Photo by A new survey reveals the weirdest pregnancy cravings that mothers experience, such as “pickles and cheese,” and “sardines and ketchup”.
Out of 2,000 women who’ve given birth within the last six years, nine out of ten (89%) have experienced at least one type of food craving during a pregnancy
Most popular on the list: seasonal foods, such as pumpkin pie, that happen to be out-of-season at the time the cravings happen (47%).
Another 42% wanted an unusual combination of food, and one in three (35%) wanted a specific food that they could only get at one place.
Conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Vitamin Angels, a public health nonprofit organization working to improve maternal and child nutrition worldwide, the survey also found that by the end of the first trimester, half of all respondents (50%) had started eating more nutritious foods and taking a prenatal vitamin (68%) to support their baby’s health.
Eighty-nine percent of mums changed their health habits to support their pregnancy, with 38% starting in the first trimester.
In addition to eating more nutritious foods, they also began performing prenatal exercises (51%), drinking more fluids (38%) and sleeping more each night (36%).
And before their pregnancy even began, roughly one in ten women (11%) had already started picking out names, and only one in four (25%) had begun taking prenatal vitamins.
Common ways women connected with their baby during pregnancy included singing to them (56%), talking to them (55%), and reading them a book (49%).
MOST POPULAR KINDS OF PREGNANCY CRAVINGS
- A seasonal food that was out of season at the time (e.g. Pumpkin pie) - 47%
- An unusual combination of foods (e.g. peanut butter and pickles) - 42%
- A specific food I could only get at one place - 35%
- Junk food (e.g. potato chips) - 33%
- Whole, natural foods (e.g. bananas) - 33%
- Salty foods - 30%
- Sweet foods - 30%
- Food I didn’t normally like eating - 30%
VIA SWNS
