You want it because you're pregnant, so you attribute it to the baby itself sort of, especially if it's something you'd ordinarily not eat-or not eat so much of. You don't really look at the whole digestive process when you're pregnant, you pretty much see it as a direct pipeline, even knowing it's not...
It's really hard to explain, it's just something you have to experience. When you get a true craving, it's so incredibly intense, I can't compare it to anything really.
Here's some articles I found. They seem to suggest that flavors can be present in the amniotic fluid and can affect the tastes of a baby, however it doesn't suggest at all if that's where cravings come from. I don't think there's an explanation for exactly why you pick the specific foods, besides possibly an instinct for the nutrients or calories. Of course that doesn't apply to all cravings, I mean you could have a perfectly balanced diet with proper calories and still get an intense craving.
That and what the below poster said makes a little more sense.
It's odd because my Mom drank a lot of non-alcoholic (or so she says har har) beer and ate a lot of peanuts and I can't stand either one of those.
I think those studies are on to something in regards to studies in prevention of obesity. Like say, how a pregnant woman who eats certain foods is likely to pass the cravings for those certain foods down to the baby. I have to read into that a little more.
But you're right, it is one of those things that would be difficult to tell unless one has been there, in regards to pregnancy it seems that it is one of those experiences where reading about it just doesn't suffice =/
Is it normal for a fetus to have cravings?
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You want it because you're pregnant, so you attribute it to the baby itself sort of, especially if it's something you'd ordinarily not eat-or not eat so much of. You don't really look at the whole digestive process when you're pregnant, you pretty much see it as a direct pipeline, even knowing it's not...
It's really hard to explain, it's just something you have to experience. When you get a true craving, it's so incredibly intense, I can't compare it to anything really.
Here's some articles I found. They seem to suggest that flavors can be present in the amniotic fluid and can affect the tastes of a baby, however it doesn't suggest at all if that's where cravings come from. I don't think there's an explanation for exactly why you pick the specific foods, besides possibly an instinct for the nutrients or calories. Of course that doesn't apply to all cravings, I mean you could have a perfectly balanced diet with proper calories and still get an intense craving.
http://www.parentingscience.com/prenatal-learning-about-food.html
http://www.divinecaroline.com/22097/73457-mom-s-diet-affects-baby-s-tastes
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That and what the below poster said makes a little more sense.
It's odd because my Mom drank a lot of non-alcoholic (or so she says har har) beer and ate a lot of peanuts and I can't stand either one of those.
I think those studies are on to something in regards to studies in prevention of obesity. Like say, how a pregnant woman who eats certain foods is likely to pass the cravings for those certain foods down to the baby. I have to read into that a little more.
But you're right, it is one of those things that would be difficult to tell unless one has been there, in regards to pregnancy it seems that it is one of those experiences where reading about it just doesn't suffice =/