Your taste buds have also gone rogue. They’ve joined forces with your nose to make water taste like pure disappointment. Some pregnant women describe it as “metallic” or “flat.” Others say it tastes like licking a wet coin. Thanks, pregnancy.
This is partly due to dysgeusia—a fancy word for “everything tastes weird.” Your estrogen levels are messing with your taste receptors. So water, once a refreshing friend, now tastes like a betrayal. It’s like biting into an apple and getting a mouthful of onion. Disturbing, right?
But here’s the surprising twist: your body actually needs more water during pregnancy to support increased blood volume and amniotic fluid. So the thing that makes you sick is also the thing you desperately need. The universe has a sick sense of humor.
