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Anyone Craving ICE?! Iron and a Gestational Diabetes Question...

JJGilmoreJJGilmore member
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I'm about 31 weeks now and don't have much room for food. I also don't have insane cravings like I did the first trimester (um, Chef Boyardee and Capt'n Crunch...not proud of it!) But I am craving ice on a constant basis. To chew and drink. I've seen my dentist and my teeth are fine, no new cavities and no problems so far. I'm eating one 10 pound bag of ice every two days!! (Sonic ice, to be exact, I'm an ice connaseur now!) 

My doc says it's called Pica, and she's fine with it because other women have much worse Pica situations: like cornstarch, dirt and toliet paper, no joke! I've started taking an iron supplement, but to no avail with the cravings.

I also got a call this am from the doc saying my glucose levels are off, maybe gestational diabetes. I go in tomorrow for a 3 hour test with fasting from midnight on the night before. Not sure what Gestational Diabetes is except it can make your babies bigger than they should be. The doc said I may have to take insulin depending on what the test tomorrow shows. Anyone else dealing with this, too? I'm 37 and this is my first preganancy, expecting boy girl twins.

Thanks!! 

Expecting Boy/Girl Twins in February 2012!!:)
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Re: Anyone Craving ICE?! Iron and a Gestational Diabetes Question...

  • selenamarinoselenamarino member

    I was the same way wiht ICE my first two pregnancies.  I've noticed an increase in the craving over the last few weeks too.  Thank GOD it's only ice.  My doctor told me the same thing.  I also crave hamburgers and steaks CONSTANTLY.  Found out I'm anemic so I'm on iron as well.  Unfortunately it hasn't gone away.

    Good luck.

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  • afwifestrecker7706afwifestrecker7706
    I ate ice like crazy during my pregnancy I had both low iron and GD. I had to take iron pills and my for GD I took pills to keep my suger levels normal. My kids were "bigger" but not huge. Most times GD can be controlled with diet I was not able to eat enough if I just did diet so I asked for the pills. Good luck on test. 
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  • dr.kmokdr.kmok
    No GD with my pregnancy, but I did crave ice.  Turned out I had low iron.  My doctor told me to take Slow FE once a day and that helped my iron levels and I didn't crave ice as much. 
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  • reillyroowhoreillyroowho member
    I am also eating Sonic Ice. We have to drive to the next town to get it. I am also experiencing Pica with chalk, wood, and rocks?! It is so weird that I finally start getting cravings and they have nothing to do with food! I can't take iron because it is so hard on my system so I just keep eating ice!
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  • google123google123 member
    yes, I craved ice in the last few weeks of pregnancy.  that's all I wanted to eat.  I made DH go out and buy a bag of ice and just blend it,and I literally just sat with a big bowl of crushed ice.  it's iron deficiency, but there is no getting around that when you are pregnant with twins.  Even after I took extra iron supplements I was still low.  But now its fine.
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  • joliemariéejoliemariée member

    When I was pregnant I could not get enough ice! I normally hate ice or even cold drinks ( i like hot drinks or room temp) but it was non-stop ice chewing while pg, and I had major iron deficiancy and was on iron pill  ( make sure you do not take it within 3 hours of any dairy or it decreases effects) I also had to eat A LOT of protein and spec. red meat, along with all of Dr. Lukes other supplements from 20+ weeks per my MFM. I also was dizzy, light headed and had racing heart almost the whole pg which was from low iron and increased blood volume. Didn't have GD though.

    I just recently read the ice-chewing/low iron correlation and couldn't believe it!

    It went away pretty much as soon as I delivered, and i can't stand ice as before! :)

    ( PS, delivered at 35w b/g) Good luck you are almost at the finish line!

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  • MrCarrotFaceMrCarrotFace member

    My Mum was the same when she was pregnant with me - she would sit there crunching through trays and trays of ice while my cousin st there eating nachoes! Now whenever I have ice in my drink I won't let anyone take the glass away until I've finished with the ice (:

     

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