# Pregnancy cravings **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 28, 2000, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166 "2000-07-28T06:11:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bedhog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@bedhog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bedhog)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/1 "2000-07-28T06:11:32Z")
For me, it was anything hot. Scotch bonnets, and some sort of Thai chili sauce that made my husband cry. Anyone else crave wierd stuff when they were pregnant? ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/2 "2000-07-28T12:38:52Z")
Mrs. Nipples craved Peanut Buster Parfaits from Dairy Queen. For all three kids. She didn’t gain that much weight either. ---
**Author:** ![mikehardware](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mikehardware](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikehardware)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/3 "2000-07-28T13:35:29Z")
It must have been for the calcium, but my wife ate crackers topped with sour cream and sardines. I tried one to show I was with her in spirit, and it wasn’t quite as bad as it sounds. I had to draw the line when she wanted to try a can of beef Ken-L-Ration dog food. She remembered the smell from feeding her dog as a kid and thought it would be great. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/4 "2000-07-28T13:59:53Z")
The only real craving I got was for Long John Silver’s greasy batter-dipped unidentifiable white flaky food item they call fish. With lots of malt vinegar. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/5 "2000-07-28T14:20:06Z")
I craved pink grapefruit, artichoke hearts, pickled herring, strawberries, kiwifruit, pineapple and watermelon. If I ever went to a shrink I think i’d terrify myself. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/6 "2000-07-28T15:00:15Z")
I remember my grandmother telling me that when she was pregnant with my father, aunts, and uncles she always craved plaster. I figure that her diet was deficient in some mineral and that was a quick fix. Mmmmmm…plaster. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/7 "2000-07-28T17:29:12Z")
My mom ate heads of lettuce like apples while preggers with my sis. With me she craved Kit-Kat bars, bought them by the case. She stayed skinny as a rake though, hmmm. ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/8 "2000-07-28T18:01:59Z")
Popcicles. I don’t know how many trips I made to the store for mommajesus because we were out of popcicles. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/9 "2000-07-28T22:57:06Z")
For our youngest, Mrs. Dave-Guy ate relish sandwiches constantly. For the oldest, she didn’t crave food, but she really really wanted to go bowling. She thinks it’s because she knew she couldn’t. She’s not an avid bowler or anything. ---
**Author:** ![lucie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@lucie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/10 "2000-07-28T23:55:19Z")
Fried chicken, grapes, and ding-dongs. Oh, and to not be pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![CoyoteFish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@CoyoteFish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoyoteFish)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/11 "2000-07-29T04:43:58Z")
Sra. Fish had Chicken Noodle Soup (double noodle, mind you) every morning for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/12 "2000-07-29T04:57:42Z")
A woman with a flat stomach. :eek: Kidding, kidding! ::fleeing:: (No wonder I don’t have an SO…) ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/13 "2000-07-29T05:13:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > \*\*I remember my grandmother telling me that when she was pregnant with my father, aunts, and uncles she always craved plaster. I figure that her diet was deficient in some mineral and that was a quick fix. > > Mmmmmm…plaster. \*\* This is a real condition called Pica: eating non-food things, like plaster, laundry starch, dirt & ice. Pica is a symptom of anemia (lack of iron.) I know, because I had it with my 2nd. I ate an entire large bottle of tums a day. You may now call me Bizzarro Girl. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/14 "2000-07-29T05:37:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lunasea \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > > \*\*I remember my grandmother telling me that when she was pregnant with my father, aunts, and uncles she always craved plaster. I figure that her diet was deficient in some mineral and that was a quick fix. > > > > Mmmmmm…plaster. \*\* > > This is a real condition called Pica: eating non-food things, like plaster, laundry starch, dirt & ice. Pica is a symptom of anemia (lack of iron.) I know, because I had it with my 2nd. I ate an entire large bottle of tums a day. You may now call me Bizzarro Girl. > \*\* I’m fairly certain this (eating pottery) was covered in a column in one of Cecil’s books, but I’m not sure if said column was on line. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/15 "2000-07-30T03:33:47Z")
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5\_090.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_090.html) Here you go. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/16 "2000-07-30T10:36:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lunasea \* > \*\*[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5\_090.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_090.html) > > Here you go. > \*\* Thanks. I remember showing this column to my 14 and 12 year old cousins (girls). They were extremely grossed out about some of the things that were consumed. NO WAY am I ever going to direct them to this message board and have them learn about felching, squicking, and all that other stuff. :eek: (I also don’t want them to know what a jerk their cousin is.) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cestlavie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8dc957/32.png) [@Cestlavie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cestlavie)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/17 "2000-07-31T16:50:23Z")
Tomatoes were the only thing I could eat without throwing up. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/18 "2000-07-31T23:33:39Z")
I’m surprised Saint Zero hasn’t said anything yet… With our son I craved chicken. Always chicken. It took my dear hubby a year before he could eat chicken again. We left Chik-Fil-A one night after having had dinner, I looked across the street and said, “Hey, honey! There’s a KFC. Let’s go for a snack!” He has not forgiven me for that one yet. 😃 With our daughter it was steak. Not just steak, though: prime rib, baked potato, the whole nine yards. Either that or chocolate chip pancakes (ala IHOP) and garlic breadsticks (ala Fazoli’s). Yes, at the same time. Being pregnant is a great excuse to put together strange combinations and get away with it. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/19 "2000-08-01T01:49:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > \*\*The only real craving I got was for Long John Silver’s greasy batter-dipped unidentifiable white flaky food item they call fish. With lots of malt vinegar. > > \*\* Good lord, I thought I was the only one! I craved vinegar constantly…on fish, fries, salads (w/o the oil) everything! I would order the fish in a sandwich just so I could soak up more vinegar with the bun. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-cravings/27166/20 "2000-08-01T02:28:02Z")
Mrs. C. Had it going on for KFC Cole Slaw. Every day, she had to have a pint or so of it. I nearly went broke, and put the store manager’s grandchildren through college, I’m sure.