Your most unusual pregnancy craving?

What's yours? I've had so many cravings, but they're generally pretty acceptable ones. My hugest 'normal' craving through this pregnancy has been blue Powerade. Cannot get enough of the stuff, even the 1 litre bottles don't do it for me anymore, I'm now onto buying the 8 litre powder :lol:

My unusual craving? Fabric softener!!! Omg! I just want to chug it! That, the toilet cleaner, chlorine, soap. I actually lick my bar of soap :redface: :rofl: Just a little bit. I also have this huge oral fixation with chewing things, mainly clean clothes, or a facewasher. My mouth is literally watering thinking about it! Omg! I'm a freak :p I suspect it's pica, I've always had low iron and I take a supplement alongside my preggo vitamins. Mmmm, might need to go find a tshirt to chew on now...

So what's yours?

My worst pregnancy carving was the smell of petrol.. i used to smell it from a mile away, and when dh used to fill up, yep there i was sniffing it up lol!!
Not the healthiest craving but for some reason i loved the smell and still do..
The other one was chewing on skewers.. im not normal

Mango.

Not so unusual you say? Well considering I have always hated them, couldn't stand the smell of them even because I thought they smelt like a pair of dirty old socks - here is me in each pregnancy beside a heap of them in the Coles fruit and veggie section - breathing in deep. For ages. Couldn't get enough of it.

Thank god I dont have to do that any more lol

not really unusual I guess but this time round towards teh end I couldn't get enough of frozen coke. But it had to be real coke in the freezer & then I would smash it all up. I could do a 2 ltr bottle in matter of hours. very very unhealthy but its what my body wanted LOL

mines not really unusual just unusual for me. Salted Chips, have to be kettle chips or the local greek takaway hot chips.

And citrus. and red frogs and cobbers (which i can only get from a lolly store in tasmania).. thankfully not all at once yet xD

Lol I also remembered two others, but I think they're tame compared to fabric softener and petrol :D

Limes, just a plain lime. Mmmm! And chocolate and capers. Or capers mixed with chocolate ice cream!

potato vindaloo. all hours of the night. thankfully we had an indian joint down the road that apparently never shuts lol. poor DH had to many a midnight run :lol:

With Moo I craved tomato, ham & cheese sanwiches. They had to be store bought at a particular bakery & made on multigrain bread. It's unusual because I've always despised tomatos but not anymore :D. Same with orange juice!

Enjoy your fabric softener!

Mine weren't too weird but I loved anything and everything banana flavored. Also loved crumbed chicken of any description and post mix coke :redface: I didn't drink it much but I did make DH get it for me (like RIGHT NOW :rofl:) at some odd times

Hmmmm, I've never craved anything non-food but went nutzo over some olives and olive tapenade we picked up in Margaret River. Ok, most of the time I enjoy the odd olive or two, but I was eating them by the handful! Have also been craving cabbage, broccoli, celery, snow peas - essentially any green veggies I can get my hands on.

I haven't had any cravings
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It actually seems to be a conversation killer... everyone expects me to have at least something

I do love hearing about everyone else's cravings though - and maybe someday I'll develop my own!!!

Don't worry Harriet - I didn't really have them with DD either. This time is a bit different already, which has been a bit of a surprise for me - but there's nothing wrong with not having any :)

I ate whole lemons when I was pregnant with DD.

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I haven't had any cravings
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It actually seems to be a conversation killer... everyone expects me to have at least something

I do love hearing about everyone else's cravings though - and maybe someday I'll develop my own!!!

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Same here ive never really had any cravings as such I'll sit here going oh i feel like hot chips right now but ill have them then that will be it, it doesnt continue through out the pregnancy

With DD1 I couldn't get enough special sauce in the Big Mac. Although one day they did overdo the sauce and I felt a bit icky and after always preferring a Big Mac when we went to McDonalds, I don't really like them that much anymore.

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not really unusual I guess but this time round towards teh end I couldn't get enough of frozen coke. But it had to be real coke in the freezer & then I would smash it all up. I could do a 2 ltr bottle in matter of hours. very very unhealthy but its what my body wanted LOL

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My DH would like to thank you, as I've just yelled down the hall at him to go get me a frozen coke stat! :rofl:

Hi everyone i craved Vegemite on meat pies for my first?? I am currently 7-8weeks with my second and orange sherbet which is hard to get your hands on...... unfortunately for my partner lol

Mine was Mi Goreng noodles...Ive always liked them, but when I was pregnant I couldnt get enough!! Also Cyclone icypoles :) they were amazing! I miss being pregnant :( lol

Omelettes - tuna, cheese and chives but it HAS to be tuna in olive oil and only the Serena or Safcol brands.. Nothing else will do!

My weirdest cravings were:

Chilli - I ate it every day, couldn't get enough of the stuff, the hotter the better. DH used to work in a pizza shop and they could NEVER make a pizza hot enough for me while I was pregnant.

Watermelon - I'd cut it up into chunks and eat a plate full but every time I ate it I'd vomit! It never stopped me eating it though.

Maccas chocolate shakes - which I lived on because they helped my heartburn. I used to make DH drive me to Maccas, which was an hour away just for a chocolate shake!

Wine - I was never a wine drinker before I was pregnant but I craved it badly when I was pregnant with my 1st baby but never drank it, as hard as it was not to. I also craved it with my 3rd but didn't know I was pregnant for the 1st 6 mths, so I drank a bottle a night, once I found out I was pregnant I stopped but the cravings were so strong.

Cake - When I was pregnant with my 3rd I used to go to Safeway every morning and buy the 'cake of the day'. I'd bring it home and have a slice, by the end of the day I would have eaten the whole cake :$ Then I'd be on the toilet all night but it was worth it!

no "unusual" cravings but with my son i craved seasonal fruits (which werent in season) i used to feel sick if i didnt get them and i couldnt get enough chocolate which normally i dont eat
with my daughter it was frozen raspberry drinks
and this bubs is chocolate, icy poles
and with all 3 dairy drinks (which i cant usually stand)

Arggh, I am craving soft boiled egg. So bad I could almost cry because I know I can't have it.

Sigh. So how do you distract yourself from cravings that you *know* you shouldn't indulge?

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Arggh, I am craving soft boiled egg. So bad I could almost cry because I know I can't have it.

Sigh. So how do you distract yourself from cravings that you *know* you shouldn't indulge?

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I wasn't too strict on myself, I was probably a bit naughty really. I still had the occasional poached egg, tiny amounts of brie cheese (only if I had just opened it and taken it out), coffee/coke, processed meats.

Oranges. Couldn't get enough of oranges. I was 5w pregnant, walked through Safeway and bought 3kg bag. Lasted 2 days. I'd eat them whole... but they had to be chopped, not peeled. Don't know why. I think I bought 3kgs every 2 days until about 20w. Crazy!

Particularly when I don't eat them usually! Apparently something in oranges helps with iron uptake and blood volume? Not sure entirely.

I swore I had no cravings at all until we looked back at our shopping in my second trimester....apparently eating 3kgs granny smith apples a week IS a little unusual!!!

i normally like vegemite. might have it once every now and then.
when i was pregnant,i had to have it every day, and sooooo thick on my toast. i actually couldnt put enough on.maybe 1/2 cm thick. lol.
would drink at least 2 litres of iced tea every day at the start of pregnancy.
lime slurpee was the best for morning sickness.
and there was the odd occasion we just HAD to go down to local krispy kreme store to buy a dozen donuts. one time, DF started selecting them all, so i started crying because i wanted to pick the flavours. hehe.