Okay. So I didn't have this during my last pregnancies, but I have in the last few weeks begun to have very weird cravings!
I have been craving dry dirt, you know lilydale topping? the kind of dusty dirt you get with that. I remember sucking on the stoneS when I was very little and I would love to have a big bowl of that right now!!!!! I find myself driving in the car past a patch of dirt thinking, mmmmm, that would be tasty hahaha.
I have also been loving the smell of wet dirt, wood burning, petrol......(dodgy sounding I know!).
Anyway, I didn't think I would find anything, but googled it anyway and found that perhaps it wasn't as weird as I first thought. It even has a name - Pica. Mum says I had it when I was little - I would eat clay.
Apparently it can indicate a lack in iron or some minerals.
Obviously I'm not indulging in these cravings, but I am enjoying crunching on ice cubes which helps a little. It's just that these cravings are soooo strong!
So has anyone else had these bizarre cravings? If so, did you ever find out why?
How did you reduce them????
hahahaha no i didnt have any that weird but i have heard of alot of people craving dirt before. Could it mean your low in something? (lol thats not dirt)
that is weird lol I read about a lady in thats life who ate sponges, she liked sea sponges the best but would eat any if she could, she would just boil them up, and once they were cool she would eat them...
maybe you could ask your doctor/ midwife at your next appointment, if there was any way you could eat some...
My place would be a dream for you, we are covered in bulls dust, its everywhere, no matter what I do it still gets in the house... your could always come over and lick my house clean sorry thats not helping...
the only thing weird I ever did when UTD with my girls was spit... yep I couldnt swallow my spit it was so gross just the thought of it would be enough to make me want to be sick, so I had a empty bottle next to me at all times and spit into that, and if I was out I would have to sip water the whole time so I could swallow it... Thanks God it stopped at about 20 weeks or so
look up cravig ice when pregnant, my friend has just been diagnosed wiht low iron, and she always wanted ice and apperntly the ice sucking absorbs it or soemthing so thats what makes your iron low, soemthing along those lines
I'e heard of pica and if you had it when you were a child it can often come out again during pregnancy! It wasn't something that I had but when I came across it on the internet it said it is pretty common so you're not weird after all
GTF I know a girl who is pregnant now and can't swallow her spit either!
i just googled as i know dogs often eat dirt of their low in something (please dont take that the wrong way ) and its says it can be a sign of Iron deficiency, id get a bloodtest hun!
Green tree frog- pmsl @ licking your house clean, could work out for both of us! Funny with the spit thing! Pandora- Did she ever try the matchsticks? At least I dont have any lilydale topping in my garden, or I might be in trouble. Olive- No offence taken LOL! Funny thing is, that I did ask my midwife about iron levels at my last appointment as I've been pretty tired and grumpy. She said that my BT was fine, but that was done a while ago, so maybe it's changed.
I also have a dairy intolence, so don't get a lot of calcium. So think i'll start taking calcium tablets
Yes I have a weird craving. I was craving lux soap and ice. All I did was wash my hands to smell the soap (trying to stop myself from eating it) and ate ice all day. My cravings were a symptom of low iron ( mine was 89, so VERY low) but once I started on the iron tablets it the cravings started going away. I now longer eat ice and rarely smell the soap. But I know where you are coming from.
Possibly the weirdest craving ever-or maybe not?
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sorry thats not helping... 
Thanks God it stopped at about 20 weeks or so
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