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Cravings by Gender

So I've heard that depending on your babies gender you crave different things.....

If it's a boy you crave salty & spicy things... But with a girl you crave sweeter things....

I'd like a poll on cravings ladies! And let me know what you're having!!

  I'm 19 weeks and won't be finding out the sex of the baby, it will be our surprise!  I've been obsessing over spicy things, I drink TONS of Milk..thats my go to drink with ANY meal...yet in the morning I want chocolate pudding!!

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This is so me, I eat meat but mostly if I smell it or see it Ill eat it or want it. I hope for a girl.
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I ate a lot of salty stuff when pregnant and I had girls
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When I was pregnant with my daughter all I wanted was fast food and sweets .. with my boys I started eating vegetables that I never liked and couldn't stand the taste of fast food or anything salty now I'm pregnant again n I know I need to eat heathly  so I do but I want sweets n fast food n crave onions .. I don't know yet what I am having I find out on monday
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13913142 tn?1432044214
I am going on 16 weeks and I don't know what I'm having yet but every time I think I want something sweet I don't even want it so I give it to my brother and I get something spicy or salty what could I be that I'm having
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On January 2013, i found out I was pregnant.  And ever since, I lived off cakes, cookies, ice cream and yogurt, anything that's creamy and sweet.  It was funny I was crying for a cup of Ice Cream an hour b4 my c section.  And ofc I didnt get it, cuz no any type of food before c section.  And for people who against c section, fyi, my blood pressure shoot sky high at 39 weeks for my pregnancy, and my ob recommended I go through c section for the safety of my son and I.

Now, March 2015, am pregnant with second child, this time, I want only fruits, maxican style, with lots of lime juice, a little salt and ofc, spicy.  And I like to suck on lemons.  And omg I have to have steak with lots and looooooots of salsa ever since last weeks.  Btw am Chinese borned Canadian, and I haven't had maxican fruits style since grade 7, and I remembered hating it, cuz of all the sourness and it was from a maxican friend who was an exchanged student.   and I don't like salsa,  I don't like any thing sour and sweet.  And yet both of my pregnancy are making me creave these tastes.  Sigh,  I have to wait and see what install for me this time (a girl may be?)
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With my son I craved hot wings and had to have tons of jalapeños on everything, and then I would wake up at 2am most every night and want a glass of chocolate milk
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I crave a bunch of fruit and I'm having a girl
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2012? Lol wow
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8541403 tn?1409425380
I heard you crave what you lack.. I never ate sweets.. and when I was pregnant with my BOY all I wanted was sweets and milk.
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12164308 tn?1423763158
I'm 10 weeks pregnant with my baby #2 and all I crave for is peanuts and lemonade.

For baby #1 I crave for avocado and Big Macs from McD's. (Boy will be turning 2 in May)
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Well I don't know what I am having yet I am 18 weeks pregnant will be finding out soon but I crave a lot of healthy foods bananas, oranges, apples, pickles, salads and ice cream.
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All I crave is spicy foods and pickles! I eat a pickle very morning and I put salt on everything I eat. Before I got pregnant all I ate was sweet foods and now that im pregnant its all about salty fatty foods, im 8w2d and im dying to find out what im having. Any suggestions?
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I'm having a boy and I've only craved sweet things the whole pregnancy. I quit soda a year before getting pregnant and cravings for soda came back...cookies are my fave food right now...girl scout cookies and choco chip and double chocolate chip, muffins, scones, pop tarts, sugar cereals..and yep it's a boy!!! So these myths have nothing to do with what gender you are having. I'm also carrying high but its due to me being short and less room for a baby in there!
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I crave salt a lot...all I want is pretzels.  I'm almost going nuts right now cause I'm trying to cut back on my salt in take.  I'm got two options either pick the pretzels out of the cheezit mix or make popcorn.  Oh yeah...I'm having identical twin boys!  
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6658361 tn?1384717351
I'm having a boy, I used to HATE HOT SAUCE now I'm in love with it. & spicy chicken wings.I work at McDonald's and I make sure my fries are extra salty lol & my popcorn.. but I crave chocolate.. so you never know
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I always want sweet things and am having a girl not much spicy things
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I'm always wanting red meat (even tho red meat makes me really sick while prego) doughnuts and ice cream. I find out in a couple weeks
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6710217 tn?1386110892
I crave cheeseburgers, steak, chocolate, BBQ chips with ketchup, carrots and celery with ranch,  French fries, M&M's, Kit kats, tacos, hot wings & I'm having a girl :)
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Yes i think its a girl..i would literally drink a half gallon of milk a day with my daughter :-)
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IIm having a boy n couldn't eat anything greasy but love yogurts,  fruits,  pastries and tons of tomatoes ;)
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Iv had 2 girls both sweet cravings , my first girls was beetroot and my second was sugary sweets! Had morning sickness really bad threw both pregnancies! I'm preg again and started eating lots of scrambled egg before I new I was preg, after I found out I started struggling to eat food was always bloated and felt full and if I forced myself to eat id be sick, I don't have any cravings but I don't normally eat chocalate but I am now and I enjoy mash and gravy but I'm not craving it! I'm hoping for a boy could it be possible
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Hello,
I am only 5-6 weeks, tomorrow is my first official apt. But I have 4 girls already and every time I was pregnant I craved nothing but sweet things, now this time I am pregnant but craving real full course meal, meats and salty foods, and spicy foods. I have 4 girls hoping for a boy this time. Have a long way to go before I find out the sex of the baby.  
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I am 21 weeks and 5 days all i do is crave pizza and a little sweets
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my best friend and I both crave hot cheetos and spicy stuff, but were both having girls.
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