What is pregnancy craving, when does it start and what are the things you crave for the most?

Pregnancy Tips: You must have heard the name of pregnancy craving a lot during pregnancy, but what is it? When does it start during pregnancy? Let us tell you.

Pregnancy Craving:  During pregnancy, women feel like eating different types of dishes. In our country, women's craving for food is linked to being a boy or a girl. Like if you want to eat sour then it will be a girl and if you want to eat sweet then it will be a boy. But what is this craving for food, that is, craving, let us tell. 

What is pregnancy craving

According to experts, food cravings can occur at any time during pregnancy. Especially it starts at the end of the first trimester of pregnancy and starts increasing till the second trimester. Some women start craving for food from 5 weeks of pregnancy.

How long does pregnancy craving last? 

There is confusion about how long the pregnancy craving lasts, so let us tell you that during the third trimester, that is, during the third trimester of pregnancy, the pregnancy craving decreases slightly and after giving birth to the child, it ends completely.

50 to 90% women have pregnancy craving 

It is not necessary that every woman has pregnancy cravings, according to reports food craving is very common during pregnancy but it is seen only in 50 to 90% women.

These things have maximum craving 

During pregnancy, there are some things which have the maximum craving, they are as follows-

1. Craving for sweets 

2. Carbohydrate cravings like rice, pizza, bread etc.

3. Craving to eat fruits- which includes most sour fruits.

4. Craving to eat fast food- This craving is most commonly seen in women during pregnancy.

5. Dairy Craving- Craving for dairy products is also seen in many women, in which they feel like eating dairy products like milk, paneer, curd etc.

6. Craving for spicy food- Many women like to eat hot and spicy food during pregnancy.

7. Craving for sour food- which mostly includes pickle or panipuri.

8. Craving to eat ice cream- During pregnancy, a lot of heat is generated in the body. In such a situation, many women have a craving to eat cold ice cream or ice balls.