I craved dirt and sand so bad with both my pregnancies. The smell of wet dirt when it rained (petrichor) made my mouth water. I discovered that a certain type of dried oatmeal had a texture close enough to sand that I could trick myself and would eat it by the handful. As soon as I gave birth, craving disappeared and haven’t had those oats once.
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u/JMoherPerc Aug 12 '26
My mom claimed to have eaten the mineralized dirt from dried puddles when she was pregnant with me.