{"id":1244,"date":"2025-04-16T13:45:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T12:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mascothealthcare.com\/blog\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2026-07-19T19:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T18:38:13","slug":"why-some-pregnant-women-crave-salt-or-dirt-pica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mascothealthcare.com\/blog\/why-some-pregnant-women-crave-salt-or-dirt-pica\/","title":{"rendered":"Why some pregnant women crave salt or dirt &#8211; Pica?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pregnancy is a time of many changes\u2014emotional, physical, and even dietary. Some pregnant women experience unusual urges to eat non-food items like salt, dirt, ice, clay, chalk, or laundry starch. 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