Weirdest Pregnancy Cravings...?

attitude99 · 05/07/14 - 21:17

I was talking to my mum about this & she said hers were sucking flannels that were soaked in bath water & standing on gravel.

What were yours?

Rachael. · 05/07/14 - 21:21

Chewing on bath sponges and eating the bubbles in the bath

nittynattynoo · 05/07/14 - 21:42

Mine in my last pregnancy wasnt too strange... Eating bags of Ice cubes couldn't get enough of them... Day I came out of hospital my other half passed me a bowl of ice to munch, didnt taste the same and the desire to crunch wasnt there!

Seth1 · 05/07/14 - 21:47

attitude99 wrote: »

I was talking to my mum about this & she said hers were sucking flannels that were soaked in bath water & standing on gravel.

What were yours?

Wow! You're 15, male, and interested in women's pregnancy issues. Whatever next...:o^_^

Does your school have a lot of underage pregnant chavs, aswell? Maybe they are a distraction from the homophopes. Dunno...

bazzaroo · 05/07/14 - 21:55

My ex-wife used to lick windows when she was pregnant......still does last I heard.

attitude99 · 05/07/14 - 21:59

Seth1 wrote: »

Wow! You're 15, male, and interested in women's pregnancy issues. Whatever next...:o^_^

Does your school have a lot of underage pregnant chavs, aswell? Maybe they are a distraction from the homophopes. Dunno...

This ^_^

karapote monkey · 05/07/14 - 22:01

I had loads when I was pregnant. My mum knew I was pregnant before I did as I was scoffing mint choc chip icecream by the bucket...I don't like ice cream but I have now developed a taste for caramel chew chew and hazel nut ice cream (but only if it is from Harrods). I also now like chocolate dessert but not with cream on top. Other cravings were three plain quarter pounders with cheese from macdonalds every morning, then on the way home, a tin of new potatoes cold from the tin and pickled onion monster munch. Surprisingly enough, I never got fat and stayed in my size ten jeans throughout

Evo102 · 05/07/14 - 22:33

Strangest I know was Slush Puppies the icy drink, the lady in question used to bring two into work every morning and have another one at lunchtime.

Sammmymack · 05/07/14 - 23:28

A lady I used to work with had the urge to lick the soil off new potatoes. She couldn't buy them loose without doing it in the supermarket.

[Deleted User] · 06/07/14 - 00:01

I didn't do any really odd, but with my fourth I ate double cream like it was yoghurt. I'd find any excuse for cream, but memories of standing with the fridge door open scooping up a pot of cream and eating it in one go turns my stomach now.

Second pregnancy was mushrooms fried in butter. All the time, straight out of the pan.

Wee Tinkers · 06/07/14 - 00:02

I craved Wispas and Creamola Foam during both pregnancies. They weren't available during the first so I just had to pine. Wispas came back halfway through second pregnancy. I went crazy. Most days I ate 4.

Not a craving so much as an urge. Sniffing beer. Only from tins and in particular freshly opened. I'd stick my nose right in and inhale deeply. I don't ordinarily like beer at all. My favourite was Harp lager. Mr T was delighted because I kept buying him lots of beer.

Rachael. wrote: »

Chewing on bath sponges and eating the bubbles in the bath

Apparently I did that as a child. Mum tried to hide a retch when she found me with a sponge in my mouth while visiting someone we knew. It was damp so had been used...:o I was only wee.

I used to take bites out of bars of soap too. I think I had hoped that one day I would taste one that tasted how I imagined, and not gurn-makingly foul. Mum stopped me going to other people's bathrooms for a while because I couldn't be trusted not try to eat something.

[Deleted User] · 06/07/14 - 00:06

When I was pregnant with my first (which would have gone unnoticed) I dispelled these as myths since nothing changed.
Got my comeuppance in my second pregnancy from day 1... the only thing that stopped morning sickness was windolene or petrol
Cravings were everything from chilli and chocolate to putting avocados in soup, sandwiches.. you name it I ate it

Miss XYZ · 06/07/14 - 00:12

I didn't really have any cravings but my taste changed regarding tea and coffee. I can't remember which way around it was, but if I usually drank tea then I went off it during pregnancy and drank coffee instead, or vice versa.

Wee Tinkers · 06/07/14 - 00:14

Honestweegie wrote: »

When I was pregnant with my first (which would have gone unnoticed) I dispelled these as myths since nothing changed.
Got my comeuppance in my second pregnancy from day 1... the only thing that stopped morning sickness was windolene or petrol

Glad you didn't put that in your soup. Would you ordinarily have quite liked those smells? I don't mean seeking them out to snort or anything, but, you know, not averse to them?

[Deleted User] · 06/07/14 - 00:31

Wee Tinkers wrote: »

Glad you didn't put that in your soup. Would you ordinarily have quite liked those smells? I don't mean seeking them out to snort or anything, but, you know, not averse to them?

They don't bother me normally
But became addictive in first and second trimester

Wee Tinkers · 06/07/14 - 00:40

Honestweegie wrote: »

They don't bother me normally
But became addictive in first and second trimester

Makes my beer fixation seem tame. Wish I had tried the windolene - I was really sick the entire time and ginger and motion sickness wrist bands just didn't cut the mustard.

[Deleted User] · 06/07/14 - 07:48

Me: Sausage sarnies with brown and red sauce, curry [I hadn't ever had an Indian until I was pregnant and suddenly woke up demanding a chicken korma it was very strange], and candles.
My sister: Sellotape.

damianswife · 06/07/14 - 07:55

A slice of pickled beetroot sandwiched between two chocolate digestives....yum, couldn't get enough of it.

kampffenhoff · 06/07/14 - 08:02

Both times I had a craving for leeks. Only if they were dipped in tea though.

Takae · 06/07/14 - 08:02

The pith of an orange.

Cake paper cups. After eating a cupcake or fairy cake, I chewed its paper cup until there was no 'juice' left.

My addiction was to Fab (ice lolly).
I couldn't get enough of it. Went through a pack of 8 every day. Would have more if it wasn't for the damn lock on our freezer.

shmisk · 06/07/14 - 08:37

bags of ice and also iceberg lettuce for me

RAINBOWGIRL22 · 06/07/14 - 08:43

Pica (the craving for none food items - including coal and chalk) is a recognised medical condition.

Never had any real cravings first time, just "went off" things. Same this time. I have to really have the fancy for what I eat otherwise I won't enjoy it and won't eat it again!

[Deleted User] · 06/07/14 - 10:52

RAINBOWGIRL22 wrote: »

Pica (the craving for none food items - including coal and chalk) is a recognised medical condition.

Never had any real cravings first time, just "went off" things. Same this time. I have to really have the fancy for what I eat otherwise I won't enjoy it and won't eat it again!

When are you due?

CravenHaven · 06/07/14 - 11:15

I can confirm I've never had a craving to be pregnant. It gets in the way of me bouncing on my front on the CravenHaven trampoline.

Linseyap · 06/07/14 - 11:20

Loving this thread

Ber · 06/07/14 - 11:21

Mine was eating sponges

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