Food.

I've decided to start blogging about my pregnancy at the request of some of my closest friends :)

So, this post is mostly about food. I can't say that prior to pregnancy I truly understood cravings, and I didn't even know about aversions. When I was feeling sick during the first trimester, cravings to me were just any foods that I could tolerate the sound of. Most food at the time would make me literally feel sick just thinking about it- so whatever made me feel hungry, I ate. Luckily, I haven't been feeling very sick lately. The cravings feel just like normal non pregnancy cravings, only way more intense. When I'm craving something I have a very hard time thinking about anything else. I have also learned, today, that cravings DO NOT go away when you ignore them. At least for me. Yesterday at lunch I wanted a chicken sandwich or chicken nuggets, but ignored it. It's back today, and will not go away, so I guess I'll be having chicken for lunch! Last night I wanted guacamole so badly that I almost made it at 10:15. But I knew it would be bad to be snacking that late, so I ignored it and tried to eat something else. I woke up this morning thinking about guacamole. I'll be making it this afternoon after a trip to the store at lunch (after my chicken sandwich of course).

The aversions were not something I was prepared for, and can be extremely frustrating. This week is going better than the last few thankfully. A couple of weeks ago I made chili and loved it that evening- the following days I couldn't look at it, and felt even more ill to smell it. Thankfully Mike ate it so it wouldn't go to waste. I found myself suddenly not wanting to look at most of the dinners I had planned for the week, so we just had whatever sounded good to me each night. I think Mike (hopefully) has realized that I'm not just being picky and crazy, I literally can't eat the things that make me feel sick when I think about them. I tried to once, it was a really bad plan. The other night we had ravioli, and half way through I suddenly couldn't take another bite. Mike got the rest and I had some cereal.

I had lunch yesterday with the woman who we bought the bumbo from on craigs list. She is so nice, semi-new to the area and looking for friends. It was such an encouragement, she just has such a good attitude about things. Just as an example, she talked about how people would constantly tell her how hard newborns are and would also ask her things like "how are you going to do it??" Because she has twins. I can kind of relate, people do for some reason like to make sure you understand how hard it's going to be, which I don't really understand since it's not the most helpful thing you can say to a pregnant woman. I have enough fears of my own. So in response to this way of thinking, she just said she made a decision not to look at it like others were- it almost seemed like people were making it sound like an affliction rather than the amazing thing that it is. She said that no matter how hard it was it was never as hard as people made it out to be, and she just took one day at a time knowing and being fine with not getting a lot of sleep, and thinking- I wanted this, and i'm going to enjoy every moment with my babies even if it seems difficult sometimes. Her attitude was so refreshing and just so encouraging, it all made me feel a lot more confidant, and less frightened. Mike and I talked about this last night and I decided that if I run into any discouraging people, I'll just make sure to ask them something shocking like, "oh it's going to be hard? Maybe I should put the baby up for sale on craigs list then." :) Might as well put some humor in my day right? :)

Ok that's it for now, no other pregnancy updates that I can think of right now :) Love you all!