cravings

[mamajoan]

(Now that I am pretty sure I've told The News to every RL friend who might be reading my LJ, I can stop friends-locking my pregnancy-related posts. This is my first public pregnancy post! Whee! I feel so free! ;) )

This whole cravings thing is not turning out the way I expected. When I think cravings, I think of something that hits you unawares while you're just sitting there minding your own business. Suddenly, out of the blue, you find yourself thinking, "I MUST have some ____ now!!" But that's not how it has been with me, at least thus far. For the past few weeks it's just that I'm very suggestible. I see something in the grocery store, or on TV, or someone mentions something in conversation, and suddenly I go "Yeah! That's what I want!" And then I obsess about it until I get hold of some.

The first time, it was egg noodles. I dunno why (well, obviously; I dunno why any of them) but there I was in the pasta aisle, and I saw the egg noodles and suddenly I knew that regular old spaghetti or elbows were not going to cut it. I had to have egg noodles! So I bought them and they've been my staple for a week or so now. And since then, similar things have happened with several other food items. (It also really doesn't help when I read the pregnancy chat-boards and the other women are all, "Today I baked a cake and ate the whole thing!" Augh! Must...Not...Bake!!!)

I was telling this to a coworker today and lunch and he said, "so it's not cravings at all, you're just super-suggestible. I could say 'so I went to Foxwoods [casino] yesterday' and you'd jump in your car." Heh, which was ironic that he chose that example since I actually am planning a trip to Foxwoods with some friends ... but anyway I told him no, it's not like that, it's only with food. I mean, I don't want anyone getting any ideas that they can make me do their will all of a sudden. ;)

I also have not had any meat cravings, yet, thank goodness *knock wood*. I have heard from some vegetarians who say they had to eat meat during pregnancy because the cravings just wouldn't leave them alone. I really hope that doesn't happen to me, because I don't think it would be good for me -- either physically or psychologically. I've been a vegetarian more than half my life by now, about fifteen years at my best estimate.

In other pregnancy news, my breasts are getting at least a little less painful at last, but I still don't seem to be showing -- although I do get lines across my tummy from my clothing, and I think I'm finally starting to gain a little weight (although, see previous post re: unreliability of my bathroom scale). If this sort-of-cravings thing keeps up, I oughta start packing on the pounds pretty soon, because it only seems to happen with high-fat items. ;)

And that's the gestational update for the day. Just be glad I'm not telling you about all the fun gastrointestinal symptoms. ;)

Comments

[obsessedmuch.livejournal.com]

Oh the joy of cravings! Pizza and pepsi! Twix bars! Cheesesteaks! Yeah, pepsi was a pain in the ass - too much sugar AND too much caffeine. But I made it a manageable craving concession. Obviously the cheesesteak thing is right out of your park since (a)steak and (b)not in Philadelphia but you just never know. I'm oddly tempted to list cravings that I know for a fact other women had but as you are feeling all suggestable, I'll spare you and say don't worry unless you find yourself tempted to eat the dirt from the plants or nibble on a stick of chalk. ;)

[azurelunatic]

You've likely been a vegetarian taking care of her body and getting all the right nutrients in. If your body's learned that this combination of stuff takes care of that demand, then it won't have to ask for meat...

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's my hope! And I am taking several vitamin/mineral supplements, so hopefully I won't be lacking in whatever nutrients other people's bodies think they need meat for. Please ignore horrible grammar in previous sentence. ;)

[azurelunatic]

Sensible, sensible.

Who knows, maybe if I ever get pregnant, my body will take one look at <insert name of favorite graphically meaty dish> and say "Oh no you don't" and make me go vegetarian...

[velcroswench.livejournal.com]

Grats on the pregnancy. And I was gonna post what azure did! :)

Happy coming out, Ryan!

[xochiquetzl]

No pickles and ice cream? I knew someone who literally craved pickles and ice cream. It was her first clue that she was pregnant.

Re: Happy coming out, Ryan!

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

well, speaking as a New Englander, when it's -15 with wind chill as it has been here the last few days, it's *almost* too cold for ice cream. ;)

Re: Happy coming out, Ryan!

[xochiquetzl]

Wow. I didn't think there was such a thing as "too cold for ice cream," but that would come close. Fuckin' brr!

Re: Happy coming out, Ryan!

[azurelunatic]

Bah, there is no such thing. In my first, doomed, year of college, my roommie and her best friend and I would get the soft-serve ice-cream-like-substance in cones from the cafeteria of DOOM! and walk back to our dorms munching them. Once it was -40.

We were, however, Alaskans, and did not give the proverbial rat's ass, although we did note that a great photo opportunity would be us, the ice-cream, and the great big time/temperature display of the bank on the corner.

Re: Happy coming out, Ryan!

[xochiquetzl]

Yikes. I'm a fourth-generation Texan living in Atlanta. 50 is too cold for me--just not for ice cream! :)

Cold...

[azurelunatic]

Though I'm sure I'd be physically disagreeing with myself, my mental conception of "too cold to play outside" is -20F. Alas, the body has languished in Hell Central, AZ, and therefore is used to rising from the flames at intervals.

Question from the chick from the non-windy bit of Alaska...

[azurelunatic]

...Is the -15 before or after the wind chill's argued in? And you guys have damp, too, don't you. Owwww.

Re: Question from the chick from the non-windy bit of Alaska...

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

well, see the part above where I said "-15 with wind chill"? that kind of indicates that, like, I'm factoring in the wind chill... heh... ;)

I dunno about damp. It gets very dry in my bedroom at nights, I often wake up desperate for water. We have lots of ice and snow still lying around, but it's been so cold lately, the ice is practically stone and the snow is practically ice, so it's not really damp either.

Re: Question from the chick from the non-windy bit of Alaska...

[azurelunatic]

The same words can be used to mean, "-15, and that's counting the wind chill," and "-15, and then there's the wind chill, which makes it colder, for all practical purposes..."

Text loses the inflections, often.

Re: Question from the chick from the non-windy bit of Alaska...

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

I suppose, but if I meant the latter, wouldn't you expect me to specify a second number? Like, "-15 with wind chill bringing it down to -25", or such.

Re: Question from the chick from the non-windy bit of Alaska...

[azurelunatic]

Not necessarily. When dealing with extreme windchill, you look at the thermometer and say, "It's -40 with windchill," meaning that no matter what the thermometer might say, they're to dress for -40.

Though you'd probably properly say it, "With windchill, it's -40"...

[glamsith.livejournal.com]

... but anyway I told him no, it's not like that, it's only with food.

So, you're telling me that in that scene in Chicago, all you were thinking about were the tripple-cream caramels from San Francisco? Mmmm-hmmmm!

Me? Evil monkey? Never!

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Eh? What scene in Chicago? It wasn't me. You can't prove a thing! I had all the witnesses shot!

Seriously, I have no idea what the hell you're talking about, but whatever. :) The caramels sound yummy though. Gimme.

[glamsith.livejournal.com]

Oops.

I was referring to a scene in the movie "Chicago."

Without spoilers I was saying, "Sure, you get Rene Z & Catherine Z-J, being catty in neglige and your vulnerability to the power of suggestion pertained only to the box of chocolates!"

Go see the movie. It has shiny things.