Well, its one am.
Something I would like to blame being pregnant on, but instead the blame actually lies in being a nurse. 12 hour night shifts, 4 hours of sleep, then up all day, until....6pm when i fall asleep on the couch until Jake literally picks me up and brings me to bed at 9pm...and im bright eyed a bushy tailed at one am. Perfection.
So me and onion baby are watching oceans eleven and eating celery and cheese whiz. I am enjoying the fact that technically Im not up by myself, and that right now , the majority of mine and Jakes family are up and hes sleeping the good times away.
I would also KILL for some chocolate milk right now. My sister had a HUGE craving for chocolate milk when she was pregnant (which she denies) and Im just now starting to get that, celery and chocolate milk sounds lovely. However, i believe that my true craving lies in cheese whiz. Disgusting, orange cheese whiz. I tried looking for it in the book "100 healthiest foods to eat during pregnancy" ....wasnt there. I was obviously dissapointed, but have since moved on to, "whatever, im eating it."
My TRUE craving is for wine. But thats me and probably 80% of preggos out there Im thinking. Although most of them dont say it, its kind of unclassy to say when you're "bearing life"
I have learned, that while pregnant there is the pressure called "when you're pregnant everything you want you cant have" Theres a long list.
Coffee/Deli Meats/Soft cheese/hot dogs/high sugar things/chocolate things/hot tubs/ and obviously alcohol. (deep sigh)
The list is longer, but out of saving my own peace of mind im not going to type the one that the book tells me about. Because it stresses me out thinking about how anyone is supposed to remember all those foods/activities without a notepad. And also, because most of them I think are crap. well other than the hard drugs and alcohol bit...i mean thats not good for most people so definately not ones the size of an onion.
The thing is theres alot of pressure from OTHER pregnant ladies too, " Oh, thats okay, you go ahead and order the egg salad, I dont eat eggs because they can kill your baby, but you go ahead"
well shit. I guess I'll have a hot chocolate and bagel with cream cheese.
Nope.
"theres like 12mg of caffeine in hot chocolate, and who knows how they store their cream cheese"
so...I'll have a water, and a celery please.
"was that washed with tap water?"
SIGH.
The worst part is IM A NURSE. And listening to people say that egg salad will kill my baby just irks me in more ways then one. Alot of these things are fine, if you just prepare them properly, have them in moderation, or just use your brain for all around intent and purposes.
Well, again, except for cocaine and alcohol.
and smoking, thats a no no too.
However, god only knows how many women were drinking/smokin and eating goat cheese back in the day that had healthy babies. Sometimes its just luck of the draw im thinking.
So, at the end of the day, everyone does pregnancy differently. And as long as everyone is in the know about whats what and whos who while you're bakin a baby, everyone can make healthy happy little balls of joy weighing approximately 7-8 lbs.
Whether you're a nature lovin mamma doing the organic food thing, or an on the go preggo doing the egg salad one. keep out the cocaine, the 10 cups of coffee a day, the bottle of wine for therapeutic use, and the raw fish, and enjoy that chocolate milk.
Because if theres anyone in the world that deserves a glass of wine, its a pregnant woman, but since we are watchin out for that 5 oz peanut growin in our bellies, chocolate milk and a cheeseburger on occasion, should be a god given right.
Then again, who knows, Im just annoyed that I cant have a night cap and head back to bed. cranky pregnant lady=rant.
So. Back to my cheese whiz ,celery and late night rendez-vous with George Clooney.
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