We asked MummyPages Mums to share any strange cravings that they had while pregnant, and this is what they said
1. Emma Squires: "On my second I craved Tesco baby sponges! I didn't eat them just chewed the life out off them - was terrible. I bought some amount off sponges!"
2. Michelle Duffy: "Firelighters! I loved the smell of them so much i used too carry a piece with me everywhere."
3. Melissa O'Shea, Greystones: "Omg the firelighters! I used to smell them the odd time when I was lighting the fire and I'd have given my right arm to have eaten one. I also wanted to eat sand and pencil erasers..."
4. Mary Kelly: "I cannot get enough ice into me at the minute!"
5. Karina Russell, Balydoyle: "I wanted chalk on both pregnancies but didn't think it would be a good idea so I settled for lime scale in my tea from the kettle. On third pregnancy now and loving the lime scale!"
6. Lisa Briody McCann, Drumlish: "On my last pregnancy I loved chewing balloons!"
7. Julie Doyle, Cork: "Corolla chalk, and it had to be white not coloured chalk!"
8. Lisa Ruby: "Bark mulch... I couldn't get enough of the smell of it! I used to sniff them at the garden centre and sit on the bags!! Mu Hubby also had it in the garden and, oh, the smell - yum!"
9. Ruth Bailey, Tralee: "Smelling Dove soap! I had to carry a bar around with me at all times - even had the odd nibble..."
10. Ceri-Ann Park: "I cried on the phone once because I wanted broccoli on pizza and Dominoes said they couldn't do it... I had a complete meltdown!"
11. Wendy Tinsley: "I only went from coffee to tea with both my pregnancies, but my cousin ate jars and jars of Vaseline! *retch* [sic]"
12. Becky Styles: "I loved and craved the smell of the shoe cobblers - shoe menders, key cutting places - it was just amazing!"
13. Trisha Hatter: "Sausages and chocolate spread sandwiches. Makes me feel sick thinking about the combination!"
14. Kelly Reeve: "Dirt and grit! I settled for toothpaste with gritty bits in lol. Also chewing wet flannels and sponges!
15. Lucy Livingstone: "Chewing on wet toilet roll... Don't swallow it just chew it - most horrible thing"
16. Julia Borland: "Crunching plain ice with all three of my pregnancies! I also used to sit in front of the freezer and scrape the ice out with a spoon!! I couldn't do that with third though, as my freezer is now frost-free!"
