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What are your pregnancy must-haves?
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(Jan.29.10)
Several of my coworkers are pregnant right now and hearing them talk about it reminds me of my pregnancy get-it-to-me-now-or-I-might-kill-someone MUST-HAVES:
1. Having my feet rubbed. I would strategically lay my feet on his lap in hopes that he would take the hint. If that didn't work, I would beg him. If that didn't work, I would curse the fact that he got me pregnant in the first place.
2. Artichoke hearts. Yeah, the kind in the jar with the vinaigrette. Don't ask me why, but I think it must have had something to do with the fact that my fetuses make me hate meat and chicken, yet the texture of 'choke hearts is kind of meaty.
3. BabyCenter.com weekly newsletters. "OMG! Baby is the size of a lime? Baby is swimming and moving her arms and legs? I must call my mother to tell her right NOW!"
4. Junk food. My babies crave fat. In my first trimester with Nate I was in Scandinavia and must have gone into every Burger King in Norway. It was the only thing I could keep down. On true patriot soil it was more like, "Get me onion rings -- NOW!" Why couldn't I crave broccoli? (I have yet to meet a human that craved broccoli.)
5. Pickles. Yeah yeah, what a cliché. But there is something about pregnancy that made me crave both vinegared foods and the crunch of that pickle. Plus sharing pickles with your toddler = fun.
6. Häagen Dazs Caramel Cone Explosion ice cream. I NEEDED it. DESPERATELY. Forget the education fund when you have a $20 a week ice cream habit.
What about you? What are/were you addicted to in your pregnancy? Let me know in the comments below.