Comments on: The Quick 10: 10 Strange Pregnancy Cravings

By: Eden

Eden — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:49:34 +0000

With my first I craved Nestle’s Crunch chocolate bars and MacDonald’s McChicken sandwiches. Mt friends would put the chocolate bars in my binders before class so I would get a surprise when I opened it up. (Sweet I know, but I think they may have been doing it for personal safety reasons…LOL)

With my second, I couldn’t look at anything that was a soup or stew for the first 3 months. After that, it was large Pepsi Slurpees (a Slushie in other parts I think) and strawberries for me. I live in the north, and getting strawberries during the winter is expensive! The convenience store that I would get my Slurpees from left the machine on all winter for me, even though it normally shuts off for the season. The kids in the neighborhood thought it was great!! :D

I have a girlfriend who craved bleach, Comet, dirt and rocks with her first baby. :S

By: amber

amber — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:13:24 +0000

When my mom was pregnant with my younger brother, she had extreme cravings for elephant ears (you know, the fried sugary dough from the fair??) Thankfully they started in the summer so there was always a county fair going on somewhere around us — i remember the day her co-workers drove to the next county to get her elephant ears, the craving was so bad!

By: sandyra

sandyra — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:39:57 +0000

With my first I craved pickled cucumbers in garlic and sourcream. I ate it everyday for months. (had a girl) With my second I craved ripe, homegrown tomatoes. I ate them like apples, one after the other. Went through bushels of them right up until my labor. (had a boy)

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:53:00 +0000

Cold cod fish and chocolate ice cream. (combnined)

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:39:24 +0000

Really? They say 1 can of tuna a month now? My mom said that, when she was pregnant with me (in 1989), she ate tons of canned tuna because she was under the impression that it was “brain food.” I’m pushing 21, and there’s nothing seriously wrong with me health-wise. Maybe I just got lucky.

By: Lex

Lex — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:26:02 +0000

I’m currently 18 weeks pregnant, and constantly crave Filet-O-Fish sandwiches and fresh french fries from McDonalds, with a chocolate Frosty from Wendy’s. I hardly ever allow myself to get it, but broke down at 11:30 pm the other day, and had to have it.

My mom craved peanut butter and dill pickles on toast while she was pregnant with me.

By: India

India — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:50:25 +0000

Im pregnant now, and craving buffets. Not a specific food just the sight of all the food. Earlier on I craved mashed potatoes. The second trimester was the wierdest with me craving second hand smoke and pine sol smell….I enjoyed it in moderation of course. Until everyone else figured it out, then my husband banished himself to the bathroom to smoke and I was sad.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:54:44 +0000

My mother told me about one of her cravings when she was pregnant with me. She ate a 5 gallon jar of green olives in a two day period. And yes, I do like olives. :-)

By: captcha

captcha — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:39:10 +0000

Green mango with fermented shrimp paste. (Then again, this isn’t really unusual in the Philippines.) :D

By: L.J.

L.J. — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:50:18 +0000

I am 8 weeks and EVERYTHING makes me ill! The only thing I can keep down is a five layer burrito from Taco Bell, but the thought of Taco Bell makes me gag! I have diabetes so I have to be super careful what I eat but I’ll tell ya, a can of frosting with graham crackers, or a bowl of peanut butter mixed with sugar and butter, or McDonalds ice cream with FRESH fries together….OH boy would I be happy!
My hubby is happy, one of the cravings that I can satisfy is the desire for a medium rare steak grilled on a charcoal grill (although he won’t marinate his in pineapple juice or smother it in cottage cheese) we can both enjoy this one together. LOL