Craving non foods
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Topic: Craving non foods
Posted By: JoJames
Subject: Craving non foods
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 9:59pm
I'm pretty sure this is called Pica, but is anyone else getting this? I dig in the dirt or the sand pit and just want to eat it, I'm staving off the cravings by eating unpeeled carrots (currently have run out of carrots )
Great now I'm thinking about it again, wish I had a carrot. ------------- http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 10:14pm
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Wow that must be hard to deal with!!! Is there a certain nutrient that your body is craving? ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MrsH
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 10:15pm
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My friend craved soap and she ate it occasionally..... ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 10:27pm
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No but I keep having the taste of dirt in my mouth or metal occasionally (though I've had a few blood noses the last couple of days and often when I wake up it tastes metallic so I put it down to that...) but not sure about why I can always taste dirt ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 10:43pm
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I didn't crave dirt or anything too bizarre but when I was pregnant with Sam I constantly craved toothpaste and I thought about it from the minute I woke up until I went to bed at night. I brushed my teeth like 15 times a day sometimes, until my gums would bleed. If I wasn't brushing my teeth I was just eating toothpaste out of the tube.
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Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 7:53am
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I know of somone who once craved chalk, but it wa because she was lacking calcuim.
Dunno what was wrong with youghurt 
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Posted By: queenbean
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 9:03am
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My friend craved charcoal when she was pregnant with her second -------------   
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 10:17am
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I love the smell of the vacuum cleaner chamber when it's full... ------------- 
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Posted By: 0mrs0ana0
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 10:24am
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odd!! I just crave sushi!!
well i wouldn't say i crave it, i just want it cause i can't have it! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 11:05am
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you should mention it to your midwife, sometimes it can mean somethig else... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 11:08am
| My mum craved toothpaste and also used to love sucking on the flannel?? |
Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 3:53pm
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LOL! I havent had this myself, but my Nanna ate coal and my mum wanted to eat dirt :P ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: troutpout
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 4:01pm
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all i wanted in my first trimester was vinegar, and had to stop myself chugging it from the bottle. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: M2K
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 5:19pm
I used to chew on a sponge, couldn't get it out my head until I finally did it haha.. was the texture, but I also wanted to eat the dishwashing liquid smelt so good, but I knew better than to try it  ------------- 
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Posted By: JoJames
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 8:41pm
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I read an article about the sponge one, this lady would buy sea sponges so at least they were good for her. What are the nutrients in dirt?
Some of these are pretty funny  love it!
Forgot to go to the supermarket so am still short on carrots, but don't quite have the urge to go bury my face in the dirt just yet. I remember eating dirt when I was a kid so maybe thats got something to do with it. I'll mention it to my MW next time I think. ------------- http://www.alterna-tickers.com">
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Posted By: BeLoved
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 9:03pm
| I never had any cravings like that, but it reminds me of my Nana who could not look at flowers or cats while pregnant with my Mum as it made her throw up, the hospital even did a case study on her as it was so weird! |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 9:57pm
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I didn't have cravings to eat 'non food' stuff, but I did have cravings for smells...petrol, fly spray, baby talc (I was often found with talc around my nose and on my clothes), chalk dust etc etc. I did try to refrain from sniffing these things, but I would do things like wind my windows down when DH was filling up the car. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 10:41pm
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Actually does play dough count? lol Because today I felt like play dough. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: troutpout
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 11:08pm
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[QUOTE=JD] I was often found with talc around my nose and on my clothes
LOL!
I wonder did people start calling you Kate Moss......? ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 13 February 2010 at 12:45am
Bwahahahahaha! That's awesome! I was working in a pet shop and there was a huge sack of charcoal/carbon for fish filters. I loved sniffing that sooooo much. Very tempted to eat it but I managed to refrain myself (if only to avoid black teeth when serving customers) -------------   
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HeidisMum wrote:Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 13 February 2010 at 1:01am
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Haha, sorry ladies but some of these are just too funny hehe. ------------- 
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 13 February 2010 at 8:58am
| I craved ice majorly- I made tray after tray each day and crunched my way through it all- at least 2-3 trays worth a day, sometimes more. The craving started at around 30 weeks preg, and stopped as soon as Aiden was born. |
Posted By: kellie
Date Posted: 13 February 2010 at 2:41pm
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I craved dirt with a vengeance!!! I did some research and apparently many, many years ago it was the norm for pregnant women to eat it. Something to do with building up the immune system! So maybe it isn't that weird, just some deep instilled instinct. ------------- 
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Posted By: jacjac
Date Posted: 14 February 2010 at 10:23am
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LOL I'm glad I'm not the only one who like's strange smells etc. I LOVE the slightly damp smell of the air conditioning in the car & also fresh tar when they have re-sealed the road ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: cealz
Date Posted: 14 February 2010 at 8:00pm
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Mamapickle I have the same thing with the vacuum cleaner. And anything else that smells like that too!
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 14 February 2010 at 8:21pm
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I can relate to the vinegar one - I used to eat half a jar of pickled onions in one sitting.....
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