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Cravings

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laurenmarie88 · 26/12/2016 18:00

I'm eating so much chocolate it's untrue, pretty sure it's all in my head prob far to early to crave anything but I feel I am! And juice to of I don't eat I feel sick lol I'm going to be the size of a house xx anyone else crave early on ?

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lynseyc83 · 26/12/2016 18:02

All I want is spicy food at the moment

thecatsarecrazy · 26/12/2016 18:04

I'm 35 weeks and crave the smell of dirty potatoes . Honestly its so bad I have to resist the temptation to have a sniff in supermarkets.

Bumbleclat · 26/12/2016 18:55

Radishes and musty washing machines!!

TallyHoAndToodlePip · 26/12/2016 21:03

A need sour sweets, fresh pineapple and Tropicana orange juice. My teeth are going rot and fall out at this rate 😣

laurenmarie88 · 26/12/2016 21:33

Haha anything sweet for me TBH lol or just wanting to eat all the time which isn't good

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Jodie1982 · 27/12/2016 12:12

Ice. It's all I want to eat! The crunch is absolutely amazing. 😁

laurenmarie88 · 27/12/2016 12:31

I craved sponges with my last pregnancy haha

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TallyHoAndToodlePip · 27/12/2016 12:50

Jodie1982 Craving ice can be a sign of having low iron levels, aka anaemia. Have you been tested by your midwife for it yet?

haveacupoftea · 27/12/2016 16:49

My worst for cravings was around 9 weeks, I NEEDED oranges, lemons and salt and vinegar crisps. I took a phase then of wanting dairy, ice cream, cheese etc. Haven't had any big cravings in a while now.

jimijack · 27/12/2016 16:51

Ice, ice & more ice.
ICE!!!!!!

thecatsarecrazy · 27/12/2016 17:24

I lived on salt and vinegar squares when I was going through sickness. Only thing I could keep down oh and snack wraps from McDonalds

Alb1 · 27/12/2016 17:55

I'm not that that stage in this pregnant yet but in my last 2 I majorly craved tissue, I ate loads of it! Both times it meant I was anemic, so after a good few weeks on the strong iron tablets it faded but it tasted so good at the time haha

laurenmarie88 · 27/12/2016 18:43

Haha not heard of tissue one before but there are other strange Ines it's mental haha.... mine seems to be sweet ATM

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user1468957349 · 27/12/2016 18:47

Anything spicy and / or salty up until about 20 weeks and now anything sweet (34 weeks) x

toffeeboffin · 27/12/2016 18:48

Another one for citrus, especially pineapple juice.

laurenmarie88 · 27/12/2016 18:57

Yeah do cravings have meanings ?

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Bumbleclat · 27/12/2016 19:30

I think they do have meanings, I ran out of my pregnancy vitamins and had a desperate need for radishes and would eat piles and piles of them for weeks on end. I found out that they're full of Folic Acid!!

Ive recently been through a seaweed stage and have been buying pack of seaweed sheets and gobbling them all up in one go! They're one of the only foods with such high iodine levels which helps baby's brain development.

The body is amazing!

Im not sure why in the first trimester I could only eat non foods with zero nutrients like coco pops, pot noodles, pasta meals that you add water to and have that sort of "cheese and broccoli" powder on???

laurenmarie88 · 27/12/2016 19:45

I'm loving pot noodles lol you having boy or girl ?

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laurenmarie88 · 27/12/2016 19:45

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thecatsarecrazy · 29/12/2016 14:08

I asked dh to buy me a bag of potatoes last night when he went for electric. I nearly cried when he came home without any

laurenmarie88 · 29/12/2016 14:53

Did you send him back for them hehe bet he felt bad or was the shop sold out xx

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thecatsarecrazy · 29/12/2016 18:26

He said they didn't have any suitable. He bought me some loose ones today but they don't smell . The best ones are a little sealed bag of new potatoes, I open the corner and have a sniff

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haveacupoftea · 29/12/2016 18:29

I am now gagging for a glass of pineapple juice with a lemon squeezed in.

PollytheDolly · 29/12/2016 18:49

My DD it was soap. It had to be Shield Blue soap (she's 20 now) and I did eat it.

I also spent at least half an hour every supermarket shop sniffing the toiletry isle.

My midwife laughed at me and said, you'll be telling me you've got a bar in your handbag next.

I showed it to her, complete with teeth marks

laurenmarie88 · 29/12/2016 20:37

Haha with my first pregnancy I was chewing and sucking water out of sponges I couldn't stop it was baaaad haha and now I'm enjoying beans and cheese lol it's mad what we crave xx they have meanings to I think

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