Monday, December 19, 2011

Sucking on a Penny...

So yesterday, all of a sudden I started having this annoying metallic taste in my mouth. It totally tastes like I'm sucking on a penny. At first I thought one of my fillings had come out, but that wasn't the case. I was drinking water like crazy trying to get rid of it, but to not avail. This morning, I looked it up online and apparently is a fairly common pregnancy symptom. Guess I'm not crazy after all!

From what I read online, acidic-tasting foods help get rid of it - citrus, fermented foods. So out I went to the Davis Foods Co-op at lunch to stock up. My cart was full of lemons, kiwi, yogurt, and lacto-fermented sauerkraut, pickles and kimchi. Good news: I had some kimchi at lunch, and actually got a few hours of relief!  Bed news: I ate half a jar of kimchi in one sitting... :) I'll keep on it and hopefully it will continue to improve. Maybe my body is just trying to tell me what kind of food it needs...

Whatever the reason, I wasn't expecting to be buying large quantities of pickles this early on!

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