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: Kelly • Due Date: 05/02/2007
It's more like what I do NOT want to eat/drink that amused me- 1st pregnancy I couldn't eat pizza or any kind of red sauce, coffee, citrus. This pregnancy I still cannot eat pizza or red sauce stuff but I can't get enough mexican or citrus - grapefruit especially. I eat it all the time. Go figure!
Name: Tonya • Due Date: 03/02/2007
I love the smell of soap! I stand in the Wal-mart soap isle and just smell body soap all day! I sleep with it under my pillow and i even licked it in the shower! I guess im just a crazy pregnant bohemian!
Name: Claudia • Due Date: 11/06/2006
With my 1st pregnancy I did not have any cravings. With this pregnancy I crave baking soda or antacid tablets– I believe it is the chalk taste that I am craving, trust me it’s not the taste. I crave ice, the smell of household cleaning products. (Big Orange, Comet & Pine Sol)
Name: Maria • Due Date: 10/17/2006
I thought I was going crazy with my cravings for "smelling things" until I read other peoples cravings for smell. This is my fourth pregnancy, and I love to smell Coast body soap ( I have a bar of it on my night stand to smell every night!), gasoline, Fantastic Cleaning Spray, Spray and Wash aerosol laundry stain remover, and other cleaning products. And I love to feel the foaming cleansers in my hands,squishing it!!! It drives me crazy!!! I just hope it goes away after delivery and by smelling these it doesnt harm my unbaby!!!
Name: Jessica • Due Date: 11/12/2006
I absolutely can NOT go a day w/out the smell of Comet, And Pine Sol. I clean [My already clean kitchen && bathrooms] with both on a daily basis, Sometimes more than once, Just to get my 'fix'... Lol.
Name: Dana • Due Date: 03/17/2007
This is for Wendy. I am 17wks with #4 and with the three before this I too craved ice, crushed ice and lots of it, I would actually skip meals because I was so full from all of the ice I crunched. I don't have this craving yet with this one, but we will see. I have been told by many health care professionals that ice cravings can mean that you are anemic. You might want to have your Iron checked.
