ajm200 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Hi, I'm just wondering if any one else out there has had really strong food cravings in pregnancy for a food that you normally hate or for weird food? I HATE marmite, Even the smell of it has been known to make me gag but I absent mindedly licked some off my finger after giving my son his toast yesterday. Usually, I'd be racing to the bathroom to clean my teeth and get rid of the taste.. but not this time and today I'm going mad for the stuff Am I just weird or is this kind of thing normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Perfectly normal I would say. With DD1 I ate loads of boiled sweets and I don't have a sweet tooth, she does however have a very sweet tooth. With DS I ate pounds of walnuts and I am not too fond of nuts as a rule and he hates them. With DD2 I ate extra strong mints another thing I don't go for and she loves anything minty Good luck with the pregnancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 With Devon it was tinned tomatoes. With Cleo it was Worcester sauce flavour crisps & Guinness Funny about the marmite. I used to hate it but I had Bronchitis a while back which totally blew my taste buds for a while. Since then I have loved it. And since being on Weigh"Ooops, word censored!"chers,I have been eating pickled gherkins like they are going out of fashion. Proper pickley ones,none of this sweet & sour rubbish. Can't get enough of them. I have eaten a whole jar in one sitting. Just as well they are free of points! And no, I an NOT pregnant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I have been eating sherbet double lollies a lot recently since we bought a huge tub on OH's last visit to the Hub and I am not pregnant either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellekatz Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 With Becca it was chips and curry sauce. ( the chip shop style stuff ) With David it was tomato ketchup and luncheon meat sandwiches Neither of which I would normally even have in the house! With becca I went off coffee with a vengeance - only started drinking it again after about 14 years. With David I went off tea as well so I lived on friut juice for 9 months! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 My daughter is now 10 but when I was pregnant with her all I craved was mince pies with a chunk of cucumber on top! They had to be eaten together. Her birthday is in October so it was a real hassle trying to find mince pies in the summer months. She likes cucumber but won't touch mince pies!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 (edited) Actually, my Husband has just reminded me that when I was pregnant last time I emailed MacDonalds to complain that they had stopped selling vanilla milkshakes I'd forgotten. So i guess I must have had cravings last time too but as least it was for something I like Edited April 2, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 DD1 I had no cravings, with DD2 it was ice and mr kipling bakewell tarts and DS ice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keanie Bean Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 With my first it was strawberry milkshake and chocolate iced dognuts. With my second it was onions which I normally hate and cider. My mum managed to find a good alcohol free one which was a god send. With Daniel my LAST one it changed on a weekly basis so I would eat one food one week and something totally different the next. Pregnancy is a weird thing, I'm glad to have done it but feel even better knowing I dont have to go through it again. Snip went the scissors (under aneastetic of course)and that was him sorted Sarah.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 With my second it was onions which I normally hate I craved onions and rasperries with DD3 With DD1 it was plain pasta with nothing but grated cheese. With DD2 I craved the liquid white chalky stuff you can take to ease heartburn... cant have it in the house, it became a total addiction... With DD4, I craved green things... avocado, broccoli and so on... and still raspberries... that was a very healthy pregnancy, till after baby was born and I had no time to do any proper cooking and we ended up living on pizza, chinese and indian take aways... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little cluckers Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 My daughter is now 10 but when I was pregnant with her all I craved was mince pies with a chunk of cucumber on top! That's the weirdest thing I've EVER heard!! With my first it was raspberries, my second was cold toast and butter and my third (twins) was spam and ketchup sarnies but also I craved horror films!! I just loved being scared silly whereas normally I hate that sort of thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 but also I craved horror films!! I just loved being scared silly whereas normally I hate that sort of thing! I love that... that's un unusual craving... Did the prospect of twins maybe make horror films seem unscary?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little cluckers Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Not sure why I enjoyed being scared, I guess I just felt invincible! However reality of twins was nothing like a horror film (thnk goodness) and the horror cravings went as quick as they came! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 Some of those cravings are unusual so I feel less odd now - thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I didn't really crave very much other than toast (and loads of it!), but I went off Chinese food and coffee, both of which I normally love. I know of a woman who ate the edges of newspapers while she was pregnant! Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I ate loads of toast and toasted teacakes too in the early icky stages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I used to crave Lime pickle, and could eat it out of the jar! I used to suck elastoplast too, at the end of one pregnancy. I must have been short of Zinc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 (edited) I used to crave Lime pickle, and could eat it out of the jar! Both times I was pregnant, OH got sick of curry for dinner and asked could we restrict it to twice a week! Elastoplast - that's a strange one! Edited April 2, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Fish and chips with DD1, and sadly cold sprouts with mayonnaise with the other two , plus ice cubes with all three, used to go to the pub with OH and ask for a pint of cubes and sit there crunching! Mrs B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Old Jamaica - rum and raising chocolate bar, and rhubarb fool (only the Sainsbury's one worked for me). I don't touch tea now unless it is a herbal one - it tasted like tin. Sister-in-law craved Virgin coke (???hmmmm???) - she had twins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Sister-in-law craved Virgin coke (???hmmmm???) - she had twins. Oh, the irony!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 plus ice cubes with all three, used to go to the pub with OH and ask for a pint of cubes and sit there crunching! Mrs B Ditto He said I was a cheap date. I used to sit in bed crunching also, which drove OH mad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Oops should have written raisin! With daughter I had forgotten little pickled gherkins. I also like crunching ice - not too good for the teeth though - it works for dieting - you are chewing and tiring out the jaws, but zero calories as far as I know - don't know what the limescale content adds! Doctor asked if there was a history of twins in sister in laws family, answer was no, so doc said "there is now"! She encouraged my two to say hello to her tummy, and we all joined in. She asked me what was she having and I said "they wanted it to be a surprise" - I have felt guilty ever since - thought she was joking with the scan results! Yes Virgin coke - father in law bought tons of the stuff because she said it was the best since sliced bread, and after the twins arrived, she hated it - said "what was I thinking - eeeewwwww"! "Ooops, word censored!"ody else liked it, so it was used as a mixer for their drinks - took about a year to get rid of it all. My parents in law like alcohol - a lot! OH is almost teetotal, Pimms = lemonade and a couple of drips of alcohol, one shandy and I have him in the palm of my hand! Sister in law never touches alcohol - hates the taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 No 1 McDonald's hamburgers No 2 Poppadums & mango chutney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 marmite has lots of vitamin B12 in it - very good for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...