when you're pregnant and you crave weird things like dirt?
2007-07-13 14:22:09 · 9 answers · asked by racer 51 7 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
rachel, thank you. i couldn't think of it. you'll have to wait 4 hrs for the point though
2007-07-13 14:28:00 · update #1
Pica.
2007-07-13 14:24:25 · answer #1 · answered by orphan annie 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's called pica.
Pica is a condition that causes strong cravings for non-food items with little or no nutritional value. It affects a small but significant percentage of pregnant women. Some of the most common cravings include clay, dirt, laundry starch and ice, but women with pica have also been known to crave paint chips, ashes, toothpaste, plaster, coffee grounds, wax, hair, soap and cigarette butts.
Here's an article...
http://www.naturalfamilyonline.com/go/index.php/301/pregnancy-cravings-pica
Good luck!
2007-07-13 21:27:50 · answer #2 · answered by ღ†Rocker Wife†ღ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pica is the practice of craving substances with little or no nutritional value. Most pica cravings involve non-food substances such as dirt or chalk. The word pica is Latin for magpie which is a bird notorious for eating almost anything.
2007-07-13 21:27:30 · answer #3 · answered by Jamie-Ann 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pica...some people even crave washing powder and flour.
2007-07-13 21:27:38 · answer #4 · answered by Raquel D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anemic
2007-07-13 21:53:31 · answer #5 · answered by cmf242004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah as far as I know its Pica
2007-07-13 21:26:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Umm I would call craving dirt crazy.
2007-07-13 21:24:19 · answer #7 · answered by Indiana Raven 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
weird pregnancy cravings
2007-07-13 21:24:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
PICA
2007-07-13 21:31:26 · answer #9 · answered by Kat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋