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  1. #1
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    Oct 2006
    Perth
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    Loss of taste

    Anyone else experiencing this? How long does it last for?

    I've been over the flu I had for a week now and I lost my tastebuds then which is quite normal when you have a cold/flu, but I still don't have them back and am thinking it's a pregnancy thing....

    It's driving me nuts because everything tastes so bland, like cardboard. Yuk! Chocolate doesn't taste sweet. The only thing that really fires up my tastebuds is a REALLY HOT curry!

    I'm hoping it doesn't last too much longer. I want to enjoy my food again!

  2. #2
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    Jul 2009
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    I felt like that a little bit but early on during my pregnancy

    it went away , but maybe that was to do with my morning sickness

    I feel for you i do, if u cant taste choccy omg its not right for you to have to go through this lol

  3. #3
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    Oct 2006
    Perth
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    Shell, I know! I'm still eating choccy but it's just not the same! It's driving me bonkers.

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    Jul 2009
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    I was just reading an article that was on iron and pregnancy and i knew that to much iron can be made for you but it said if u have to high amount each day in your multi V that it can prevent Zinc absorption and that can cause slow wound healing , loss of taste and smell.

    i don't know if this is it or even close but i cant think of why else this would happen , as i only know of the metallic taste you get in the first few weeks of pregnancy

  5. #5
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    Feb 2007
    Ma hoos
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    Hi,

    My DH (who isn't pregnant himself), has had a cold for a week or so, and he's still complaining that he can't taste anything, so might have to do with the virus you had, rather than prg.

    I'm also not familiar with loss of taste in pg, but then we're all very different, so def not discounting it as a symptom.

    Hope you get your choccy flavour back soon though

  6. #6
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    Feb 2007
    Ma hoos
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    Hi,Double post

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    Triple post
    Last edited by BhoysGirl; October 1st, 2009 at 07:57 AM. : Triple post