my crazy addiction

right, so im 32 weeks pregnant now and since about 27 weeks pregnant I have gained a strange craving to ground coffee (the powder itself)
I usually dont drink coffee - and i still dont drink coffee however, i am throwing a spoonful of the ground coffee mixture (mixed with a bit of ground cardamon) and i roll around the mixture in my mouth and grind it as if i was grinding sand. the intense flavour and the strange texture really makes me forget everything else and i feel sooooooo much better.
and if i dont have the jar of this mixture around me wherever i go i will get soooo cranky and throw a fit at anything.
its gotten so bad that my family are all hiding all these jars but i can easily make some more of this sandy mixture.
I havent had anything like this during my pregnancy until since i was 27 weeks pregnant. Is it really really that bad to eat ground coffee?

Ive read about weird pregnancy cravings in one of my preggo mags. Some women crave dirt and sand etc! Its one of those weird preggy things! Maybe mention it to your midwife. But dont think you are weirs cos I bet many women have the same thing!

 

OOh now I dont feel like such a freak with weird cravings. Im not craving to eat stuff, but smell stuff. In fact just about anything toxic e.g petrol, flyspray, my ventolin, exhaust fumes. Im resisting with all my might, but I can tell you, I LOVE filling up my car with petrol at the moment    

As your consuming it, i would possibly check with you mw. Are you going for decaf?

Ah yes decaf fab idea

I think it's called pika (??) or something

It doesn't sound too bad to me, so long as you're not having 'too much' caffeine (for the baby). But then, no one knows how much 'too much' is I'd definitely bring it up (not literally!) at the next mw meeting.

I would say bring it up with your midwife and maybe switch to decaf.

I craved toothpaste when I was pregnant and brushed my teeth eight times a day sometimes. I just had to have it and sometimes I just ate it by itself.

if it is a texture thing i like ice cubes or ice blocks!

my addiction is garlic bread. and people who smell nice. when we were at the car yard a couple of weeks ago the car sales man smelt soooo good. here he was trying to sell us a new car and i was just sitting there sniffing

but i would mention the coffee thing to the mw. i know they say not thave anymore then 3 cups of drink with caffine in a day(like, coffee, coke, tea)

I am a ice cube cruncher too. Yummo!