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To ask what your weird pregnancy cravings were?

93 replies

elm26 · 16/01/2023 20:56

I've never been a fan of cucumber but I can't stop thinking about slices of cucumber with salt and lemon juice on.

I also keep biting cold lemons from the fridge, just bite into it and I'm satisfied 😂

And apple juice, I'm drinking a litre of apple juice a day and costing my DH £3 a time as I don't want the cheap one 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Flowermarket · 16/01/2023 22:08

Chewing sponges, chewing flannels, crunching ice, the smell of lemon elbow grease cleaner. I think it's due to low iron.

SandyY2K · 16/01/2023 22:09

Strawberry milkshake from McDonalds.

PrincessHoneysuckle · 16/01/2023 22:10

Tinned hotdogs

StellaOlivetti · 16/01/2023 22:11

Ice. It was like a madness, I needed to crunch it.

TheKeatingFive · 16/01/2023 22:11

Prawn cocktail crisps 😆

Twanky · 16/01/2023 22:11

I was so disappointed not to have cravings with either pregnancy but as I never had any morning sickness or other icky stuff I called it a wash! I did say that after No 1 I would make up some expensive cravings if we had No 2 but then I forgot.

onwardandupwards · 16/01/2023 22:20

Ice and washing powder ( not together!) I used to fill the sink with hot water and add washing powder just to smell it, touch it, I used to sit and just watch the soap bubbles in the washing machine going round 😂

CoffeeLover90 · 16/01/2023 22:23

Mine was in weird in that I didn't crave one thing. I would get the sudden urge for something and then I couldn't rest until I'd ate/drank that thing. One was tropical fruit juice I'm not that keen but god I needed it that day. Five shops I had to visit before I found some. I cried while I paid for it and drank almost a litre on the way home.
I was so bloody embarrassing Blush

RosieRainbow1986 · 16/01/2023 22:24

Chicken tikka baguette!! Could easily eat one or two a day! 🙈

Sussex34 · 16/01/2023 22:25

Crunching ice, all day every day

Burgerqueenbee · 16/01/2023 22:27

Disappointingly my only craving during my 1st pregnancy was that I swapped from pepsi max to diet coke Confused

oioimatey · 16/01/2023 22:29

First baby: yoghurt
Second baby: spaghetti with tinned tomatoes for sauce

Eranzer · 16/01/2023 22:33

Sand and drywall. Also had pica!

Catdaft · 16/01/2023 22:34

Smelling bath sponges straight out the packet. I bought 12 a week

fugly1 · 16/01/2023 22:35

Cheese and snack a jacks!!

watcherintherye · 16/01/2023 22:37

Freshly washed bunches (yes, I’d eat a whole bunch at a time!) of parsley. Had to have the water still on them!

GreenIsle · 16/01/2023 22:37

Sand at the moment trying my best not to eat it. Instead I just play with it, dh went and bought me some. I think it's the dry gritty texture that is just drawing me to it.

Unforgettablefire · 16/01/2023 22:38

Bumble84 · 16/01/2023 21:29

I didn’t think it was that weird but my DH looked at me like I had two heads when I trotted over to the sofa with my glass of milk with ice in it. I just wanted it extra cold!

I'm like that now, only I put the milk in a glass and put it in the freezer until it's ice and eat it.
Apparently it's a sign of anaemia so if you're craving the actual ice you might want that checked.

Verbena87 · 16/01/2023 22:40

The smell of creosote

YouBoggleMyMind · 16/01/2023 22:41

First pregnancy raw carrots and full fat coke. Second pregnancy ALL the cake.

Godzillaandgodzuki · 16/01/2023 22:43

Milk, pints and pints of blue or Grahams gold top milk, towards the end I was demolishing 4 pint cartons and quite ready to start on another, didn't care if it was cold or warm, then realised maybe milkshakes would work and drank two pints (I think-those square cartons?) whilst waiting to pay for it, moved on to magnums at some point with the milk, I was a walking Dairy Queen.

Ciaonow · 16/01/2023 22:48

Chilli con carne, Volvic touch of fruit strawberry- had to be the full sugar one, M&S truffle crisps, Five Guys fries, ice cubes, sliced tomatoes with loads of salt on and wotsits! Oh and cups of plain hot water.

mumonherphone · 16/01/2023 22:50

I also wanted lemons and oranges/orange juice. Maybe needed vitamin C

NatWestPigFamily · 16/01/2023 23:15

DS1- olives and vanilla ice cream together. Coleslaw, toffee apples, southern fried chicken burger and salad sandwiches for breakfast. KFC.

DS2- Macdonald’s cheeseburgers and their sweet and sour sauce. I used to keep the sauce in my car and dip apple into it on my way home from work.

Mamai90 · 16/01/2023 23:18

Peanut butter and cucumber sandwiches😆