Comments on: The Quick 10: 10 Strange Pregnancy Cravings

By: Carole

Carole — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:49:20 +0000

When I was pregnant with my son, I had to have pinepple in my spaghetti. I even took a can of pineapple chunks to a restaurant to make sure I would have it.

And every Friday I would go to Famous Amos for lunch to get Chicken and Dumplings, and for one of my side items I ordered extra dumplings in a to-go container so I could have some for and afternoon snack.

By: Laura Lee

Laura Lee — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:07:09 +0000

When my mom was pregnant with me she HAD to have tuna on saltine crackers even though she hated (and still hates) tuna. My dad said that she would sit there and grumble the whole time while she ate it. I can’t stand tuna!

My older sister HAD to have a steak when pregnant with her first child, she was vegetarian and hadn’t had meat in 15 years, it made her horribly sick since her body wasn’t used to red meat anymore.

With my son I craved salt, on everything from pizza to mac and cheese and even in my breakfast cereal. Also Sweet Tarts, I couldn’t get enough. I would eat them til my tongue and the insides of my checks were raw from the sourness. Luckily when that craving came on it was right around halloween so I was able to get the huge bags.

With my daughter I wanted cottage cheese scooped up in Nacho Cheese Doritos. Other than that I craved mostly textures, creamy, crunchy, chewy, etc.

I was fortunate in that my husband worked at a grocery store so I would just call him and get him to bring me whatever I wanted which also eliminated the 2AM runs to the store.

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:15:29 +0000

I had an extreme craving for taco bell taco sauce mild(it had to be mild). I would put it on everything. I would load my purse with packets of sauce everytime I went there.
It didnt matter what it was it needed some taco sauce drowning it. Nothing tasted right without it.
I would even get my friends in on it and bring me packets of sauce.

By: Irina

Irina — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:26:08 +0000

I’m due in about a month. At some point I was craving nothing but sirloin steaks. Thank God I can cook! I was buying a huge steak from our local fresh market and ate nothing but this steak and a salad for the 24 hours. Now I’m craving tums, any kind.

By: Kelli

Kelli — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:29:34 +0000

Polish sausage dipped in chocolate frozen yogurt.

Even while I was eating it, I knew it was disgusting, but I HAD to have it.

By: Jenner

Jenner — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:42:59 +0000

Nothing too weird while I was pregnant…chocolate anything. Chip cookies, brownies, cake, whatever. Just give me chocolate. Now. And pizza and macaroni and cheese. Together. Cici’s Pizza here in Ohio even has macaroni and cheese pizza.

The worst was an aversion to pickles! That is weird by pregnancy standards. I normally don’t like them, and if they come on a plate in a restaurant, I’ll just pick it up and put it on a napkin. But when I was pregnant, watch out! If a pickle even touched my food, I would know. I could smell it and taste it. I went as far as to tell servers at restaurants that I WOULD know if a pickle touched my plate and will not eat the food. Only a handful of times did I send it back.

As a joke while pregnant, my husband thought it would by funny to swipe pickle juice under my nose….He learned quickly that you don’t mess with a pregnant woman like that. That was the only time I was sick during my entire pregnancy. For a week, I swear I could smell the pickle still and I would get sick.

We laugh about it today, but it was so not funny then. I was so mad…

By: trish

trish — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:52:22 +0000

Oh and by the way Ive craved the sponges through all 4 pregnancies!! and cant bear to bite into one when not pregnant!

By: trish

trish — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:50:15 +0000

Im pregnant with my 4th and have craved sponges..the ones on a rope you wash yourself with!! I love the smell,drooling just thinking aboout it now and costing me $4 a day..just have to smell and chew and grind it then spit it out!! what the ?? anybody else??

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:45:14 +0000

1st pregnancy – craved sour grapefruit juice with no sugar

I’m pregnant now at 12 weeks. Earlier this week I HAD to have a french dip. It was only 10am and nobody served it yet. I was going nuts then thought maybe Arby’s would do. It was ok but I still keep thinking about french dip, just not as urgently.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:41:11 +0000

My best friend craved dirt when she was pregnant. Doctor said cravings for dirt and ice are signs of an iron deficiency. She also ate 4 steaks in one afternoon!
When I was pregnant, I craved wonton soup and crunchy beef tacos. I would order an entire Chinese meal just to get wonton soup delivered.