Cravings!

Okay so here is the truth about pregnant women...We don't actually have cravings to the point where we cannot live without a certain food! Sure there are times when we want something and we want it now, but believe me we can live without anchovies in ice cream or whatever weird concauction an expectant woman may come up with. Also, I've heard some pregnant women refer to their unborn child wanting something. For example, "Oh I don't want to eat this but he/she is making me!" Nope, sorry, that's ridiculous! Sure the hormones may make someone have a weird craving for something, and we may kick, whine, and scream until we get it, but the truth of the matter is that we are pregnant and we know we can usually get whatever we want when we want it. Trust me it isn't life-threatening if we don't get whatever we are craving. In fact, I bet in most cases it is probably better, for health reasons, for the mom and the baby if we don't consume everything we want, when we want it.

Now, I of course have a list of certain foods/drinks that I "crave," however, they aren't anything different than what I loved before I got pregnant. So here is a list of my so called, "cravings" and yes they are in order of priority:

1. Beef Jerkey
2. The $.66 pot pies from Fry's (yum!)
3. DECAF coffee (non-fat vanilla lattes to be exact! Please note DECAF is in all caps, I don't want criticism from people about coffee and being pregnant!)
4. Ice cream (chocolate fudge brownie)
5. Lipton iced tea mix
6. Pasta (I really backed off of this for a long time before I got pregnant but not now!)

So you see, the baby and I would be better off without any of the above! But I do treat myself every so often with one or all of the above! So now everyone knows the truth about pregnant women and their notorious cravings! It's just a ploy to get YOU, to get US, whatever WE WANT!