"metal mouth"

LindseyJW · February 2012

did anyone have this desirable pregnancy symptom?

it's been described to me as the taste of sucking on a penny.

if you dealt with this, did anything help alleviate the taste?

Sawyerplus1 · February 2012

I had this with all 3 of my LOs, but only very briefly right at the beginning of the pregnancies. It was never unbearable and I didn't do anything to alleviate the taste, b/c like I said, it never lasted long. But it was just like having a mouth full of change, which is gross.

cmbarrytx · February 2012

I had it for a few weeks pretty bad, and nothing worked particularly well. Eating citrus, tooth brushing, and Listerine-type mouthwash were the best things, but even so none of those things helped for more than 30-40 minutes before it came back.

LindseyJW · February 2012

thanks ladies.

pixieprincss · February 2012

I sucked on Lemonheads candies.

Eyelyn · February 2012

I had trouble with this especially in the first trimester. I haven't noticed it as much now that I'm in the second trimester, but I kept lozenges and mints on me. That was the only thing that seemed to "help" -- just kinda masked the taste a bit.

Tarta · February 2012

Yes, and I have it again. Last pregnancy I finally caved and chewed peppermint sugarfree gum nearly every waking minute. I even fell asleep with it in my mouth! Nothing else seemed to help and without the gum the metal mouth made me super gaggy.

jessj1986 · February 2012

I had it this pregnancy, but not the others. Nothing helped me at all. Im naming my son Judah Steele because of the weeks I spent with metal mouth.

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