Pregnant Woman Addicted to Eating Chalk
Many pregnant women develop PICA symptoms, and Kirsten did, but her cravings never subsided after she gave birth. As a schoolteacher, she would use her free periods to lick the chalkdust that had accumulated from the blackboard. She even took it so far as to eat full sticks of chalk. PICA is an extreme eating disorder, but there are others that are more common...
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