Vegetarian with fishy urges

[bigmouthstrikesagain]

I am having weird cravings for fish and chips in this pregnancy and it is driving me nuts!!! I have been veggie for nearly 20 yars so the thought of eating fish now is appalling

What is a good substitute for Cod and chips? How have other veggies coped with these sort of yearnings???

[MegBusset]

I had these sorts of yearnings about eight years ago (been veggie 20 years). I coped by giving in and eating a great big plate of fish

[ButterflyMcQueen]

poor you!

you can get some fishless fishcakes from holland and barrett they were ok ish but i do not like fish so!

i crave meat when pg so know how you feel! been vegetarian 25 years and never wanted it till last 2 pgs

odd feeling isn;t it!

[bambi06]

ive been veggie fo rover 20 + yrs and got cravings for meat ,it was awful, i would wake up from a dream of devouring a steak and feel sick !!!..its your iron levels i think, your body is asking for iron rich foods,take some spatone[two sachets a day when pregnant] its easy on the stomach and doesnt make you constipated like the iron tablets the dr gives you

[DeeRiguer]

agree with meg
i was veggie for long time and but in japan couldnt resist sushi, cultural food research
i really love fish now (though have not and will not eat meat)

and i also felt in pregnancy that your body tells you what it wants
it depends on your reasons for being veggie too

there is no substitute for it.. cod n chips i mean..

[DeeRiguer]

had a load of puy lentils tonight really lovely try them (mind you had them with hot smoked salmon)
(lentils good for iron)

[PortBlacksandResident]

Total opposite - i am and always was a total carnivore but when i was pregnant with both DSs i totally went off meat (retched at the thought).

Since then - whenever i have an upset stomach i go off meat. Never happened before.

[bigmouthstrikesagain]

I have to admit loving a plate of battered fish and chips at Harry Ramsdens as a child.

Thank you for sympathy - I am not sure I can bring myself to do it - surely the result would be indigestion ...?

[bigmouthstrikesagain]

though to be honest the result of most things i eat is indigestion!

I am going to try Spatone though - thank you bambi.

[Essie3]

I had scampi fries crisps - but I don't know what fish tastes like as I haven't eaten it for over 20 years!

[me23]

normally cravings are the bodys way of tellling us it is lacking something. you probably need to eat more omega 3 and protein, if you want the fish taste then waitrose and holland and barratt do some nice fishless fish fingers, had some last night!

[jackamolsmum]

I was veggie for 15 years before I was pregnant with my DS. I had the worst meat cravings ever-I even dreamed about McDonalds!

I gave into eating more fish and that seemed to help (particularly the odd tuna steak) . Breastfeeding made it worse and I cracked one day and ordered a steak in a pub . These days I can't call myself veggie anymore as with this pregnancy it has got even worse!!

[jackamolsmum]

and surprisingly I wasn't ill afterwards!

[themoon66]

I was a veggie, but couldn't resist fish and chips when I was pregnant with DD. Then, when pregnanat with DS, I craved a bacon sandwich so badly I went out in my lunchbreak from work and got a huge bread bun with bacon and mushrooms. Yum. But it only took one bite to put me off again. It was like chewing someone's overcooked ear lobe [boak]

[AHLH]

I am veggie and when I found out I was pregnant got paranoid that I wasn't getting enough protein and had some roast chicken. The next day awful ms started and a week after that I was in hospital with hyoperemisis. I'm not convinced that the chicken and the hyperemisis are unconnected !

That was my first and only foray into meat for 20 years or so. Dabble with fish finger sandwhiches though. Also prawns.

A friend of mine was vege and craved roast beef and steak when pg. She's never looked back!

[amner]

Sometimes its your bodies way of telling you it needs something.

If you can ignore the urge then great.....if not, well..... I'd be off to the chippy

[Jennie78]

I'm 26 weeks pregnant and have been vegan for 7 years and the other day the baby MADE eat an omlette!

[Tommy]

I first realised I was pregnant wth DS2 when I really fancied a pork pie...

I craved meat all through the my first 2 pregnancies - very odd

[BettySpaghetti]

I fancied fish when pregnant despite being veggie for nearly 20 yrs.

The cravings were only fleeting so I never gave in to them.

They were very specific cravings though -I wanted white, flakey fish (you know the sort, big flakes of fish, the sort they show on photos of recipes).

Mind you when pregnant, particularly during first 4 months with morning sickness, when I wanted something to eat it had to be exactly what I wanted, there and then otherwise you could forget it.

[Excitable]

I went to the chip shop and ordered cheese and onion pie and chips with curry sauce. That way, you get a chippy tea and some of the craving is satisfied. It wasn't exactly what I wanted, but it felt better than ignoring my principles.

Have also craved meat, but Linda McCartney has saved my bacon iyswim.

[Madlentileater]

Hi, I had these cravings when pg with DTs, gave in to them! Had fish and chips maybe once a week. I felt like I must really need the protein, as growing 2 babies, and while I don't think it's great eating fish, am not a bothered by that as other creatures (mammals) kept inhumanely. No problem stopping when they were born, but ate a lot or mars bars!

[ScarletA]

I was totally the opposite to you proper veggies when I was pg. I haven't eaten meat since 16 but have eaten fish for last 10 or so years. However the thought of it while pg made me want to puke. All I wanted to eat was really super healthy veggie food - raw carrots and seeds and nuts and stuff like that.