Pregnancy Cravings

[FredPuli43]

Ignoring the example of my aunt , who claimed she had a craving for Guinness because she was pregnant; a craving which lasted another 40 years; what cravings have you known ? My own mother found herself raiding the coal scuttle but a friend says that in her three pregnancies she had a mad desire to chew pencils, swallowing the bits, to such an extent that she was taking pencils from desks at work and raiding the stationery cupboard.

And is there some medical reason? Women might instinctively eat things which provide nutrients which their body signals as a deficiency; carbon perhaps. I have known dogs seek out plants to eat which, herbalists say, relieve digestive problems, so perhaps we have a certain innate knowledge.

[Butterbun]

I didn't have any particular cravings but certain cooking smells, like bacon, made me feel sick so I was always chewing polos as a result.

[Mamyalynne]

My cravings both times were boring by some comparisons - Tomatoes by the pound, however one pregnancy was during a drought ridden year and the price went sky high. I wasn't popular in my demands at times.

[queenofmean]

I made Nungate crave Black Pudding

[tonyav]

Jaysus, when I saw your name appear on this thread, I thought that you must be pregnant, queenie !.

[queenofmean]

Nah I'm not pregnant Tony - would be an immaculate conception if I was!

[gness]

Tony!!! You only gave Queenie a lift from the airport for heaven's sake..☺

[tonyav]

Gawd, another Jaysus lol.

[Prudie]

I went mad for cheese and pickled red cabbage straight from the jar, 2 things I rarely eat either before or after.

[gness]

Not very exciting cravings, Fred but must have NOW cravings non the less.
With my son it was mushrooms til they made me sick and he can't abide mushrooms...never has. Also Rainbow Drops...think they were called that...... little puffed rice things in awful colours...from the sweetie shop by the hundred weight!

With my daughter it was cheese and strawberries....neither of which I had liked before. I would arrive at a checkout with an empty punnet and endless cheese wrappings...minus the cheese..........

[1PrincessPink]

Kippers!

[pixie373]

I had-
number 1- crispy duck and plum sauce. And milk (not together)
number 2- penny sweets
number 3- satsumas and malt loaf
number 4- penny sweets and satsumas. Also went off tea and coffee, but only with this one.
My definitive pregnancy test was to sniff a jar of marmite. Couldn't stand the stuff- unless I was pregnant.

[pusskin]

Kept going to our local market and eating bowls of --cockles!!!
Plus dripping in vinegar!

[nungate]

As Queenie said I craved black pudding, but it was only once and it was a Sunday and all the shops were closed. We'd to drive to the town where my mum lived to buy the black pudding in a shop owned by one of my aunt's, then it was back to my mum's to cook it! Never craved it again or anything else really, though I did have a bit of a thing for those mini milk ice lollies. Not a craving though, my mum was mad for coal when she was pregnant with me and my brother

[pixie373]

Yes, vinegar! I like it anyway and drank half a cup full, can't remember which one, though. Probably youngest.

[Brinjal]

1st was a ritual of orange juice for breakfast then lunch I would go to a certain cafe for chocolate milk shake then dinner was a huge plate of mashed potatos. 2nd. Salad with lots of tomatoes and vinegar. And coca cola. Not a whole glass 2/3rds of a glass poured to an exact mark and someone else had to pour it for me
3rd. The sand that the termites leave on the trees during the rainy season.

[cazzz1975]

onions, morning noon and night.

[DaisyNonna]

Avocado pears with lashings of salt and vinegar.

[granny grump]

Porridge in the very very early hours of the morning; beetroot sandwiches but it had to be without butter so the bread turned red and digestive biscuits but only McVities would do - hubby no 1 had to travel miles some times to get them

[tamborine]

liquirice wood sticks = boy
jellied eels = boy
aniseed balls = girl

[Traci66]

With my first it was lettuce and cucumber but ties on brown bread (never eaten brown bread before or since), with my second it was crunching ice cubes, they had to be made with plain water though, made some one day before I left my dad's ready for next time I visited, my darling younger brother decided I would like them better if they were made from juice, cue major strop on my next visit.