Comments on: The Quick 10: 10 Strange Pregnancy Cravings

By: a

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:55:12 +0000

I’m having it rough with cravings this time. For my first it was french fries with salsa. My second pregnancy it was just sweets of every kind. But this third pregnancy has got me craving everything. It’s like once I get a smell of something I have to have it. Walking by Subway inside Walmart is a true test of will these days, the bread smells SO good. Bacon, chocolate (specifically peanut butter cups and Snickers), pizza, milk. It’s awful and overwhelming until I eat way too much of whatever it is and get over it. But I don’t want to gain a lot of weight!! It’s horrible.

By: dime

dime — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:46:12 +0000

McDs cheeseburgers and fries, ice cream (vanilla or mint choco chip), Pb&j sandwiches, chocolate milk, cupcakes, and fresh fruit-particularly firm red apples and ripe peaches.

Hate eggs and bloody steak (has to be well done) -both of which I normally love.

By: mamayana

mamayana — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:58:01 +0000

First pregnancy I had the worst heartburn… Literally just by breathing air. So eating food just got to be a necessity, let alone have any cravings.

With my current pregnancy I guess just the usual half sour pickles…buy smushed in yummy crusty sourdough bread with a bunch of assorted fruit. Whether fresh or canned.

I haven’t touched red meat or smelled or cooked with it …with the first or current. *gag*

By: Zack

Zack — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:29:38 +0000

So literally been picking through this article for the past two days. Got to say it was very entertaining and thanks for sharing your stories.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:58:25 +0000

This is my wife and I first pregnancy and she craves cottege chesse with doritos.

By: Nicole A.

Nicole A. — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:17:28 +0000

Judy R- I have the same problem with spinach you have with broccoli. I usually love spinach and can’t stand iceberg lettuce, but, since I got pregnant, just the thought of spinach makes me gag. So, when I eat a salad, it has be the nutritionally-deficient iceberg for me.

By: Nicole A.

Nicole A. — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:14:59 +0000

I’m almost 7 months pregnant now and I haven’t had too many unusual cravings. I think my biggest craving has been milk. Sometimes, the craving will strike me and I will stand at my kitchen counter and drink about 4 glasses in a row. Lately, it’s been mineral water. I assume it’s because of some mineral in which I’m deficient. I also have a pretty consistent craving for Mexican food, which is interesting because….

I have a sister-in-law who has three children. When she was pregnant with her oldest daughter, she craved Mexican food non-stop when she was pregnant and ate a crazy amount of it. Her oldest daughter is now 17 and she has evidently been a huge fan of salsa her whole life- pretty much since she had teeth and could eat.

BTW, Jen – if it’s sliced deli meat, make sure you heat before eating it- just to be sure. It’s one of those things on the no-no list for pregnant women. Not that it has stopped me: I eat my share of seafood despite the mercury warning.

By: jen

jen — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:00:58 +0000

Well I had two miscarriages with my secound pregnancy before I misscarried I craved ketchup on italian bread cheddar cheese and spanish stuffed olives . Now I crave deli fresh cut turkey yumm I’m craving it now and I’m only five weeks my fiance tried giving me the imatation I was not having it lol

By: Judy R

Judy R — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:34:08 +0000

Didn’t have a single craving for either of my pregnancies, BUT BOY DID I HAVE FOOD AVOIDANCE! Before I knew I was expecting I accused my husband of trying to poison me with my coffee, it was horrible I thought he forgot to rinse the pot after it was cleaned. I also loved broccoli before I became pregnant but with both babies I could not stand the smell or taste of the veggie. Giving up alcohol was easy, the smell of wine or beer was horrible.

By: zee

zee — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:10:37 +0000

My mother actually gave me a reverse-craving. She lived in Oakland, CA when pregnant with me, near the artichoke farms. She could get them very cheaply and ate a ton of them. They are my favorite food and I have even gone to the supermarket at 11:00 pm to satisfy my craving…. (I’ve never been pregnant tho)

I thought it was just me, but all these stories show that there is some sort of relation between mom’s food cravings and kids likes/dislikes.