really unhealthy things! Pop-tarts, jolly ranchers, fritos, sour patch kids, and BURGERS. Eeek. And when I say cravings, I mean, stop everything, I can't think about anything else until I get it into my body and even then I want MORE. :) I also have had a really strong urge for beer. Since I can't indulge in that, I find myself taking major sniffs of my hubby's beer. I have been using my super-nose powers to get at least the smell into my body. My husband gets a bit creeped out, but honestly, it does help a bit. :)

First child- I wanted a good hearty bowl of oatmeal every morning (with brown sugar and raisins)... and also PB&J toasted English muffin sandwiches.
2nd child it was cold cereal with cold milk and tall glass of OJ... I rarely drink OJ but I had to have it the house just for those 9 months :)

Also, both times I craved enchiladas, more specifically the SAUCE. mmmm. must have been the lycopene as someone mentioned.

I would treat yourself to the bath and just a half glass of vino to sip on.... just see if that helps, one time won't hurt. After that I'd try to make a grape juice spritzer (white grape juice with a little tonic water or club soda mixed in- if you're craving white. Or purple grape juice with the soda if your craving red, maybe cran-rasperry or pomegranite for a more "complex" fake red wine!)

I have been craving beer since the beginning of my pregnancy. I NEVER drink beer... so I don't know what the deal is. I'm now 17 weeks and still craving it. My midwife gave me the go ahead to just get some non alcoholic beer. It actually tastes really good and totally helps out my cravings.
I do agree, it's really weird, that we are craving the one thing we aren't supposed to have!

Code Blue Mountain Dew Slurpees.

Right now I'm almost done with my second crate of clementines in about a month. Yummmmmmm.

When I was pregnant with my youngest all I wanted to do was smoke a cigarette. I quit when I found out I was pregnant and it wasn't an issue but the last few months I craved cigarettes so bad. After I had my son I smoked for a few weeks and that was all I needed.

With my first child my cravings were beef, bananas and soft boiled eggs but not together. My other two pregancies the cravings were very mild.

Not a big drinker but with both of my pregnancies, i have craved beer from beginning to end. An amaretto sour, margarita, or pina colada would be freaking amazing to have too, but beer is what my body craves like crazy!! (I've taken a couple sips of one here and there just to ease it a bit, i admit). Oh, and also like A G said; cigarettes. I also quit when i first got pregnant, but now in my 8th month, and for the last month or so, i almost feel like i cant wait to have this baby just so i can smoke a cigarette!! I am going to breastfeed, so im not planning on actually starting again, but damn i want one.

I wanted Scotch so badly. The smell of it made my mouth absolutely water. I could think of the smell and my mouth would water. It was the craziest craving and I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one.