Cravings - unique/unusual

Hello ladies

I hope you're all well and keeping safe?

Just wondered out of curiosity what your go to was for cravings? When I was pregnant with my daughter I had mild cravings for onions bhajis & chips in pitta bread (I say mild as it was now & again I wanted it at random times & when I wanted it, i wanted it!) now during this pregnancy I've had none (I know all pregnancies are different) but just wondered (something different to talk about I guess lol) I had a friend who craved talcum powder & ice cubes which I hadn't heard of before (the talc part)

[Purplemum2b]

First 4 weeks was balsamic vinegar or anything acidic on EVERYTHING!! Luckily that has passed now, I'm 10+5, its mainly sweet things now

[Hidden in reply to Purplemum2b]

🙈 I'm glad your cravings have passed now, I do love my chips swimming in vinegar but couldn't imagine it on everything. Can you stand the smell of it now or did you eventually go off it completely? X

[Purplemum2b in reply to Hidden]

I've not been interested in it since, so I don't really know! I can still eat salt and vinegar crisps, for now 😂 xx

[Hidden in reply to Purplemum2b]

Haha oh good, can't go wrong with a packet of s & v crisp 🤤 x

[Purplemum2b in reply to Hidden]

Definitely! They sort me out on a morning if I'm feeling nauseous xx

[Hidden in reply to Purplemum2b]

Bless you, I hope you're not struggling too much with nausea/sickness? I'm still trying to shake mine off 🥺 I'm told it does get better but yet to find out for myself x

[Purplemum2b in reply to Hidden]

It's still there, but not half as bad as it has been xx

[Purplemum2b in reply to Hidden]

How far on are you? X

[Hidden in reply to Purplemum2b]

That's good that its getting better. I'm 12+5 so I'm hoping any time soon I notice a difference. How about yourself? X

[Purplemum2b in reply to Hidden]

10+5. I have the odd day when I think wow, its gone! Then a day later it bites me on the backside 🤦‍♀️ xx

[Hidden in reply to Purplemum2b]

I've fallen for that too 🤦🏼‍♀️ I get all this energy & feel great but then it knocks me for six later on or early hours, but it's all worth it so I shouldn't complain I guess lol xx

[Purplemum2b in reply to Hidden]

Definitely! It will all be worth it in the end xx

[Hidden in reply to Purplemum2b]

Please keep me updated on your journey, it's been lovely talking to you ♥️ xx

[Purplemum2b in reply to Hidden]

Thank you. I will do. Lovely knowing that we all share similar experiences. Been lovely talking with you too xx

[Baypony]

Coal and chalk. Very random. Couldn’t eat either but spent an awful long time with my head in the coal bucket smelling the coal! Wasn’t anaemic either ( was tested), just weird 🤣 For the chalk craving I ate a lot of indigestion tablets!

[Hidden in reply to Baypony]

Oh wow that's a new one, thank goodness you couldn't eat the coal, did the cravings last all throughout your pregnancy? X

[Baypony in reply to Hidden]

From 30 weeks to when she was born. The day after she was born They went away!!!

[Hidden in reply to Baypony]

Oh my, that's good you only had 10 weeks of it. I didn't realise cravings could kick in so far? That's good to know x

[CAS2]

Mine was iced coffee. With loads and loads of crushed Ice!

[Hidden in reply to CAS2]

Ooooh that sounds nice (although I dont like the taste of coffee myself) but the iced version sounds good x

[MissSaoPaulo]

Toward the end of the pregnancy I couldn't get enough of mandarins. I was eating them 2 or 3 at a time, up to 10 a day. I was in the supermarket every day buying more. Still, it could have been worse and it helped against pregnancy constipation!!

[Hidden in reply to MissSaoPaulo]

Mmm I do enjoy mandarins, I imagine it was the sweetness of them that perhaps you couldn't get enough of? I think its amazing how cravings can kick in so late in pregnancy, I'm hoping I get some with this one (hopefully something nice 😊) When I was pregnant with my daughter the mild cravings left as quickly as they came x

[Lauren95]

Whole garlic cloves I craved

[Hidden]

😳 how did you cope with the aftermath? Did your craving last long? X

[EmGLA]

This is my first pregnancy I’ve only had aversions so far (I’m 14 weeks) between that and sickness I’ve barely wanted to eat

🙈.

Xx

[Hidden in reply to EmGLA]

Sorry to hear, I sympathise completely as I'm the same. Had sickness really bad since week 7 & its not shifting... maybe that's why I havent got any cravings as I cant really stomach anything.

Have you tried any remedies? I wrote a post on here last week about nausea/sickness & the ladies were really helpful giving ideas about ginger for example but unfortunately nothing works for me personally. X

[EmGLA in reply to Hidden]

I’ve tried ginger supplements, ginger tea, I’ve swapped pregnacare for another multivitamin. I thought once I got into second trimester things would ease but not yet. Ive been to the doctor and I am taking two anti-sickness tablets still. I dread to think what I would be like without them! I’ll check out your post thanks. X

[doris92]

I craved frozen apple juice like slush. I loved the feeling of it going down my throat x

[Hidden in reply to doris92]

That sounds so nice, I think I'll try make some x

[Charleexn2]

I weirdly craved cheese strings! Not proper cheese just processed, also cheap cheese slices 😂😂😂. I ate tons of them!! Lol

[Hidden in reply to Charleexn2]

Oh really, how weird it was a particular cheese haha. Did the cravings last very long? X

[Winter_Girl]

Nothing out of the ordinary- I wanted bread and cheese so ate a lot of pizza in the first trimester. I liked eating curries too. Xx

[Hidden in reply to Winter_Girl]

I ate alot of bread based things at first but just to get something in me as it didnt have a smell. My daughter would've loved to have lived with you during your cravings - she would live on pizza & curries for the rest of her life if she could xx