Weirdest pregnancy cravings youve ever had?

[EllieRosesMammy]

Mine is chewing on bath sponges

I don't eat them, I just fill them up with cold water and chew them 😂

(Yes, I do have iron deficiency anemia before anyone comments😂)

What is/was your weird craving?

@EllieRosesMammy donner meat! couldn't get enough of it 😂 and i had a girl 😊

Mines was the same, chewing and sniffing bath sponges. Plus smelling certain smells like baby bath Johnstone’s, cleaning products. Lush.

I was coming on here to say a sponge when I saw your title and then saw it's yours too. I used to fill it full of water and chew it also. I was also iron deficient.

Oh I love donner meat whether I'm pregnant or not so I don't think I could include that one 😂

@EllieRosesMammy now im not pregnant cant stand the stuff 🤦🏻‍♀️😂 its crazy what pregnancy can do to us x

I keep craving the smell of swimming pools this last week too?! 🤦🏻‍♀️ Pregnancy is so weird

I craved donner wraps with garlic and tango ice blasts with my 2nd child. I proper fancy both of those things now I've said it 😂 x

Mine was chocolate covered salt but this was 36 years ago before the salted chocolate became a thing

I wanted to eat washing powder with a big spoon.

Exactly the same as you OP!
Thought i was mental until I came here 14 years ago and discovered there were others. Ahhh when you find your people it's so satisfying 😂

Ice. My body was clearly trying to tell me I was dehydrated. I would just suck on ice cubes and absolutely loved those jubbly ice lollies. My husband bought me a Mr frosty for christmas that year and I couldn't have loved him more! Just plain crushed ice for the rest of my pregnancy.

EllieRosesMammy · Today 21:53
yes I remember the chlorine craving as well. My kids are 12 and 14 now but I remember the cravings well. I know now if I start to crave these lovely smells, I’m usually anemic x

Sandwiches, made with Morrisons seedy bread (don't get it any more), thick layer of mayonnaise and cold baked beans!

Heinz tomato soup - I remember waking up at 3.00 a.m. and going downstairs to heat some up. Hate it normally. Second time it was chip shop vinegar. I would go and ask for chips with a lot of vinegar. Now I would not be embarrassed to just ask if I could buy some vinegar.

The strongest salt and vinegar crisps I can find! I didn't eat salt and vinegar crisps at all before now. I didn't have any bread in yesterday so made a salt and vinegar crisp wrap and my DH thought I'd gone mad.

Don't know if this is weird but it is unusual for me!

Mine was light a candle and hold it turned on its side so little blobs of wax formed , wait til cooled down but still warm and pliable , then eat it !

Beer.
Fortunately I could quell it by sniffing beer and DH valiantly put up with having to drink a bottle of German ale nightly.

Ice craving is also a symptom of iron deficiency. I only found out as I’m going through bout 3 bags of ice a week atm (pregnant) and was worried about my teeth so googled and it said iron deficienh - got tested at my next appointment and I am indeed iron deficient. Have started taking iron but still can’t stop eating ice!

Okay I think that one beats my weird sponge chewing craving! 😂

I didn’t have any cravings in either of my pregnancies. Was a bit disappointed as would have loved a craving story!

Raw rhubarb, cooking apples, pickled onions, grapefruit, Heinz tomato soup and cans of tuna. My mum ate coal!

Mine was iceberg lettuce filled with chicken breast and apple. I remember texting my husband telling him he couldn't come home from work without the lettuce. Thank goodness that craving has passed!😂

Two dc, Both times the main cravings I had were smells.
Bleach, chlorine in swimming pools, and also when you get a flannel wet and leave it on the side so it gets that damp/musty smell.
So gross and weird but the same both pregnancies.

I also had severe hg with dc1 and literally the only food I could eat for 6 months (and even then struggled to keep it in) was McDonald's chicken nuggets, watermelon, strawberries, cucumber, plain pasta with a bit of butter stirred in, and banana yazoo milkshake.

Have you tried the Co op Chardonnay vinegar ones omg! So strong

Omg was literally thinking of this exact crisp - tried it the other day and it blew my head off! Loved it. Haha