Strange cravings… not only for pregnant gals. If you thought your cravings will be over once the baby comes, that is not necessarily true. Sure those pregnant hormones can trick you into eating some really weird stuff, but people who aren’t pregnant sometimes do as well.

Why do people crave strange stuff? It was originally thought it was because the body was missing some important nutritional vitamin or mineral. “Cravings are believed to be emotionally or psychologically driven. People also tend to crave foods they enjoy and associate with pleasurable times and places.”

In the linked article, people shared some of their very unusual cravings. Me? I can’t say I eat too much strange stuff. I think the most exotic thing I eat is french fries dipped in my hot fudge sundae sauce. What about you?

Orgasmic birth? No, that isn’t a typo. Or-GAS-mic birth. What does it mean? Ina May Gaskin says that women experience a euphoric sensation at the moment of childbirth, and likens it to an orgasmic feeling.

Ina May Gaskin - her name may be familiar if you saw Rikki Lake’s movie about childbirth. She is a 67 year old midwife who established a commune in the 1970’s, and has done an incredible amount of work to advocate natural childbirth. She is frustrated that there are so many caesarian births, and is now writing a book about natural childbirth and the “orgasmic” euphoric feeling. She is hoping to get women to feel passionate about the birth experience and their bodies, and figured she needed something catchy to get the attention of modern women.

It certainly got my attention! And I have to say that even though I would never liken it to an actual orgasm, I do recall a distinct level of euphoria each time I pushed through that dreaded “ring of fire”, so I think I understand where she is coming from.