cravings??!!

RedRose19 · Nov 14th, 2009, 14:32 PM

i know during pregnancy ppl crave different things etc.. but lately i cant shake off the craving for salt...

and i know too much salt is bad for u.. i dont usually put it on my food but lately ive been wanting to put it on everything.. all the time..

is it normal to crave saltin early pregnancy... and why?? sorry for all the ignorance but im just so curious

firsttimemumm · Nov 14th, 2009, 15:06 PM

I don't know an awful lot about cravings (although I can't get enough of oranges at the minute!!!!!)

Have googled (god is that a good or bad thing?!?) and found that
"No one is really positive what causes cravings for salt during pregnancy. It's possible that it's hormonal. The body also retains more water during pregnancy, and sodium levels may need some balancing out, thus the cravings.

Another theory is that salt cravings can be triggered by morning sickness during pregnancy and the subsequent loss of fluids caused by it. "

Hope that helps...when I read it (especially the part about ms) it made sense to me. If you google 'craving salt in pregnancy' there are loads of results - so I guess it is pretty common!!!!!

Hope that helps - gotta support all those other 'July mummy to be's'!

RedRose19 · Nov 14th, 2009, 15:14 PM

awwww thanks hun

i was worried incase it was my mom really lacking nutrients or summit... and also worried about having too much salt etc..

thanks for your help... i also crave orange flavoured stuff when i want something sweet

the other day i cudnt get enough of oranges or orange kit kats

lol

firsttimemumm · Nov 14th, 2009, 15:20 PM

Glad to put your mind at rest...seems to be pretty normal. I think the orange obsessions are to do with the horrid metalic taste... I work in a school and we have fruit delivered everyday..I find it really hard to walk past the fruit bowl if it has oranges in it! The sharp taste overpowers the metalic taste!!! I suppose it is better than chocolate - I have no interest in the stuff at the minute!!!

Junebug_CJ · Nov 14th, 2009, 15:22 PM

Spent weeks 4-7 eating mainly salt and vinegar potato chips (crisps). Wouldn't worry about it too much, it'll pass!

RedRose19 · Nov 14th, 2009, 15:26 PM

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Originally Posted by firsttimemumm

Glad to put your mind at rest...seems to be pretty normal. I think the orange obsessions are to do with the horrid metalic taste... I work in a school and we have fruit delivered everyday..I find it really hard to walk past the fruit bowl if it has oranges in it! The sharp taste overpowers the metalic taste!!! I suppose it is better than chocolate - I have no interest in the stuff at the minute!!!

yeah i have time where im just not interested at all.. then one day ill crave it all day

its just so random i guess..

i only get the metalic taste every now and again.. but prob cant tell cuz i drink alot of tea.. which if strong always tastes abit.. metalic its self

RedRose19 · Nov 14th, 2009, 15:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Junebug_CJ

Spent weeks 4-7 eating mainly salt and vinegar potato chips (crisps). Wouldn't worry about it too much, it'll pass!

thanks.. i dont usually crave or am interested in salt.. but this week omg i crave it badly...

thanks for your help

-Linn- · Nov 14th, 2009, 15:44 PM

hmmm I also love salt at the moment and whatever food someone else mentions to me, i usually wanna eat it there and then!

ScarletWillow · Nov 14th, 2009, 16:41 PM

I craved salt in the week that I couldn't stomach anything, lucky timing I guess since all I could eat was saltine crackers.
For the past 2 weeks I've been craving sour patch kids as if they can solve everything that is wrong with the universe!! lol I put them in my lunches (of pasta or couscous & meat). What SO and I find so funny is that I've never been able to eat them because they have always been so sour and now I can't get enough.

I've looked up cravings on the internet and one article went so far as to say cravings are all in the mind of the woman. Almost like we make ourselves feel less guilty for eating things we shouldn't by saying it's a pregnancy craving so it's alright. To be honest, I think it's a load of crap but my point being don't take everything you see on the web at face value. If they have an article like that, imagine what else might be out there to make you worry or be upset.

nightkd · Nov 14th, 2009, 17:06 PM

I like salt too! I was licking the salt off of my crackers most of the time!

Any cravings I have now, I crave, get it and Bean doesn't want it, so it makes me feel sick!!

x

Nov 14th, 2009, 14:32 PM	#1
RedRose19 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 8,852	cravings??!! i know during pregnancy ppl crave different things etc.. but lately i cant shake off the craving for salt... and i know too much salt is bad for u.. i dont usually put it on my food but lately ive been wanting to put it on everything.. all the time.. is it normal to crave saltin early pregnancy... and why?? sorry for all the ignorance but im just so curious

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Nov 14th, 2009, 15:06 PM	#2
firsttimemumm Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bedfordshire UK Posts: 149	I don't know an awful lot about cravings (although I can't get enough of oranges at the minute!!!!!) Have googled (god is that a good or bad thing?!?) and found that "No one is really positive what causes cravings for salt during pregnancy. It's possible that it's hormonal. The body also retains more water during pregnancy, and sodium levels may need some balancing out, thus the cravings. Another theory is that salt cravings can be triggered by morning sickness during pregnancy and the subsequent loss of fluids caused by it. " Hope that helps...when I read it (especially the part about ms) it made sense to me. If you google 'craving salt in pregnancy' there are loads of results - so I guess it is pretty common!!!!! Hope that helps - gotta support all those other 'July mummy to be's'!

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Nov 14th, 2009, 15:14 PM	#3
RedRose19 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 8,852	awwww thanks hun i was worried incase it was my mom really lacking nutrients or summit... and also worried about having too much salt etc.. thanks for your help... i also crave orange flavoured stuff when i want something sweet the other day i cudnt get enough of oranges or orange kit kats lol

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Nov 14th, 2009, 15:20 PM	#4
firsttimemumm Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bedfordshire UK Posts: 149	Glad to put your mind at rest...seems to be pretty normal. I think the orange obsessions are to do with the horrid metalic taste... I work in a school and we have fruit delivered everyday..I find it really hard to walk past the fruit bowl if it has oranges in it! The sharp taste overpowers the metalic taste!!! I suppose it is better than chocolate - I have no interest in the stuff at the minute!!!

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Nov 14th, 2009, 15:22 PM	#5
Junebug_CJ Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 5,802	Spent weeks 4-7 eating mainly salt and vinegar potato chips (crisps). Wouldn't worry about it too much, it'll pass!

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Nov 14th, 2009, 15:44 PM	#8
-Linn- Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,575	hmmm I also love salt at the moment and whatever food someone else mentions to me, i usually wanna eat it there and then!

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Nov 14th, 2009, 16:41 PM	#9
ScarletWillow Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Burnaby, BC Posts: 100	I craved salt in the week that I couldn't stomach anything, lucky timing I guess since all I could eat was saltine crackers. For the past 2 weeks I've been craving sour patch kids as if they can solve everything that is wrong with the universe!! lol I put them in my lunches (of pasta or couscous & meat). What SO and I find so funny is that I've never been able to eat them because they have always been so sour and now I can't get enough. I've looked up cravings on the internet and one article went so far as to say cravings are all in the mind of the woman. Almost like we make ourselves feel less guilty for eating things we shouldn't by saying it's a pregnancy craving so it's alright. To be honest, I think it's a load of crap but my point being don't take everything you see on the web at face value. If they have an article like that, imagine what else might be out there to make you worry or be upset.

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Nov 14th, 2009, 17:06 PM	#10
nightkd Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: British Expat in USA Posts: 8,375	I like salt too! I was licking the salt off of my crackers most of the time! Any cravings I have now, I crave, get it and Bean doesn't want it, so it makes me feel sick!! x

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