Craving washing powder 38 weeks

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I’m 39 weeks today but the past week I’ve been wanting washing powder! This is so odd to me because it’s only started the past week. I’m consultant led so I do have regular check ups and blood tests and all is fine.

I wouldn’t say I want the taste of washing powder but I just want the feel of it on my tongue 😩 this will sound crazy but the washing powder I want to rub on my tongue is Fairy… I don’t know why but it has to be fairy!

anyone else? What is going on lol.. thankfully I’ve not got long left of this.

I was sniffing carpet samples and trying not to eat the cardboard boxes they came in at this stage!
What about crushing up some Parma violets?
That's all I've got for ya 😂

Pica

I had a craving for biting into a wet and bleachy mop. It was my fantasy. I used to bite wet sponges in the bath and pretend it was a mop

I had this too!! I smelt it about 10 times a day, washed everything so many times, steeped cloths in it and hung them on the radiator so I could get the smell everywhere. At one point I did actually dip my finger in it and taste it…. It was rank lol

it was PICA because I have low iron… it eventually went away around 2 months after my son was born.

This is usually down to low iron I believe.

I was walking round Carpet Right at 39 weeks like some dirty old pervert sniffing the samples.

I used to walk past the extractor fans of our local launderette.

😂 I had this! I remember sniffing washing powder out the box. I found the purple violet sweets took the edge off

I remember having this too OP, I settled for sparkling water while sniffing washing powder the craving was so intense!

It was firelighters for me.

I craved and ate tissues in my pregnancies, loved the feeling on my tongue. It meant I was very anaemic every time

My mum craved petrol
Dad used to find her sniffing the pumps at the petrol station

Yes, I've always had soap pica, but it was really bad when I was pregnant. Imperial Leather was the thing I craved. I told my MW and she looked horrified and said 'You haven't eaten any have you?', at which I laughed and say 'No, of course not'. But OMG I wanted to.

Yep, me too. The smell of a petrol station and I loved it when my dad smoked a cigar.