Pregnancy Cravings.

I couldn't stand coffee, but I did love bowls of cornflakes, very cold full fat milk and sugar!
I rarely eat cornflakes now.

When I was expecting DD2 (but didn't realise I was at that stage) the woman on the village shop said "Oh - you're pregnant again" - when I asked her why she thought that, she said I had started buying Bounty bars again. That's what comes of living in a village - everyone has their eye on you!

Nearly 60 years ago my mum craved fresh strawberries, in mid-winter when expecting twins. My dad would drive miles to buy them, and she's never eaten one since.
Incidentally my father has never eaten a banana, or anything banana flavoured, in his 94 years long life, but can't explain why!

I had evening sickness with DS2, and the smell of potatoes would set me off! I had to peel them at arms length, taking sips of lemonade while trying not to gag. We had pasta and rice quite often...........

I couldn't drink coffee in the first few weeks with my first. I was over it by about 14 wks. I had no cravings with either.

I craved potato salad with DS. Couldn't bear baked beans with DD1 and couldn't drink coffee with DD2.

I couldn't drink coffee in any pregnancy, and the smell of meat cooking used to make me feel ill.

The only real craving I had was when I was expecting DD1. Jif lemon juice. From 5 or 6 little plastic lemons a day, I graduated to the bottles, and would go through several, just glugging it neat. I remember once being on a train and getting a disgusted look from the man opposite me. I was drinking from the bottle disguised by a brown paper bag, not realising that it looked as though this heavily pregnant woman was hitting the bottle in another sense.

I felt so guilty when my DD1 developed a citrus intolerance in her teens and for several years would get awful migraines if she accidentally consumed orange or lemon juice, etc. Fortunately she grew out of it.

I reckoned that I craved Creme Eggs and Mars Bars with my other pregnancies, but actually I just wanted to justify eating loads of them.

Also couldn't stand the smell of May Blossom. Smelled like semen! Still does actually!

Craved mayonnaise eaten out of a jar with a spoon when expecting DD, the sight of which, let alone taste, made me sick with expecting DS when Bourneville chocolate was gorged nibbled.

Coronation Street on the telly made me feel nauseous. Weird, but I had to stop watching it.

Walking past the cat food in Sainsburys was a nightmare too.