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strange smells

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soph2012 · 07/02/2006 18:55

I am 33 weeks pregnant and i am not having cravings for foods but i am for smells!!!
I feel i need to smell things like petrol/diesel marker pens, gloss paint, tipexhas anyone else had this during there pregnancies? is it a sign for something? can it harm my baby?

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MarsOnLife · 07/02/2006 19:04

There was an airfreshener that I had a real yen for when I was pregnant with the DTs. It's so sickly sweet that I can't abide it now... but I used to go to the supermarket and test spray it all the time.

Dior · 07/02/2006 19:05

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munz · 07/02/2006 19:28

mines bleach - but only diluted and once i've cleaned the floor or something with it. if u're worried I'd say talk to ur m/w althou i'd prob advise against actually directly 'sniffing' as it were of the stuff u've mentioned

hornbag · 07/02/2006 19:32

Strange! I had the opposite and couldn't abide certain smells (eg.fridges, or rather their contents!) but I have heard of this before. The things you crave are very strong, headache inducing smells though -do you not get headaches as a result?

corblimeymadam · 07/02/2006 19:32

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mszebra · 07/02/2006 19:33

Petrol smell was one of the few things that would help cure my morning sickness.
sure it can do harm to the baby if you go around inhaling this stuff all the time, not a craving to give into.

jalopy · 07/02/2006 19:34

I had a real nasal craving for a toilet cleaner. Had to avoid it obviously but it was a very strong craving. The craving went after the pregnancy had finished. Bizarre!

throckenholt · 08/02/2006 08:00

my SIL loved tar while she was pregnant - even to the extent she nicked a bit from a road building site and kept it in a little tub so that she could have a quick sniff whenever she needed to . Her baby is now 8 and perfectly normal. (I like the smell of tar and creasote anyway - but don't feel the need to keep a pot handy !)

I think the technical name for it is pica and it is fairly common.

moschops · 08/02/2006 10:19

i had a thing for the smell of matches.....but then i like the smell of matches anyway, it just got to be a total craving when i was pg.

sniff · 08/02/2006 15:58

I had a thing for the smell of new shoes!!!

worriedmum2b · 09/02/2006 17:25

i can totally relate to this. I constantly want to smell dettol,i clean everything with it. I also think about the smell of gloss paint all the time although havent actually smelt it, i cant wait until we decorate next week to have some kind of smell if it in the house

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