Third Trimester
9/01/2009 Edit This 0 Comments »
Very regretfully I admit that, as we near the finish line with the pregnancy, neither Brian nor I have been making any entries in the baby journal we had planned to keep as we did for Willow. Time has flown by faster than we could have imagined this time around. Although we were busy moving into a new house & preparing for the arrival of Willow, it seemed like we had a lot more time on our hands while we were waiting for Willow to arrive compared to these days. The best I can do is keep this online journal, which I admit I haven't even kept up as often as I intended to. Our little boy is kicking my belly as I type this...he's been doing that a lot lately. Willow is overjoyed anytime she feels him kick & just squeals & giggles in excitement.
Before he enters this world I wanted to make a note of my latest pregnancy cravings....although I can honestly say I'm really lacking many cravings these days but do have a few. I still crave noodles, just plain or with vegetables. I'm having really strong cravings for fish, which I should not have a lot of during the pregnancy but I do allow myself to have it once a week...typically a tuna salad sandwich from Jersey Mike's subs. I ask them to keep it very light on the tuna, just putting enough on for me to get the taste of it but not enough to do real harm with the mercury content. I had a huge craving for pickles a few months ago and it just so happened that at that time, they were on sale for less than 50 cents or free, when combining the sales with coupons, so I stocked up. Ironically just after stocking up on pickles, my craving for them completely dissipated. Fortunately they don't expire quickly and the craving came back last week.
Just in time for the summer garden season come to an end, my craving for cucumber sandwiches has ceased. Wow, that worked out so perfectly well. I had plenty cucumbers available the entire time I craved them and now that those vines are yellowing, I no longer want them. Just the way it should be. I don't necessarily crave them but I'll pop those cherry tomatoes in my mouth anytime they're ready to pick, leaving hardly any left to make sauce/gravy with.... they don't even make it into the house! Bubbly water goes down faster than non-carbonated water...not sure what it is about it but I'll go through a 12 pack case of cans in 2 days. What I find really interesting is my craving for cake & many times the craving will come completely out of the blue but we never have cake at home and unless I actually buy some (which I only do for birthdays) or have some at work, I don't ever fulfill that craving. Speaking of which, I crave cake now! But there isn't any. Definitely a good thing, my body does not tolerate sugar well anyways and it's not a nutrient that will help this little guy grow. I must not forget peaches...I still eat at least one a day. I am fortunate they are the fruit of our state and they have been readily available all season long. I do wish we had our own peach tree, yet on second thought, if we did, I would likely eat nothing but peaches.
Before he enters this world I wanted to make a note of my latest pregnancy cravings....although I can honestly say I'm really lacking many cravings these days but do have a few. I still crave noodles, just plain or with vegetables. I'm having really strong cravings for fish, which I should not have a lot of during the pregnancy but I do allow myself to have it once a week...typically a tuna salad sandwich from Jersey Mike's subs. I ask them to keep it very light on the tuna, just putting enough on for me to get the taste of it but not enough to do real harm with the mercury content. I had a huge craving for pickles a few months ago and it just so happened that at that time, they were on sale for less than 50 cents or free, when combining the sales with coupons, so I stocked up. Ironically just after stocking up on pickles, my craving for them completely dissipated. Fortunately they don't expire quickly and the craving came back last week.
Just in time for the summer garden season come to an end, my craving for cucumber sandwiches has ceased. Wow, that worked out so perfectly well. I had plenty cucumbers available the entire time I craved them and now that those vines are yellowing, I no longer want them. Just the way it should be. I don't necessarily crave them but I'll pop those cherry tomatoes in my mouth anytime they're ready to pick, leaving hardly any left to make sauce/gravy with.... they don't even make it into the house! Bubbly water goes down faster than non-carbonated water...not sure what it is about it but I'll go through a 12 pack case of cans in 2 days. What I find really interesting is my craving for cake & many times the craving will come completely out of the blue but we never have cake at home and unless I actually buy some (which I only do for birthdays) or have some at work, I don't ever fulfill that craving. Speaking of which, I crave cake now! But there isn't any. Definitely a good thing, my body does not tolerate sugar well anyways and it's not a nutrient that will help this little guy grow. I must not forget peaches...I still eat at least one a day. I am fortunate they are the fruit of our state and they have been readily available all season long. I do wish we had our own peach tree, yet on second thought, if we did, I would likely eat nothing but peaches.
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