Constant Cravings

In addition to the questions about your due date, your baby's gender, whether this is your first or fourteenth child, usually someone will ask you if you have had any strange cravings during your pregnancy.

Until a few hours ago, I would usually say no. For maybe the first 4-5 months, I was really not into food. I probably ate less than I used to because my stomach was queasy all the time and the smell of almost everything made me sick.

Yet there was one category of food that never made me sick during my pregnancy. Even when I had no idea what to buy in the grocery store, there was one staple that always made it into my cart.

Dessert.

Yes, I have realized that now I LIVE for dessert. I mean I've always loved chocolate and would rarely turn down some some pudding or custard if I had the room in my budget or stomach for it. But in pre-pregnancy days, it wasn't a deal-breaker.

Now? Man, now I could eat some doughnuts for dinner and be happy - probably happier than if I had filet mignon. I could eat a chocolate cake for 3 days in a row and feel super. The first thing I look for when I'm hungry is dessert. My coworkers from Sacramento drove down to Oakland to visit me about a month ago. "Do you need anything?" they asked. "A berry pie," I told them. They thought I was kidding. However, I seriously wanted that damn berry pie.

Right now I am obsessing over whether or not it's cool for me to get some frozen yogurt or an eclair. I haven't even eaten dinner yet. And I have no desire for dinner - I want dessert. I really just want a powdered doughnut. Or a coffee cake. Or something with a cream cheese filling.

It just occurred to me tonight that perhaps this is a problem. Perhaps one I will deal with though, after I get the frozen yogurt.