I disliked mushrooms but had terrible cravings for them when expecting..... love em still now!!
There are many stories of pregnant women eating dirt. Apparently they're craving vital micro nutrients that exist in it.
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with my first i went mad for chinese take away, with my second i ate fried egg sarnies for almost every mean and my third i had about 2 of the McDonalds fish burgers every day some times more, with this in mind i wonder why you dont crave the same thing with every pregnancy?
Cravings are supposedly the body's way of letting you know you are deficient in some mineral or vitamin. You're supposed to act on them, for that reason.
When I was pregnant, I went off coffee and still now drink more tea than coffee. I craved bananas with piccallilli during one pregnancy, but never tried it! The coal craving is quite a common one.
I couldnt get enough of ice cream when i was pregnant with my youngest son, even now he absolutely adores ice cream too! Strange really.. maybe i passed on the craving to him..
Suze xx
yep, the correct term for cravings is 'pica'
my first......curry pot noodles and beef monster munch crisps (not together)
my second......cucumber, and also a HUGE insatiable craving to sniff lavender essential oil straight from the bottle
my 3rd....cheese and chilli sauce sarnies.
my 4th........full sugar coca cola (up until then i would only drink diet coke) and lots of garlic in my food.
banana and ready salted crisp sandwiches....yes in the same sandwich
The hot bread and butter pud and squirty cream was with my second. With my first it was mashed potatoes and gravy and strawberry milkshake (not together tho). With mt first I couldn`t drink coffee and with my second I couldn`t drink tea.
my 1st pregnancy i couldnt eat anything, garlic made me sick, and even the look of raw meat made me head for the loo :cry: i was ill for the whole 9 months n the only thing i craved was salt n vinegar crisp at 10pm when all the shops were shut!! i didnt want em if i had them in the cupboard, also ginger nut biscuits!( he had redhair when he was born n i blamed the biscuits on that,nothing to do with me being a redhair haha)i did give birth to a big baby 2 weeks early 7lb 8 !! n lost 3 stone.
The 2nd i HAD to eat or i was sick grrrrrrr! i craved everything in sight with her n she was a massive 9lb 5 ouch!! and like some others on here i craved smells, lavendar oil was my fave mmm n baby powder n clean washing!! id wash things over n over if i ran out of washing xxj
Mrs mdr craved sex and ice...
At least they were good for her lol...
Mike x
loved any thing sweet yet iam a savoury person but both are sons have got realy bad sweet tooths
My craving were toilet rolls and ice cubes lol
Cods roe ............fresh or tinned, made no difference, but it had to be COLD! with bowls and bowls of Pea's.......... normally at around 3am! :smug:
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I craved peaches with one and cheese with the other. With both pregnancies, I got a liking for desserts which before that I would never opt for, and that's stayed with me, I alsway choose a sweet dessert now as opposed to before I would always choose cheese as a dessert.
With regard to pica being your body's way of telling you need certain nutrients I don't know. I think this has never been proven. I thought pica was just for the unusual, usually non edible cravings such as coal, paper etc However many ladies go off coffee and as this is one of the worst stimulants for our bodies, I think this makes great sense.
pink x
:shock: (and probably answers why she found me after 4 hrs of looking sitting on the coal mans cart) and raw bacon...my ex-wife while expecting my daughter had to have chocalate every night,even tho she only had a bar of chocalate once a month..
