Cravings Chocolate

Let me preface with, I love my husband very very much, but...
He made me laugh today with a tinge of anger. I was having major cravings for chocolate chocolate-chip muffins, and he was being an ass about the whole thing. At first he didn't want to go out and do it, and then had never heard of such a thing.
Finally persuaded him to go out and do it. I realize of course that he has been working a very very long day... 12 hour shift in fact. But this is the first time I've pulled the pregnancy card and asked him for something I'm craving rather than just going out and getting it myself. I had texted him earlier that day to go get it if he had a chance, but he didn't. So on his way home I asked him to bring it home, but he didn't. So I finally convinced him that I really wanted it and that we should go out and get it.
So we went to Reasors. It takes him forever to go through that store! I knew exactly what I wanted and where it was, but we had to mosey about almost every aisle. We finally got to where the muffins would be, and they were sold out!
So I told Chris we should go to the other Reasors, which is only a couple of miles away, not like it's a few hours away or anything! Anyway, first thing out of Chris' mouth was that he was not going to go to the other Reasors. I totally had to pull the card. I mean, this was the first time I've asked him to go around town searching for anything food related for me! How dare he. He had been getting off easy these whole nine months. I hadn't asked him for anything like that. Grrrr. It made me so mad. I just started laughing, because I couldn't believe him!
I think he started feeling guilty, so don't rip him too much for it, because we did go to the other Reasors, begrudgingly. I found the chocolate chocolate-chip muffings and enjoyed one in the car. He had apparently never had one before, so I gave him a bite. He'll probably have one tomorrow for breakfast or a snack. I just couldn't believe it. I mean, I love Chris and everything, but... it just makes me laugh and shake my head. The nerve, sometimes... urgh.

Gotta Have it

I had my first "gotta have it" craving just a few moments ago. I just had to have candied walnuts... diamond brand prefered. I went to two different grocery stores and finally found something resembling what I wanted at Walgreens. Not quite what I want, but it works... for now. Its a good thing McDonalds has it, but it's in such little amounts, and I'd have to get it with a few other things and I don't want to waste all that. I just wish I could find it in larger amounts.

Sweet N Salty

I should finally start feeling like a pregnant lady. For lunch today I had a parfait and pickles. No, I didn't put the pickles on the parfait, but I did eat them between bites. Something is terribly wrong with that, but it was exactly what I wanted.
Cold dill pickles are what I want lately. And I have to have something sweet standing by to counteract it. I did a mild net research and nobody really knows why that combination is craved. I think it's cause we can safely take in the same flavor as salt without having it and the fear of further bloating that accompanies it. As for the sweets with it? Like I said, you've gotta counteract the vinegar, otherwise heartburn is already a four letter word in my dictionary lately.

Caffeine: to drink or not to drink

Well, we're almost at 3 months, just under in fact. It's been interesting so far, and doesn't always feel like I'm pregnant... just tired, or hungry, or the furthest thing from hungry.
Everything is going well so far. Yesterday I had my first caffinnated drink since finding out. Oh, I couldn't stand it! Patty was drinking a diet Pepsi and I just wanted to smell it; feel the bubbles and have a flavor in my system other than water. The table convinced me to grab a drink, so I got myself a Dr. Pepper. Delicious! ooohhh, so good. The below is from babycenter.com and slightly explains why I've avoided it:

There's general agreement that pregnant women and those trying to conceive should avoid consuming large quantities of caffeine. But after decades of controversy and conflicting evidence, there's still no real consensus on how much caffeine is safe during pregnancy.

The March of Dimes advises women to limit their caffeine intake to less than 200 mg per day. This recommendation was prompted by the results of a study published in the March 2008 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, showing that moms-to-be who consumed 200 mg or more of caffeine a day had double the risk of miscarriage compared to those who had no caffeine.

Not all studies show a link between caffeine consumption and a higher risk of miscarriage. Still, it may be smart to err on the side of caution and stick to the March of Dimes recommendation. (See chart below to get a sense of the caffeine content of various types of coffee, tea, and other common sources of caffeine.) And, of course, if you decide to cut out caffeine altogether, you won't get any arguments from your doctor or midwife.

I only said "slightly". My biggest fear right now is the M-word. I don't drink a lot of caffeine anyway, so partaking of any amount is "a lot" nowdays. Chris and I purchased a pregnancy tea the other day that contains no actual tea. It has peppermint and anise to help with stomach stuff; raspberry leaf to strengthen the uterus; and nettle to help with energy. I have no idea what nettle is, but it's better than caffeine, I guess. but it's a hot tea, which is not something I want in the hot weather. It'll be good for when it gets colder.

Milk

Okay, for as much as I have been craving specific meats, I know my first craving was milk. Cold, creamy, milk.
I didn't realize it at the time (and I didn't know you could get cravings as early as the 2nd and 3rd week, which you can) but I had massive milk (calcium) cravings. I bought ice-cream in so many different capacities, 3 different cereals, and even cool whip. I didn't realize this is what was going on (I didn't even suspect I was pregnant).

Apparently, according to some doctors, you can get cravings as early as the second week, though they usually start the third. This is because you're body is requiring those nutrients for the new being inside. The weird cravings don't happen for a while, but the average everyday items already have.

With cravings I'm supposed to try and decipher why I'm craving certain things: like I want ice-cream, why? Because it's cold? Milk? sweetness? or a certain flavor (fruits)? Mostly it's the milk factor, so I try to not eat all that much ice-cream... but at the begining I didn't know, so I was just eating ice-cream. Yes, I'm pregnant, but I'm not that far along! I shouldn't have gained all that much weight. Oops.

Spicy Spicy Spicy

Spicy foods! I want spicy food! I've tried to figure out why, because you're supposed to decipher hose types of things, but... I can't figure it out. I just want spicy stuff.

Chicken Cravings

Craving chicken... and not fried, unfortunately. I don't want that yuckie aftertaste that I'm now noticing.

So far I've done good at subsiding it with chicken wraps (no buns please!) for lunch. I tried nuggets because the picture of the white meat looked really really good, but there was a fried aftertaste. I had to throw them away.
For dinner I still wanted more chicken, so I decided to get a side salad (because I was wanting veggies, too) and got grilled chicken on it. Side salad because I didn't want any particular flavoring.

So chicken is a not weird craving.

Day 1, for now: The News

!!! I'M PREGNANT!!!

I'm so excited! Scared, confused (not really confused, but that word always seems to fit in somewhere), and a whole bunch of other things... anxious? Yeah, I'd put that one in there, too.

How do I know? I did the EPeeingT test (yes, I know that's not what it's called)... twice. The first one I took had a faint second line, which means "yes, you're pregnant." But because it was faint, I wasn't sure. So I went out and bought another one, the digital read out. It was proof positive. I was so excited. I didn't know what to do. The news was bursting at the seams to get out, and I still had the Memorial Day BBQ to get to. I stayed as quiet as I could with my extended family on the way. Finally, after a bit of food, Chris called. I told him and we both got really excited. But I had to keep it down because I was at the Memorial Day get together. I'm glad I got to tell someone that day, but the excitement was still there. How much longer do I have to wait to tell everyone?! (apparently as long as it took you to get to this site, because by now I've told you).
This was also the day that Clayton got burnt really badly. So this kind of news slipped quickly to the back of my mind. The "here and now" is more important. Besides, Chris and I had talked a while back, when we first talked about a family, that we didn't want to tell everyone right away.


My suspicions: Well, the most obvious was that "hmmm, no period?" phase. But I think the one that showed up even before then was my break-outs. I was never one to have bad acne problems, so when my face suddenly looked like the moon I started to worry. When it gets close to my period I usually have one or two bad spots, but this was ridiculous! And nothing was taking care of it.
That and cravings. Yeah, the real crazy cravings don't happen for a while (thank goodness), but before I took the test I had stocked up the fridge on all sorts of foods. Mainly ice-creams. The doc says that this is because early on women get vitamin cravings to get their body prepared. I was apparently in desperate need of calcium and iron.