anyone have cravings for coal? if so what did you get instead

[trace2]

i want to suck it , and crumble in my hands i know its daft but i need some thing else in stead

Hi I craved Charcoal as I was pregnant over the summer and everyone was having BBQ's and all I wanted was what they were cooking the food on! Also I loved having long baths with candles but got put off them as I started wanting to eat the candles!!

I couldn't walk past the bathroom without brushing my teeth when I was having DS2, especially around the very back teeth! A friend at work had the same thing too!

With DS1 I craved orange lollies in early pregnancy, I moved on to Strawberry jam at about 6 months, snaffling it in the wee small hours straight from the fridge without a spoon . When I was preg with DS2I loved the smell of petrol, filling up at Tesco was a joy

Sand. The mere thought of it makes my mouth water and it's unbearable going near sandpits or the beach. The smell is so tempting!

Tinned pineapple, buttered crumpets and sparkling mineral water are about all I can eat at the moment (8 weeks pg).

Last time it was Sherbert Lemons - this time I tasted one and wanted to puke

i craved ice cubes too. USed to go through bags of them, just sitting with a pint glass full and crunching them all night. I then read somewhere that ice cravings are a classic sign of low Iron, craving went away when I started taking an iron supplement.

Hi Forcessweetheart! ((((big waving emoticon))))How goes?

DD - fruit
DS - marmite & banana sandwiches
currently 13wks - fruit (another DD?)

pickled onions for me. First thing I did when I got home from work was to go and eat some, yum.

With dd2, it was olive oil straight from the bottle - I was completely obsessed. I had it for every meal, and in the afternoons instead of a cuppa. We were stuck in Ikea one lunchtime, and I burst into tears because I hadn't brought a bottle with me (for some reason, neat olive oil isn't on their lunch menu!!)

I craved Orange Sunny Delight - before it was made "healthier" - much to the amusement of friends... I'm a Vegetarian and try hard not to eat unessential additives. I had horrific morning sickness all the way through and SunnyD was the only drink sure to stay down and made me feel less queasy. I was worried that I'd have an orange-skinned baby...!

opal fruits

I also craved the smell of petrol (like julia) and platics, and ate a lot of raw broccoli. Sometimes I would come straight from work, buy broccoli in the Co-op, and eat it at the bus stop, while waiting for the bus home!!

It turned out I was anaemic too, and the raw broccoli craving subsided somewhat after I went on the iron tablets.

Oranges for me.

A friend had a weird one... LOOFAHS.

What's more they had to be old, used ones that had been in soapy bathwater. Bizarre!

I craved poppadoms with brinjal (?sp) pickle when I was pregnant with my ds. It's the aubergine one, and it's really hot & sour.

I craved soy sauce, teriyaki, tofu, seaweed and rice for about two weeks. No cravings since. I'm eating my normal diet but in larger quantities!

I craved fruit, chocolate milkshake and raw steak (in a dream I kept having it was weird!!) and I'm a vege... and yep, I was anaemic as well

I added HP sauce to everything I ate (classy), and a friend of mine wanted to suck stones Mmmm.

Thought I was the only one wanting petrol - but now I see I'm not alone. I loved the smell, it reminded me of almonds and I wanted to drink it. I also wanted to eat wet mortar with an old fashioned dessert spoon

early on I very much craved oranges. I got up at 3 and 5 am to have an orange. Just read recently that they are high in folic acid (besided green leafy veg). Thought that was intresting.

I had no cravings the first time but with my second i had to have chunky peanut butter on toast for every meal and i also loved chewing ice i would buy a packet of ice just so i could get some when i needed it and with my third it was anything and everything but i still had to have ice as well

Rollmops (very sour ones) and Onion Bhajis. Had them every weekend throughout pg with DS.

Now he's 2 he loves gherkins but hates fish!

I craved ice as well....