A woman who craved eating CLAY while pregnant has spent over £3000 on her habit - and continues to eat the chalky substance today. <br /><br />Dymund Dina, 31, started craving clay during her first pregnancy with her first son in June 2013. <br /><br />Her hankering began after sniffing and smelling washing powder and then quickly turned to consuming the edible clay. <br /><br />The mum-of-five buys the clay from shops in her local area that import it from Congo, Central Africa.<br /><br />But when stocks ran low, she would send her partner Jay King, 38, a medical supplies delivery driver, to locate her craving from other independent stores, sometimes over an hour drive away. <br /><br />In her first pregnancy, Dymund predicts she spent around £800 on her obsession. <br /><br />She describes her cravings as an 'addiction' and has said she can't settle until she's satisfied her craving.<br /><br />Dymund has gone on to have three more pregnancies and four more children - twins, Kai and Kylee, seven, Keziah, five and Kiana, one. <br /><br />The mum-of-five craved clay constantly throughout each of her pregnancies and continues to consume it now - despite no longer being pregnant. <br /><br />She eats a specific type of clay, known as mabele which is edible and comes from Congo.<br /> <br />Dymund, a social media content creator, from Orpington, Southeast London, said: "Mabele has a really distinctive smell, and when I was pregnant I was obsessed with it. <br /><br />"It smells like fresh rain in summer - that's the only way I can describe it. <br /><br />"Then I started eating it and couldn't stop. <br /><br />"When I was pregnant I'd get through ten bags a day, it was such a strong craving. Each bag is roughly two grams. <br /><br />"I still can't get enough and eat clay every day, and I'm not even pregnant anymore!" <br /><br />During her first pregnancy, Dymund found that eating mabele and ice helped alleviate her morning sickness, and she'd chew on the edible clay any chance she'd get. <br /><br />Dymund said: "My mum Odette, 58, also ate mabele when she was pregnant, so I've always known about it. <br /><br />"The cravings really kicked in around the 12-week mark of my first pregnancy. <br /><br />"Up until that point, I'd been too sick to eat anything. <br /><br />"But as I went into my second trimester, I found that eating the clay really helped with the nausea."<br /><br />Dymund purchased the clay so often that her local stores would frequently run out of stock - leaving partner Jay to travel up to an hour in the car to find a shop that would sell more. <br /><br />Dymund was once so desperate to get her chalky fix that she asked her cousin Naomi Mpia, 29, who lives in France to send some over to her. <br /><br />"Sometimes Jay would have to travel over an hour to find some for me,'' she said.<br /><br />"He absolutely hates the smell and doesn't understand why I love it so much. <br /><br />"It got so bad that one time when I ran out and couldn't find any more, I had to ask my cousin in France to send me some."<br /><br />The content creator predicts she has spent roughly £800 on clay during each pregnancy and has spent over £3000 in total over ten years on the bizarre craving. <br /><br />"I'm obsessed with the taste and texture, I just can't get enough of it," Dymund said.<br /><br />"I only like salty tasting mabele. If I buy some that's not salty, I have to go out and find more. <br /><br />"Even talking about it makes my mouth water."
