5 Most Common Food Craving Women Have During Pregnancy

Pregnancy begins your journey towards motherhood, but it also brings many hardships in between. Apart from the very common morning sickness and nausea, there are many dental problems that arise during pregnancy. Thankfully, the severe ones can be diagnosed in an ultrasound baby scan clinic. However, today, we are discussing some of the most common craving pregnant women goes through. Needless to say, having sweeteners in more amount than normal is a leading factor for dental problems as well. 

Let’s start with the list of things that makes pregnant women crave for more. 

1. Spicy food 

Though they may like their eggs with or without chilies and spices, during pregnancy, it is highly likely that they would want to have spicy food a lot. Eating a lot of them can make them have a hot flash, or may cause some heartburn but otherwise have no adverse effects otherwise. Eating them at a moderate level is totally safe. 

2. Chocolate 

Just like spice overdose, they crave for sweet as well. So feasting upon chocolate, candies, sweets and other desserts are quite common as well. However, in case of intense craving, it is best to have too dark chocolate as it will limit the glucose level in the blood and mitigate the possibility of diabetes. 

3. Pickle 

The next taste they crave for is sour. What could be a better option than pickles for having the sensation of sour? In fact, they crave sour so much, that many a time they add pickle or even lemon, on pretty much everything they eat on. 

4. Ice cream 

As explained earlier, hot flashes are quite common during pregnancy. Thus many pregnant women crave for something chilling. And what could be a better option than ice creams? Moreover, it also satiates their craving for sweets. However, in case they are having it every now and then, it is best to make some ice lollies at home itself. It is much healthier and easier to get. 

5. Cheese 

Though we all love to have cheese, pregnant women go crazy for it. They want to have cheese or mayonnaise on every piece of bread they intake. Though being a milk product, it is healthy and all but having it excessively can lead towards weight gain which in turn can cause many other complications. Many women consulting ultrasound baby scan clinic have reported weight gain due to the exact same reason. 

Though fighting cravings is quite challenging, it is crucial to make sure the taste buds do not take a toll on the health of the mother or the baby.