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Dashone
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Topic: Ice Muncher Posted: 07 April 2006 at 10:11am |
Hiya.
Lately i have had a craving for ice. Does anyone know if too much will have any effect on baby.
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daikini
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Posted: 07 April 2006 at 10:12am |
Don't know for sure, but would think eating ice would be fine, afterall, it's just water!
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Posted: 07 April 2006 at 10:15am |
Cravings for non nutritional items (including ice chips) is called Pica. Usually it's due to a vitamin deficiency, so you might want to look at taking a multivitamin supplement while you're pregnant.
You're one of the lucky ones - some people start craving dirt, laundry detergent and toilet cleaner!
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Dashone
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Posted: 07 April 2006 at 10:19am |
Thanks ladies. Dirt and toilet cleaner Yuck!
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pixeldust
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Posted: 07 April 2006 at 10:20am |
Heh, and you didn't say yuck to the laundry detergent - hope that doesn't mean you're craving that too?
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Posted: 07 April 2006 at 10:20am |
Nikki craved pumice!!  lol, sorry Nikki!
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Posted: 07 April 2006 at 10:20am |
its really common! i know a couple of preggies and one non preggy who were/are obsessed with crunching ice.
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Dashone
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Posted: 07 April 2006 at 10:29am |
Yuck laundry detergent. It just didn't sound as bad as the other two. My friend loves to eat ice. She eats it every day several times a day (Shes not preggy).
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Posted: 07 April 2006 at 11:14am |
i had a mate who craved chewing cardboard i thought that was bizzare LOL
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Posted: 07 April 2006 at 1:06pm |
i crunched ice and flavorice ice blocks almost constantly, i think it is more to do with the wanting of something hot or cold as there is no nutritional value in ice, now if it was coal i'd be worried.
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Posted: 07 April 2006 at 8:30pm |
I briefly had a craving for chalk in the very early days...
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