Ladies.. What was considered to be your P.I.C.A. craving during pregnancy?

@cream97 (29087)
United States
May 31, 2008 8:29am CST
Mines was the scent of scented moth balls. I could not help but want to smell this. Another one was Rubbing Alcohol. I also enjoyed using a lot of baking soda to wash my clothes.. I also love the smell of Pinesol, and Bleach.. I know that these were harmful, but this was a scary condition that I had to deal with, while pregnant. What was yours..?
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• United States
31 May 08
There were no scents that I craved, but I actually couldn't tolerate the smell of the laundry detergent aile in the supermarket. I would be able to smell it as soon as I walked in the store, and I just could not go down that aile. It was absolutely intense! Really strange cause I don't smell anything in that aile when I'm not pregnant, and it only happened with my last pregnancy as far as I remember.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
1 Jun 08
This sounds like a similar situation that I went through too. I was at Lowe's and the smell of the wood made me gag. Now, this scent I can take..
@mentalward (14691)
• United States
31 May 08
Mine was actually pickles. For real! You hear it all the time on T.V. but how many people do you know who actually craved pickles? At one point I had to have steamed crabs (a Maryland favorite). I craved them badly in March but crabs are "in season" from May through August. I had such a hard time finding them!
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
31 May 08
I wanted to smell lilacs but there were none in Arizona, just horrid cacti and brush and thorny trees.
@dhangski (3194)
• Philippines
31 May 08
When I was pregnant with my eldest son, I really loved to drink Margarita and eat Pork Barbeque. My second was, Grilled squid and Siopao and Cinnamon Roll. The last was Black Forest cake, siopao and mushroom soup. When I was pregnant with my 3 sons I don't like the smell of detergent soaps and Cabbage.
• Philippines
31 May 08
My mom said The reason wy she knew I was preggy was cause I was asking for fish all the time. and i didnt like fish that much before. But didnt really know until I gave birth and my mom said that story to me. I thought pineapples was what I was craving for