pregnancy cravings

[callisto]

hi do any of you moms out there have terrible cravings...... i am mom to 3 and had different cravings with each pregnancy, citrus peel and graanny smith apples with number 1 daughter, cheese and onion and pink lemonade with number 2 and BONIOS dog biscuits with number 3 ( yes i am barking mad!!!!!!!!)

[tetherend]

Mine was Fry's Turkish Delight with the chocolate on it melting over two burned fried eggs, which I would eat quickly.  I still laugh when I think of my hubby's face watching me eat them!

[spudqueen]

Yes, number one it was grapes (very civilized!) and number two it was pickled onions! Funnily enough, neither time could I stand even the smell of a chinese takeaway/restaurant!

[tetherend]

That's interesting spudqueen, about the smell thing.  I couldn't stand the smell of flowers, they made me feel ill.

[Gilli]

With my 1st, I had a craving for chili con carne filled jacket potatoes which wasn't what I really needed with terrible acid heartburn !

With my 2nd, I had such damn awful even worse acid heartburn throughout the whole 9 months that I craved Gaviscon - and got through bottles and bottles of it, through absolute necessity !

I did crave watermelon ..... I believe it's an alkaline food and think my body was craving it to counteract the acid perhaps ?

[thikasabrik]

With my first baby my craving was for hot cross buns stuffed with picked onions - the large, golf ball size make your eyes water type. With my second baby I craved the smell of Campari. I didn't want to drink it, just sniff it. I decanted a small amount into a pop bottle so I could carry it with me and sniff away to my hearts content. Weird.

[Chillum]

My wife didn't have any food cravings, but used to stand for ages in Tescos smelling the different soaps.

[callisto]

its great to hear from u men out there andy i think you're a star getting up and hunting for polo mints , on the subject of smells wecouldnt stand i could not bear the smellof freshly brewed coffee , bacon , or  mints .... back to normal now though ..... coffee, bacon sarnie and gum.x (no not together)

[kick3m0n]

only had one baby.  Wanted to eat all the fruit I could lay my hands on (which is not hugely unusual for me) but what I really, really loved, was crunching ice cubes!!!  YUM!!

[ArsenalLass]

mine was cadbury fingers dipped in mayo, and also when ever i saw chalk i would dribble (i cant stand chalk!)

[FP]

Mint sauce on everything. 

Also oranges and huge glasses of milk and I have never drunk milk since, yuk!

[callisto]

im glad its not just me thats wierd .......x

[ALLO]

with my son i craved coffee! and i ate alot of gummy snacks. with my daughter it wasflounder stuffed with crab meat with mashed potatoes and gravy! wow that sounds good rite now!

[curiosity]

With my 2 daughters it was sharp tasting bitter lemon or sour lemon drop sweets. But with my son it was the smell of petrol.

[secretspirit]

The dog biscuits I can't relate to but I have had an apple craving during this pregnancy. Luckily that's the only one although weirdly I could happily live off only sugary foods and never eat a savoury. I'm having a girl so perhaps that's why. I have completely gone off some previously favourite foods like sweet potatoes and spaghetti bolognese. I'm wondering if the taste for them will come back or not?

[The Tiggster]

callisto, as you know I am only just past my 1st trimester, even though it's early days I cannot get enough meat like well cooked pork chops, sausages & mince! I am not veggie, but could count on 1 hand how often I would eat meat (except chicken) in a month.

I could list all night the things that I don't want to eat or the smells that make me sick!

I loved your questions & seeing all the weird & wonderful things that could be happening to me very soon.

[harvey's mum]

Three babies, only one craving: porridge with melted Cheshire cheese on the top. It had to be Cheshire. I only realised when he was six months old that this may have been a bit unusual. I think it affected his personality.

[toecrusher]

Peaches and Horlicks with the 1st, nothing with the second, wasnt i lucky!

[callisto]

harveys mom...... hello there is someone out there as mad as me  GROSS..... how can you stomach that?

Hi tiggster , sounds like you are feeling bit better .... with the meat craving its supposed toindicate you are carrying a boy do you know the sex or keeping it a surprise?

has anyone tried these choose the sex of your baby diets ..... you know the ones i mean where they recommend certain foods mean youll have a girl ....do they / have they worked for anyone?

[crisgal]

baby 1: bacon and banana butties

baby 2: heinz tomato soup with marshmallows floating in

baby 3:bananas dipped in branston pickle