What's with this - craving strong smells!

[KarenM]

Has anyone else found that they are craving really strong smells...I can't get enough of eucalyptus oil, I would stick my head in a petrol bowser if I could and love the smell of fresh bitumen! Of course I do try to steer clear of the last two....
This is baby #3 and I didn't experience this at all with my two girls. Is this really weird or a common pregnancy thing!?

[LizLemon]

Ahaha no but that's funny. I usually have a weird craving for magazine and catalogue paper smell but I haven't noticed that get stronger during pregnancy.

Just don't start eating weird things like paper etc...

[PumpkinZulu]

I have ridiculously strong cravings for chlorine, fabric softener and chewing on face-washers Obviously I don't indulge the fabric softener or chlorine (although every time I do the washing my mouth literally fills with drool!!), but I *do* chew on a face-washer! I'm nutso

[Tinks]

A friend of mine loved the smell of petrol when she was pregnant too.

PZ, get some of the colgate whitening mouthwash, it tastes like Chlorine.

[PumpkinZulu]

A friend of mine loved the smell of petrol when she was pregnant too.

PZ, get some of the colgate whitening mouthwash, it tastes like Chlorine.

Haha, don't encourage my freakish tendencies!

[Phteven]

One of my friends used to sniff laundry powder when she was preggers (not lines - just the smell).

[~Hestia~]

my sister craved the smell of eucalyptus oil when she was pregnant too!

[helle]

One of my friends used to sniff laundry powder when she was preggers (not lines - just the smell).

Damn those pregnant laundry powder junkies XD

[Cranky Kitten]

Wow, totally the opposite for me - most of that stuff makes me wanna hurl

[kewtiepie85]

Normal id say...I LOVED the small of washing powder/detergent, any kind of strong perfume/deoderant...lol

[KarenM]

Cranky Kitten, the smell of ANYTHING (including hot water, the dryer, my husband ) made me hurl in the first trimester! I am nearing the end now (about 6 weeks to go) and it is the complete opposite.

[TeniBear]

Coffee! I'm usually fairly ambivalent when it comes to the smell - I like it, but it's not like I hunt it out... But when I was pregnant? I asked DH quite a few times to buy me an espresso - or a bag of coffee beans - just so I could sniff it The meanie never did though!

Sent from my iPhone so forgive the speelung misstacks

[Lisa]

When I was pregnant with DS2 I craved the smell of coffee and of sunscreen.
I don't drink coffee, nor do I like the smell of it, but I would have to go to my local McCafe every morning before work to grab a hot chocolate and sniff the coffee smell which would then get stuck in my clothes all day and leave me happy! lol
As for the sunscreen, I am just lucky we lived near a beach and DS was a summer baby so there was lots of sunscreen being used right before he was born

[KarenM]

The other thing is...I can't stop eating ice! Bucket loads of it. I am very low in iron and I found out today that they are linked. How bizarre. I googled it to check and sure enough...chewing ice indicates low iron.