Have your say! Pregnancy-Info's weekly newsletter has been attracting a lot of comments from our readers, particularly about pregnancy cravings. So if you have been experiencing some strange cravings, check out other mothers' stories and compare! And share you story with us too! If you still can't figure out those cravings, take a look at Pregnancy-Info's article on cravings during pregnancy.
Tell us Your Cravings!
Name: Jen • Due Date: 06/10/2007
Brittany,
If your beer cravings are especially unbearable, you might try looking in your grocery store for a non-alcoholic beer beverage. My Aunt loves the taste of beer, and substituted real beer with the non-alcoholic version during both her pregnancies.
Name: Brittany • Due Date: 08/03/2007
I'm just over 11 weeks pregnant, and I have been craving meat, eggs, limes, lemons, green olives, pickles, chocolate and beer (don't worry. I won't even take a sip!). Even on days when I can't bring myself to eat another cracker because of my morning sickness, I can still hold down a burger!
Name: Jen • Due Date: 06/10/2007
The only odd thing I have done with regards to smells, is to get really close to my husband after he showers and sniff his freshly washed hair. I also love the smell of him, just being close and smelling his skin. When he uses aftershave it just dirves me wild, I could sit and sniff him forever. Of course he's not really into that, he laughs at me and likes to tease me (in a joking way) about being weird, wanting to smell him all the time. All of my food cravings have been fairly normal though.
Name: Leila • Due Date: n/a
I'm just bout 5 months pr-ego and from the beginning of the pregnancy to now I have been craving LIMES! Weird huh? I can eat 3 limes in a sitting. Just give me a lime, knife, & salt and I'm content for hours.
Name: Brandi • Due Date: 02/17/2007
I haven't found a fix for those, but I'll work on it :-) I did find a fix for the Pine Sol cravings -- green Skittles & lime Jell-O. Lime popsicles also work sometimes. Artificial lime flavoring tastes similar to the smell of Pine Sol. I know it's weird, but it works.
Name: Becky • Due Date: 03/22/2007
I am trying not to give in, but my cravings are all SMELL based! I want to smell any thing with a strong fume. Gasoline, newspaper print, markers, car exhaust, my mouth waters just thinking of it! The only thing that subsides this is to chew on paper from magazines or junk mail! I've been hiding it like a dirty secret! I don't swallow it, I'm sure eating it would cause me to be constipated, but I guess I would rather chew on paper than sniff gasoline! If only my cravings were for cleaning products, then I would be motivated to clean my house! I'm too tired as it is, so perhaps I should see if I'm anemic.... I had this craving with my first pregnancy. It was twice as hard then because I also wanted to smoke cig's or to just be around someone who was. Thankfully, I have been able to control that urge thus far... I fantasize about sniffing things, but my fear of hurting the baby or being "caught" in the act by my husband and getting embarrased keep me from acting on it. Is anyone out there who has this craving and has found some sort of "fix" that won't hurt the baby? I think I'll try black jelly beans... that sounds pretty good right now.
