I was cleaning my kitchen daily so I could smell cleaning products. ! I also crave the smell of WOOD STAIN, too!! Alternatives for this craving: Although some pica cravings won’t hurt you too severely if you indulge in them, this group is an exception. There is a shop some miles from my house that sells Amish made oak furniture. Oven cleaners 1 decade ago hi im pregnant and i keep craving the taste cleaning products such as dettol,fairy liquid,bleach,flash and? Can anyone give insight? i know its weird, but its so true. While only a small number of women crave alcohol or drugs during pregnancy, the danger to your baby is too great to give in. I also like Honest Co. They checked mine too at the beginning of my pregnancy which seems like forever ago. 9. Wash your hands regularly. Around the same time I became hooked on the smell of a particular train station, going out of my way, stopping every time I passed to take a deep huff. As she grew up, Emma found herself drawn to the smell of cleaning products and anti-bacterial handwash but it was not until she fell pregnant with her first child, daughter Darcie, now 11 months, that her obsession with polish began. Or there is always Murphy Oil Soap, its just vegetable and coconut oil. BACKGROUND:In recent years,we saw four patients with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in our clinical practices who developed a compulsive craving for certain odors including rubber tires, gasoline, Pine-Sol ® (a popular household alcohol ethoxylate-based cleaning agent), and "musty odor of the basement." The smell of coffee makes them sick to their stomach, sends them vomiting, or else they drink a small cup and have heartburn. #14 EveEnRoute, Apr 30, 2012. Grapefruit cleanser for light cleaning, it smells good and is food safe. Common substances that pregnant women with pica want to smell are: Gasoline There isn't a great deal known about the effects of commonly used cleaning products, so it's best to take extra care when cleaning during pregnancy. Make sure … I loved the smell of petrol and turps,we had workmen in work and i walked in the room and it was heaven the smell of turps,i was like a mad woman running round to find the smell and it was the workmans cloth with turps on,so i pinched the raggy cloth and put it in my pocket,and kept taking it out during the day to sniff....daughter was born fine,funny thing she likes the smell aswell.. I've loved the smell of cleaning products all the way through this pregnancy. Featured Discussions. Discussion in 'Pregnancy - Third ... Iron levels are fine so hoping its just a pregnancy thing x #6 fairydust87, Apr 30 ... my nose is so oversensitive at the moment that I hate anything with a strong smell, which includes most cleaning products and bleach is the worst! According to Doctor Sera Young, Ph.D. from Cornell University, there's a theory for what it means if you crave dirt while pregnant. While predominant, the smell craving was not entirely limited to foam. Also walking around cheap shoe shops sticking my nose in the wellies. Avoid painting, and only use water-based paints that can be cleaned off with running water, not paint thinner. Although smelling a small amount of these types of fumes is unlikely to harm your baby, it’s not recommended. If you do use chemical cleaning agents, wear rubber gloves and open the windows to ventilate the room. This way, the chances of harming your baby will be reduced. WTE Must Reads. I don’t know if it’s a weird craving but I love the smell. shoot , i do that now, there is something about that **** that once i get it out i just cant put the damn bottle down, i guess we are pine sol addicts, LOL, im not pregnant but i just love it, and i really sometimes just take it and walk around for a few minutes and smell it. It is unlikely that occasional and indirect exposure to these chemicals will harm your baby. When you go in that shop, you get a strong smell of stain! While pregnant, Rihannon can't get enough of sniffing cleaning products Rhiannon is currently pregnant with her fourth child and said she's terrified … My cravings now include MARKERS, certain kinds of DIRT (just by the way it looks to me), lots of chemical smells, such as CLEANING PRODUCTS. Food cravings and sudden food aversions may have something to with the effects of pregnancy hormones, which can change the way some foods taste and smell. So send your partner to fill up on his own. I'm wondering do use think it's causing harm iv had mixed answers online when I tired to look it up but I just crave it so bad x My pregnant co-worker has an unusual pregnancy craving...she craves the smell of cleaning products. When you’re pregnant, you may find certain smells or odors offensive even if the products are completely safe to use. Jaidaaaaa. Find alternatives, if you can — for example, use products that contain low levels of chemicals, or baking soda and vinegar for cleaning. 3 months ago. For floors, citrasol works great. I am 27 weeks pregnant now, and a lot of these craving are coming back in full force. and i thought i was the only one who did this!!!! Craving smell of cleaning products. It probably wasn't low enough before, but may be low enough now. My experience with PICA started at my father-in-law’s place when I was 28 weeks pregnant, I was spring cleaning while we were on holidays and thought: “yum, this cleaning product smells really nice.” When we got back home, it got worse and worse. ... Who else loves the smell of cleaning products? Such behavior resolved after treatment of IDA, and recurred in a patient whose IDA relapsed. "There's no scientific explanation for food cravings. The need for the smell is like craving a fag. 1 year ago. Pregnancy Week by Week Pregnancy Symptoms Best Pregnancy Tests. When I was pregnant with all 4 of mine, I could not get enough of the scent of lemon-scented cleaning products. Talk to your doctor about this to keep you and your baby safe. Consider not renovating while you’re pregnant or breastfeeding. During the first trimester I couldn't get enough of the smell of apricot face scrub. According to Emma's Diary, pica is a craving for food that a person wouldn't normally eat, and something that is prominent during the first few months of pregnancy.The majority of these cravings are usually associated with iron, therefore craving coal seems somewhat logical. If you have a task that involves chemicals (such as some types of cleaning), ask someone else to do it. I would stand in the cleaning product aisle in the store and open every one of them until I found one that "fixed" the craving, then buy that one and go home and clean (whatever that particular cleaner was meant for) for however long it took to cure the craving. To begin with, she would sniff the dusters as she went about cleaning the house she shares with her partner, Gavin Wallis, a 27-year-old bricklayer. I'm with ya I can't help myself from turning my a/c on and off I love the smell too much and I also eat ice like crazy, so I'm thinking I have low iron too. In the end it took several layers of skin … Don't refinish furniture, banisters or cupboards while pregnant. Iv become seriously addicted to inhaling and smelling cleaning products particularly anti bacterial liquids, savlon,detol, washing powder. "I had the most bizarre craving during pregnancy — sand.Like, straight from the beach, sand.I just wanted to grind salt between my teeth. She says she sometimes cleans her desk when it's not necessary, just to get a whiff of the cleaning products. I love to dust using Lysol disinfecting wipes, so I can smell the dust & the lemon cleaning scent. Cleaning while pregnant – products or ingredients to avoid. Had dd 3 days ago and yet to go home but I'm quite sad I won't have the craving anymore as it s so pleasurable satisfying it and totally harmless. I had a serious ice craving with my daughter and was crunching my way through several bags a day. On the whole, it’s safe to use cleaning products during pregnancy, as long as you take a few precautions. Believe it or not, charcoal is actually a very common craving for pregnant women and what is referred to as Pica. lmao yes this pregnancy i have craved for the smell of cleaning products, washing powder, certin smelling spray cleaners, deodorants the smell of powdered coffee like WTH lol it seriously makes my mouth water to smell them to even think about it, even right now cos im talking about it Smell cravings are when you have the overwhelming deisre to smell, but not neccessarily eat, non food items. But some women continue to crave coffee throughout their pregnancies, likely because they were used to drinking it before pregnancy, and helps them get that mental boost and mental clarity to get through the day. overwhelming craving for cleaning products. If you're pregnant and working with solvents, read labels carefully and avoid toxic products (such as some oven cleaners). What to do about cravings. And also gravel on the streets, I love to smooch it with my shoe and hear that crunching sound. g. guccilouiee. A lot can change as pregnancy progresses. Cleaning and Pregnancy: Recommendations. It is OK to give in to the occasional food craving, as long as you continue to eat a good variety of healthy foods. However, try to avoid exposure to cleaning products containing: Glycol ethers. And at this point the evidence – while hard to ignore – is anecdotal. I even sniffed a table in a restaurant lol. There's no data saying that what a woman craves is related to something her body or her baby needs, and there's no data to support that typical pregnancy food cravings are … Common reasons for this craving: Reasons vary, but for cleaning products, the problem can more often be psychological rather than diet related. If this is the case either choose another product, wear a protective mask or make sure the area is well-ventilated so the odor isn’t as strong. Shauniecapril says, “With my other two pregnancies, I never got food cravings, just loved the smell of cleaning products!” But this is one craving you shouldn’t indulge in. These are toxic substances found in household cleaning products like oven cleaners and have been associated with miscarriage, decreased male fertility, and birth defects. The mechanical, industrial aroma my boyfriend described as “boiled cabbage cleaning product” was intoxicating. But if you’ve done a little house cleaning since you’ve become pregnant, don’t worry. can this harm baby, i love the smell of cleaning products, dishwashing liquid and soaps.. i can be in the shower and just smell the soap for ages.. i love washing the dishes cause i love the smell of the dishwashing liquid. 5 Comments. My house that sells Amish made oak furniture not, charcoal is actually a very common craving pregnant! I had a serious ice craving with my shoe and hear that crunching sound lot these... 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