Since
being pregnant I never get food cravings, it seems that I actually
want to eat less than I did before I got pregnant! Some of my “weird
not eating habits" are- I can't stand onions or garlic and won't
eat a meal which has both of these ingredients. If I'm trying to be a
polite guest and eat oniony/garlicy meal I will suffer the rest of
the day with weird after-taste and I will be forced to drink loads of
water. I also can't have Indian or Thai curry (used to be one of our
Friday night favourites).
It
seems that my taste in food has changed, I can't eat most of the
meals/products I used to like (but still no cravings), as I always
have after- taste I need to be very careful with my meal and I feel
thirsty all the time.
What's
your pregnancy (non) cravings?
As
a Cow & Gate ambassador I would like to present you a new
survey , which reveals the weirdest and wackiest hankerings
experienced by mums-to-be:
A
poll from C&G Baby Club Community reveals a third of pregnant
women (31%) are just as likely to find the object of their craving in
a chemist or hardware store, as they are in a supermarket, as they
admit to unusual hankerings for non-food items, such as soap (11%),
chalk (6%) and toothpaste (5%), as well as creative combos such as
sausages and jam.
The
survey found the most popular cravings to be
...
With
some of the more unconventional individual responses including
rubber, paint and rocks, while one person even said tree bark and
another the smell of tennis balls.
Nutritionist,
Jo Travers, comments:
"Mums
needn't be fazed by their pregnancy cravings. After all, they are
just one of the weird and wonderful experiences of pregnancy that
every mum-to-be has”.
"The
survey reveals almost half of mums are embarrassed about their
hankerings, however, this doesn't need to be the case. If they need
reassurance they can speak to a nutritionist or if they're just
looking to share and chat about their own experiences, even the
wackiest moments, they can visit the C&G Baby Club Community,
a safe and reassuring place where like-minded mums can connect."
More
than one in ten (12%) are desperate to fulfill cravings before
breakfast while over a third (36%) of pregnant mums confess to
sending their other half out in the middle of the night on a special
trip to pick up a cravings meal. Family members and friends are also
kept busy with one in three (32%) pregnant mums calling in foodie
favours from their nearest and dearest.
With
chocolate being a popular choice, it's unsurprising a quarter of
mums-to-be most commonly have an urge for....
A
quarter (27%) of respondents confessed to a liking for bizarre
mixtures of sweet and savory foods. Intriguing combinations listed
include sausages and jam, Mars bars and bacon, and Yorkshire pudding
with chocolate spread.
Other
weird and wonderful cravings listed by pregnant women surveyed
include:
·Banana
with marmite
·Ice
cream and chips
·Prawn
cocktail crisps and strawberry yoghurt
·Cheese
and onion crisps with nutella
·Chicken
and ice cream
·Sweet
and sour curry with salad cream
·Wood
chips
·The
smell of shoe polish
To
learn more about the C&G Baby Club Community or to share your
pregnancy trials, tribulations and celebrations, from pregnancy
cravings to best buys, visit
