I am one of the lucky ones. (Knock on wood).
I didn't have any morning sickness in the early stages of my pregnancy. You know the kind you hear about where the expectant woman spends a good portion of her mornings in the bathroom but not because she's fixing her hair and putting on her make-up?
Because I'm nearly 15 weeks, I think the morning sickness stage has passed. Don't get me wrong. I did have moments of nausea where I felt like I was wearing a tight turtleneck and it needed to be pulled far away from my throat. (I didn't really have a turtleneck on but it sure felt like it!) But those moments would go away almost as quickly as they would show up.
My version of morning sickness has been food aversion. A lot of my favorite foods do NOT sound good to me at all.
It started a few weeks ago. And then I thought I was over it. And now it's baaaaack, like a bad case of Poltergeist!
I mean, tonight we're going to have take and bake Rafferty's Pizza (one of my very favorites) but two weeks ago, you couldn't have paid me to eat any kind of pizza, let alone Rafferty's!
What a travesty that was. I love pizza. It's one of my very favorite foods but the thought of eating it was almost too much for me to bear. My aversions would also include other things i would normally love to make and eat: Chicken breast with potatoes and a vegetable? YUCK! A cheeseburger with a nice, big juicy tomato and lettuce on a bun? Gross!
On Sunday night, I made cheese tortellini with marinara sauce and light garlic toast. Sounded really good at the time but as I stood at the stove, browning the hamburger, adding the sauce and boiling the noodles, the thought of eating this meal was getting to me a bit. I thought, "Nah, it's all in your head. It's going to be fine."
We sat down to eat. I ate a piece of garlic toast. So far so good. Took a bite of the tortellini. It was OK. Took another bite and immediately passed it to my husband. Ate the other piece of garlic toast and went to the kitchen where I promptly made myself two pieces of peanut butter toast. That's what I had that night while my husband thoroughly enjoyed the Italian meal I made.
But in a strange turn of events, do you know what I LOVE and have frequently? Good ol' SpaghettiO's with meatballs or Ravioli. Anything like that in a can works for me! How dumb is that? I won't eat tortellini with red sauce but I manage to scarf down a bowl of noodle rings in orange sauce (sorry, but it ain't red!) with little processed meatballs?
The other thing I'm loving is fruity cereals. Usually I buy cereal that's "good" for me. But I don't think Berry Crunch, Fruity Pebbles, Cocoa Pebbles and Trix are good for me! But man, they sure do taste good!
And lastly, candy is my new favorite! Not chocolate candy. Sugar candy. Swedish Fish, Sour Patch Kids, Mike and Ikes. Love 'em all! And that's not usually what I'm into. I don't eat it everyday. I can manage to not do that. But I do occasionally indulge and I have no guilt about it. I'm not eating much of anything else so I figure a little candy can't hurt too much!
I can only imagine what next week will bring for food cravings or aversions.
But until then, here's to canned noodles, fruity cereals and sugar in a box!
Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteSteffie turned me onto your blog through Facebook.
I had to laugh at this posting--these were exactly my cravings! I left those sugar cereals in my childhood until both pregnancies. Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles were must haves in my house! And, the Chef Boyardee Ravioli....I can hardly stomach looking at a can now, but it was a "meal" I had often. Between that and the Ramen noodles, I wonder if my boys got any real nutrition.
I'm looking forward to following along with your pregnancy.
Shannon
Ohh the food cravings. I remember those. I used to crave Cheese while pregnant with Summer. On my way to work I would go buy a block of cheese and eat the whole thing it just one sitting. I never craved cheese like that before or after my pregnancy. I also ate a lot of Buffalo wings, with Summer. Was great for the heart burn :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite memory, and Carl's least favorite, was when I was craving sugar cookie dough. I couldn't think of ANYTHING that sounded good, during my nauseous 1st Tri. Carl was a good sport to make a special trip to the store to get me some cookie dough. By the time he got back I it just didn't sound appealing anymore. That was the end of his special trips for me :)
So fun to read all about your pregnancy!