Cravings

[Elfin]

Hi everyone

Thought it would be interesting/fun to see what all the mums out there craved or are craving whilst pregnant :p

I will start the ball rolling:

DS - Lemon Juice
DD1 - Nachos, smoked salmon
DD2 - Greek Salad (had to be greek)

Does anyone know the science behind why pregnant women crave certain things :confused:

Easterlily :)

[H&B'sMum]

Mine was BBQ chop fat. It had to be BBQed and had to be that vein of fat you get on lamb chops. Dh BBQed many a chop when I was pregnant with Harry.

[Elfin]

Karena I got to say that sounds really gross :D But each to their own. ;)

Easterlily :)

[H&B'sMum]

Easterlily,
I agree it does sound gross but when you have those cravings nothing else matters. :D

[razzle]

Eeeew Karena!!

I craved ice. I'd eat a whole packet (like 50!) of those skinny tube icypoles in about 3 days. :p Even after I had Eloise, the craving was still there! The nursing station at the hospital had one of those crushed ice machines and I'd sit up in bed eating crushed ice with a spoon like icecream!!

[Miss_Vicki]

For the first few moth of jaz pregnecy i Hated beef by the time i go to bout 6-7 moths i craved nuffin the a Huge big t Bone MMM
nuts O gota love the cashews
spicey tuna with rice an eggs But i coudnt eat the white stuff unless it was scrambed
, I jsut thought eww whilelist preg
my famours mars bars an ice coffee an those Killer pythons O my they were my afternoon snack , lol
lol most of them seamed to stay after havin her thou no where near as much ,
Pats belly , o i shoudnt of just had that ice coffee
Oh an dunt for get My muffins with honey an chesse But it had to be mild chesse an the cream chesse spread with jams mmm

will walk again tomorrow or mite i say today been so late

[Kassiasmum]

I couldn't stand the smell or taste of any other meat besides chicken. My cravings were for ice cold watermelon and ice coffee, I don't even like or drink coffee.

Tracey

[5cherubs]

with DD1 it was maccas chips dipped in frozen soft serve yoghurt (maybe I was trying to be good while being bad LOL)

DD2 was FRESH FRESH bread with cheese and lettuce,

DD3 absolutly nothing was too sick

DS1 hmmmm i can't really remember
DS2 chocolate.. which wasn't good considering I had Gestational Diabetes

[rebecca]

Hi GUys,

I have cravings(nothing too major though)for nachos and raspberry and cola slurpies. This book that I have read..Natural way to better babies (Franchesca Nash) refers to cravings as us lacking a certain nutrient/vitamin depending on the food that you are craving...and that instead of eating the food that you crave, I should be checking what the food contains and referring it back to the book to see what vitamin/nutrient I am lacking....I think that this could be somewhat true...however feel that the odd binge is not going to hurt me too much!

Bec & Peanut

[Shelangelang]

I had two cravings while pregnant with Lena, Strawberries and Cream Sarah Lea Icecream and chicken burgers with mayo...

[cait]

When I was pregnant I craved ice really badly. Like I said on the post about morning sickness, I would eat trays and trays of ice! If they didn't freeze quick enough I would eat them half frozen, which I liked just as much! My family and friends thought I was really strange. All they could hear when they visited was me crunching!

I also craved bacon, banana and cheese toasted sandwiches! Sounds strange but they are really nice!

Cait

[Lachlan's Mum]

When I was pregnant with Lachlan I craved any junk food - esp when feeling sick - like as if I had a hangover and needed greasy food!

The big killer was fried onion flavoured 2 min noodles - and not all supermarkets stock this flavour so it was hard to get and when I saw it I'd buy heaps of packets!! Also this place near my work sold really thick toast with crunchy peanut butter mmmmm greasy.

:p