Did anyone actually crave pickles when they were pregnant?

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There's the slimmest chance ever that I'm pregnant and it would not really be a good thing if I was.
Today I cannot stop eating pickles I've eaten a whole jar and then had to find something else pickled this evening (beet root) because I was craving it so strongly.
I'm thinking it's probably the heat?

What weird pregnancy things did you crave? I didn't have any craving with previous pregnancies either so thinking it's not...

Not pickles, but I wanted sweet and sour sauce so badly I cried.

Yup, middle eastern mixed pickles, bought them from a deli (cos I’m an idiot). Threw it all up and didn’t touch them again until my DD was 1.

Pickled beetroot for me, my teeth were pink every day 😳

Oh no really 😆😫 I hope someone got you some!
Actually I could defo have some chicken balls with sweet and sour sauce right now!

Me! All the pickles!!

@Roomonb and @ClemDanFango (best name I've ever seen, YES I CAN HEAR YOU) how early did the cravings start?

Yes! Pickled gherkins. My husband still gets a bit twitchy if he sees me eating them.

Yes, pickled beetroot for me too. Had to have it every day!

Marks and Sparks onion bhajee, 1986 recipe. And Orange Maid ice lollies. No other would do.

I bloody well should have just bought some! Really wish I had - the one time of my life I was actually allowed to be greedy and irrational, and I blew it.

Yep, I drank the pickling juice (hangs head in shame)

I always crave pickles - pg or not 😂😂 when I was pregnant I craved veggie lasagne. I’m vegetarian anyway but I ate it for almost every meal 😂 batch cooked it for when I was on mat leave too

Starting to get a little less confident that I'm not pregnant

Baby beetroot - straight out of the jar, spiked on a fork.
Also bacon, but not the two together!

Orange juice. Disgusting stuff. Never drank it before or since. But I was downing it by the litre.

Yep, me! Specifically Mrs Elswood sweet gherkins in a peanut butter sandwich. Still delicious even when I’m not pregnant!

Yes. With Jaffa cakes. It was all I ate for months.

If it’s any consolation I sometimes crave pickles when I’m not pregnant. With like, some beef patties, bread, lettuce, cheese and burger sauce.

Not so much pickles but vinegar on everything (dh had to intervene when I tried adding it to my morning weetabix)

Yes! Specifically pickled beetroot.
And cheese, but I seem to crave cheese all the time whether pregnant or not

Anything sour for me - especially Lebanese food! Other craving was bagels…

I did and smoked salmon

I often crave pickles just before my period

I lived on pickled gherkins and Gaviscon

No, I was barbecue-flavour Hula Hoops and Rennies.

Yes pickled beetroot, also craved prawn cocktail crisps, crushed ice and sponges 😂