Pregnancy Cravings 101 : An Insight To Pregnancy Cravings

A part of pregnancy that makes pregnancy interesting for everyone.

is the fact that a lot of pregnant people have really bizarre cravings. Cravings are what we normally call pregnancy cravings. Usually starts in the first trimester of pregnancy and peaks in the 2nd trimester. Now that we have that out of our way . Let's talk about the reason it occurs in a lot of people. First of all, it's not abnormal to believe that a lot of these cravings are psychological. Because a lot of times the psychological factors depend on the person, Rather than the condition. But at the same time, in a lot of cases like this hormones are at play.

Since pregnancy leads to a lot of hormonal changes that occur in a person's body. Although the concept of pregnancy cravings is not very popularised in the Asian countries . it is something that all women go through regardless of other factors. and even though every pregnancy is unique in its own way. but we won't be wrong if we say that pregnancy not only causes heightened sense of smell and taste in people. But it also causes some nutritional deficiencies in them. Usually a collective of all these reasons can be accounted for as a reason for pregnancy cravings. It is something really common and usually people can't control what they crave. so in case you have this cravings don't beat yourself up for having them. they are completely normal, and the thing that shouldn't happen is happening. Pregnancy cravings are a part of the process. If we were to talk about some common pregnancy cravings then, foods like pickles, fast food and sweet foods etc, usually top the charts. We cannot deny the fact that a bigger part of the challenges during pregnancy can be balancing between a healthy diet and these cravings. It is something that both the mother and the caregivers should try to ensure. so that leaning too much into a craving, does not cause any kind of deficiency in the Mother's body.


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Smriti S 1 y

So right!!