Hello I would just like to know if eating bags of ice cubes are bad for you? I am 38 weeks pregnant and for about 12 weeks now all Ive wanted is ice cubes. I would like to know also if they are not bad for you then why do they make you pee constantly? Or will that be the baby on my bladder?
Hi, Thanks for asking.  Eating ice cubes in pregnancy is considered as SRT of compulsive desire of eating ... it hardly affects nutrition of the mother to be.  Eating ice cube is known to raise the basal metabolic rate...this may hinder desired rise in maternal bodily changes (like fat reserves . Which in future provide energy while breastfeeding.) So she would need extra nutrition while feeding the baby.  Change in maternal metabolic rate does not affect fetal development/weight.  Though Chat Doctor. .there are no known changes in maternal or fetal urinary system.  Thanks.