Comments on: Considering Cravings

By: getrude

getrude — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:20:03 +0000

I think it is true I craved salty and sour foods when i was pregnant with my three sons.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:31:22 +0000

Barbara,
I’ve been reading your blog for the last month or so and I love it. I got the link from the forum on Taunton Press.
I was pregnant with my son along time ago so I don’t remember if I had an aversion to anything. But, I do remember having a craving for dill pickles which I used to abhor. I like them still but don’t go out of my way. I also graved pizza with the usual mozzarella. But, I can’t stand melted mozzarella now. And I craved roast beef. I am normally not fond of beef.
Anyway, those are three of the foods that my son is most fond of.
I do think that cravings are based on a need for specific nurtrients whether pregnant or not. And if that is true then I think that the bodies cravings would be translated in the mind to a food that is familiar. ie. a lifetime vegetarian would probably not crave a steak when in need of protien.
Thanks again for the great blog. I appreciate your attitude. You sound like you have a big heart, but you don’t take any crap.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 11 May 2006 16:07:33 +0000

Strawberries, strawberries, strawberries. Have never eaten them before, am 8 months pregnant and eating them obsessively and drinking a litre a day of strawberry juice. I wake up on the hour through-out the night with an obsessive craving for strawberry juice and glug down a glass every hour! If I run out I get intensely irritated and feel a thirst that nothing else but strawberry juice will save. It’s so strong, it’s overwhelming. I’m having a girl by the by, another case for the fruit craving is a girl theory! ?

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 05 May 2006 23:27:11 +0000

Sorry, I meant “food with tons of protein” in my above comment!

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 05 May 2006 23:24:59 +0000

My sister has the theory that if you have a craving for meat/peanut butter/foo with tons of protein that you will have a boy and if you crave fruit you will have a girl. I have polled many of my friends and relatives and so far it is 100% correct! I am just curious as to what others think and if this theory holds true for you?