TABOO CRAVINGS (PICA)

I hope I'm not the only one, but I crave chalk soooo bad. Im almost 6 years post-op, the cravings started about 3 years ago, but since being pregnant they have gotten so strong and intense, I feel so bad when I give into them, I have talked to my doctors about it, of course they keep telling me to make sure I take my iron (which I do daily). 

Does anyone else have or had strange weird cravings during pregnancy?

lysol and cascade...

My friend said she craved chalk when she was pregnant as well. She said she'd just buy the non-toxic chalk and eat away.

BTW my craving was for any strong smelling anything (i.e. washing powder, bleach cleaner, paint, whatever) Try that one on for size. I did try to stick to the washing powder/ fabric softener smells though. My husband started calling me a huffer. It was so bad that I considered putting some washing powder in a ziploc bag and carrying it with me in my purse. I didn't do it though LOL

WOW, I didn't even know about the "scent-cravings" thats a new one for me. 

Lavender and I HATE Lavender normally. Ive been buying smelly things of it. Candles and what not.

I liked to sniff moth balls!! WTH?? I have not had that problem with this pregnancy but with my first 2. So strange!!!

If this started three years ago and is getting worse, you need to insist they do a full iron panel including a ferritin level. It could be that your oral iron isn't enough. My pica was for ice which I never realized was a sign of anemia. My ferritin (iron stores) were down to a 2 by the time they discovered it despite being tested every six months. My son drained all of my stores. Normal Ferritin is above 10. You feel ok when you level is at 50 and feel good at 100.

Im going throu it.
I tend to crave powder...and I go to my local drug store and but lip sticks
and put mounts of it on my lips then proside to lick it of.
It has gotten so bad tho, that my lips are dried and cracked...not pretty.
I hope it goes away after I give birth..but my Doc told me its called Pics also
and its due to low Iron.

Feel better hun.

My craving was for ice and Lavender Fabuloso (that stuff smells soooo good) and Gain washing powder.  I lost my craving for ice once I started getting weekly iron infusions.

Pica shows severe deficiencies in things other than iron.

If your OB is not taking this seriously, then you should not walk, but rather run to another one.

This is not good -- and is especially frightening in a postop patient.  Call your surgeon and tell them EXACTLY what you are craving and reiterate your pregnancy.