My dp would like to ask you all....

[tammybear]

What was your cravings when you were pregnant? and did you have any bizarre ones? And also why do pregnant women get cravings? (i dont know why either)

We were talking about when I was pregnant and he asked what my cravings were (curry), which is why he is being nosey! Thanks xxx

don't know why pregnant women get cravings but i had mad cravings for ice cubes. I used to eat a bag a day and sometimes had to get up in the night for more!

and coffee beans which was a bit annoying since I was trying to cut out caffine!

sweet things, ice cream, rowntree's fruit pastilles, a pint of instant custard all for me!

curry and water!!

i drink loads more water when pregnant. lvoe a cold cold glass of water with ice cubes even on freezing cold days.

the curry, well its my fave food so any excuse for more of it! tho i have cut down on teh rice as it makes me sick sometimes.

with dd, chips and gravy, pizza and tinned spaghetti hoops and tomatoes

ds, curry

anyone heard of the coal thing? I heard that pregnant woman sometimes crave coal and I actually met someone who's mother ate coal when she was pregnant!

Apples
Rice Kirspies
Crisp sandwhiches

Not all at once though.

Pineapple

my mum ate chalk when she was pg with me, not heard of anyone eating coal though! not too good for your teeth I'd imagine.

a friend of mine craved bath sponges.....her dp brought her a more solid sponge ball to knaw instead! myself just corned beef hash!

I didnt have any really strange cravings - mostly salad (how boring??!!) but also lots of chocolate!!

My theory is that you have cravings because your body is demanding certain vitamins/nutrients that you might not be getting enough of for your baby. My mum craved chalk with me which i think was because she was getting calcium deficient!

ive heard of the coal thing but not earth, chalk or sponges!

Ice. And sour fruit - cooking apples, lemons, sour oranges.

I can understand the cravings for coal or earth because those things have a distinctive smell so you could imagine how they might taste. But chalk? It's odourless I think, so how would your brain connect the deficiency of calcium or whatever to the taste of chalk, which most likely has never been experienced? It's curious don't you think? So much inside our own minds and bodies that we don't understand!

Could I also let your dp know that not everybody has cravings or goes off foods? I didn't although I did like to eat stronger tasting foods a lot, like pickle. It wasn't a craving as such though.

I craved sponges BADLY with DD.

Granny Smith apples (cold and peeled) with all 3 pregnancies.

Also this time, 1st trimester while throwing up - chicken cup a soup.

2nd trimester - poached eggs on toast.

And now in 3rd trimester - king prawns and grapes.

carrots (frozen then cooked!), potatos, chips, crisps, ginger

no cravings whatsoever here!
I think the theory is that cravings for a particular food indicate that your body is lacking un or needs more of a certain vitamin or mineral. and maybe women are more aware of how their bodies work whilst pregnant.
as it happens, I always only eat what I feel like (have done so all my life) and never force myself to eat a particulr food or avoid something I fancy. I think I must be in tune with my body needs because I never put on any weight and eat anything (I'll have a whole cake if I feel like it) and I have days when I just don't feel like eating meat or potatoes or chocolate or bread etc. Overall I do have a balanced food intake just not on a day to day basis. I might spend a whole day eating only fruit and one day only sweet things. It balances out somehow. As a child I only ate home made food (cakes included) and was never forbidden any sweets but was not offered them on a plate either. I must thank my mum for looking after me in those days. I hope DD will grow up to be the same.

DD - curry, bacon sandwiches, whole boxes of After Eights
DS - coca cola with ice - gallons of it (we were in the USA for a month which was great because they give you free top-ups)

Tomato Soup (Had to Be Heinz) with loads and loads of black pepper. I can't stand tomato soup now!