It’s funny, I haven’t really had any cravings this pregnancy. Sure I occasionally say to Nathan ‘I could definitely eat some …. if we had some’ but it’s never dire enough to make me beg him to go to the supermarket for me.
Not that begging for a supermarket trip would work, seeing as how the closest one is a bit over 30 minutes drive away. Sigh.
I drink a lot of milk and I’m a little worried if I run out of chocolate, but that’s nothing that I didn’t do before I was pregnant. I also eat a lot of fruit and salad, but again, nothing that I don’t do when I’m not pregnant. I didn’t crave much with Amy’s pregnancy either. I ate a lot of egg and bacon sandwiches, but I like eggs and bacon anyway so I don’t think it was that unusual.
The only strange thing is I will eat Vegemite when I am pregnant and normally I detest the stuff. Generally with butter on Saladas (dry biscuits) *shudder*
But it got me thinking, what kind of things do other pregnant women crave?
So, I did some googling.
[If someone got to your site by googling ‘pregnant cravings’ or something similar, Hi! *waves* That was me.]
So my [oh so scientific] research has turned up lots of different cravings. Women saying that they craved Hungry Jacks or McDonalds, chocolate paddle pops, coke, fizzy drinks, lollies etc etc.
It makes me wonder if we use pregnancy as an excuse to eat more junk food than we normally would? Especially as a lot of women seem to be confessing that they still ‘crave’ the junk foods even though they aren’t pregnant anymore.
Not that I am judging, I’m just wondering is all.
However, an equal amount of women are saying that they craved fruit, milk, salad, steak and vegetables and really healthy stuff. Goes to show how pregnancy affects us all differently!
Now for some slightly unusual cravings…
– One women says her friend craved Radiant Washing Powder. Yuk! Instead of eating it (which she wanted to do apparently) she washed all her curtains in it and hung them up to dry inside so the smell went through the house. Definitely a much safer way to deal with a washing powder craving!
– Gravel. Ugh. Can you imagine how it would feel in your teeth?
– Belgian Chocolate ice cream and chives. Together. Very um, interesting?
– The smell of cumin. She said she carried a little tin of cumin around so she could sniff it during the day. Now that is interesting!
– raw red onion slices dipped in honey mustard.
– squashed up mars bars with pickles
– French fries and ice cream
And last but not least…
– “I craved air fresheners especially the orange and lemon ones. I used to just stand in a room and spray and smell”
Hey, at least her house would have smelt good!
So I’m curious, did you crave anything when you were pregnant? Anything weird? Any stories to share? I promise I won’t mock you!
And if you’ve never been pregnant (because a pregnant Xbox would be interesting to say the least) do you find yourself craving foods sometimes?
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Thanks to Yahoo Answers for most of these cravings.
