Bump's favourite food

[natalie_1982]

Hello ladies, hope you are all well :-)

I just wondered if your bumps react to specific foods? Mine seems to go nuts when I eat a banana. Now it could, of course, just be coincidence because it tends to have a good wriggle when I have eaten anyway, but it seems to go extra bananas (haha, geddit?) when I eat one. Now, I take this as meaning s/he either really likes them or really hates them. Hopefully the former :-)

Have any of you got experience of this and if it was with previous pregnancies did you find that when they began eating solids they enjoyed / disliked the same foods?

[redcrx]

i cant remember exactly but Im sure last time McDs milkshakes got bubs wriggling but that may have been becasue it was cold. I went right off mushrooms when pregnant (same with this one) and he now pretty much hates mushies too

This time its pretty much everything, this one doesnt stop wriggling all day anyway. I suppose chocolate would make it jump for joy at the moment (i know i would lol)

[redcrx]

oh aint you clever 3ightballs, makes you wonder how baby is developing a sense of taste then. Seems a bit pointless to delevop taste buds at 21 weeks getstation and then not be able to taste flavours within the anmiotic fluid in the last trimester

Oh, silly me, wonder where i got my ideas from.

come on ladies, all bow down to 3ights wonderous knowledge of pregnancy...... pmsl

[redcrx]

"In the later stages of pregnancy the amniotic fluid surrounding the foetus contains flavours from the mother�s diet and the developing baby can develop a �taste� for certain flavours such as sweet and salt."

"Your baby can now taste the food you�ve eaten through the amniotic fluid. She can taste very strong tastes, such as spices or sugars"

"Experts believe that babies can taste flavours in the amniotic fluid surrounding them as early as fourteen weeks. Your baby quickly develops very definite preferences. In fact researchers discovered that babies in the womb already have a sweet tooth. When they flavoured the amniotic fluid with saccharine, the unborn baby swallowed more of the sweet fluid but when it was made bitter they swallowed much less

Your baby also becomes accustomed to the flavours and aromas that you enjoyed when he was in the womb. If you choose garlic or spicy foods when you're pregnant he may grow to love them and won't complain when he tastes them later in your breast milk. By being consistent about your food choices before birth you can help breastfeeding be problem free. "

[redcrx]

and there was me thinking that your first reply stated that "it wont react to food.. by the time it reaches the womb the food does not have any flavour."

Neither nat nor I stated that a baby can tell exactly what we are eating, but then how would anyone know anyway?

[natalie_1982]

Red, I rarely get involved in spats in this site, or even visit chatterbank for that very reason but 3ight8ball somehow brings out the worst in me. It just seems he / she / it posts the most amount of rubbish and tries to get a rise out of people, sadly for some reason it works with me!

Wish they wouldn't waste their time, or mine, by posting junk like this though - I got all excited thinking I had lots of answers! LOL

[4getmenot]

Hi all I got really p!ssed at weekend, had a few vodkas for you and 3 shots just for redcrx :-) and whoever likes malibu I had loads of that for you :-)

[natalie_1982]

4get, I am not fussy at the moment.... Hope you had a good weekend, it sounds like you did ;-)