Sponges as a pregnancy craving?

[Melvin2021]

I'm 35 weeks pregnant and for the last 5-7 weeks I've had a total obsession with bath sponges. I buy a pack of 12 from amazon each week and smell them until the smell has gone. I've seen other people like wet sponges but I just sniff them dry. Anyone else have this? I've not craved food atall

Yep, I had this. I liked them wet and dry for sniffing purposes. I liked to sit on the bathroom floor next to a freshly bleached toilet and eat toothpaste out of the tube!

Strange time, pregnancy!

My mum did this. Sponges and jif lemon!

Yes I did! It's an indicator of anaemia apparently so you should get your iron levels checked
DD is now 10 and occasionally now I fancy a sponge (wet or dry, to sniff or to chew )

Yeah I had this with sponges and any type of foam based substance. I didn't just smell them though, I physically wanted to eat them and rub them on my skin. It sounds so weird now but at the time the feeling was intense. I didnt eat them btw, but I was soooooo tempted. Didnt help we had a load of foam (the kind you use for packing fragile equipment and/sound proofing) at work.

It's called Pica and, as a PP mentioned, it can be associated with anemia.

I just craved chocolate which is absolutely no fun when suffering from GD!

Thanks for the replies I'm glad I'm not the only one. I've had my bloods done throughout having this craving and iron levels etc are spot on so looks like I'm just obsessed with sponges haha!!