really?

Is a metal-ish taste in your mouth a sign of pregnancy? It seems so weird if it's true.

Quoting Mama Short:“ Is a metal-ish taste in your mouth a sign of pregnancy? It seems so weird if it's true.”

That's what I've been hearing. Hoping to experience it sometime soon as well!

i heard it was

It can be any number of things.

Blood cells contain hemoglobin which carries oxygen. When blood breaks down, iron is released and causes a metallic taste in mouth. Bleeding can be from the gums, sinuses or nose. The taste can get especially bad when someone has post nasal drip and the dried blood sticks to the back of the throat. If bleeding gums are the cause there is often bad breath associated with the bad taste.

Another uncommon reason for a metallic taste in mouth is due to small electric currents in the mouth. When two types of metals are used in two different dental fillings a battery can be created. Some believe that it's due to the mercury leakage from dental silver/mercury fillings.

Many oral or IV medications such as thyroid medicine, penicillin, and lithium can give a metallic taste in mouth. When someone is allergic to a specific food, the food can often be detected even in extremely small amounts. Food allergies, such as with sulfur dioxide, can also cause this. Some gastrointestinal disorders can be aggravated by food allergies and cause burping, dry mouth, thirst, rectal itching and a metal taste. High protein diets can cause benign dietary ketosis. This has also been associated with a metal taste.

A metallic taste in the mouth can be caused by infections of the mouth or teeth, skin conditions that affect the mucous membranes in the mouth such as lichen planus, or other problems, such as Crohn's disease.

A metallic taste also may be caused by a substance present in the mouth. Medications that are chewed, rather than swallowed, may cause a temporary metallic taste at the back of the tongue. Other medications, such as Flagyl, tetracycline, penicillamine, Biaxin, ethambutol, biguanides, or allopurinol, can cause a metallic taste because they get into the mouth through salivary secretions or directly from the blood.

Quoting Mama Short:“ Is a metal-ish taste in your mouth a sign of pregnancy? It seems so weird if it's true.”

Yeah I had that taste about 99% of the time in my first and 2nd trimesters.

Quoting Kyrie ♥'s Monkey{JA:“ It can be any number of things. Blood cells contain hemoglobin which carries oxygen. When blood breaks ... [snip!] ... allopurinol, can cause a metallic taste because they get into the mouth through salivary secretions or directly from the blood.”

Wow. Lots of causes!

Quoting Mama Short:“ Wow. Lots of causes!”

In your case I hope it's pregnancy but just in case maybe it's one of those.

Quoting Mama Short:“ Is a metal-ish taste in your mouth a sign of pregnancy? It seems so weird if it's true.”

It was for me.  

Most of the time it means you are lacking iron...which can happen a lot in pregnancy.

Quoting derrick and dominick's mo:“ Most of the time it means you are lacking iron...which can happen a lot in pregnancy.”

oh good point, my last pregnancy i was low in iron, but didn't have the metallic taste.

It can also be due to taking prenatal vitamins. I've learned in my long TTC travels that all early pregnancy symptoms can have other causes too, such as the dreaded PMS.

Goodluck .

Quoting Mama Short:“ oh good point, my last pregnancy i was low in iron, but didn't have the metallic taste.”

Yeah..I have low iron and when I'm pregnant its worse and I always have that taste! It sucks!