I've been putting spinach in everything: Chili, sweet & sour, my smoothies, spaghetti, and have replaced the lettuce in my sandwiches with spinach. While my meals are far from unhealthy, it helps me feel good about the cravings I have. Spinach isn't necessarily a craving of mine, it's just that I know about its nutritional value and so I want to take advantage of that.
As far as cravings in general, it is really hard to pinpoint an exact craving. People have been asking me fairly regularly about my cravings often expecting to hear something bizarre or that the pickles and ice cream craving is true for all pregnant women. I can see in their eyes a small bit of disappointment when I say that I don't have those kinds of cravings. Some of you may be quite pleased, however, to hear that I finally had a combination of cravings that is not very typical, and really enjoyed it.
Leftover birthday cake and garlic bread. It was spice cake, just so you know. The spices from the cake and the garlic of the bread really complimented each other and I wanted to have much more but I talked myself out of it since the bread was REALLY buttery and I try to be very conscious of my sugar intake...plus, we were going to have halibut chowder later and I didn't want to ruin my appetite :) That's probably the strangest craving I've had during my entire pregnancy. If I'm craving anything, it's usually some sort of chilled fruit. Mmm. Or lemon water. Nothing really strange, or out of the ordinary.
Moving on, this is me as of last week:
My mom replied to this photo: "HOLY BABY!" because I look much bigger than the prior week's photo, but that's only because I am standing much closer to the mirror in this one.
This week I enter my 28th week of creating life and I can say for certain that I'm still unsure of how that makes me feel. I still don't feel very pregnant, except for the damn emotions that I'm plagued with on a daily basis and a baby that likes to dance ALL day and into the night :) The doctor says everything looks good, even though I'm a little big. This news would normally scare me because it immediately makes me think of how big this baby is going to be when it comes out (eek), BUT I've instead decided to just think to myself that this baby will just be earlier than expected :) I mean, if this baby really was created the way they say babies are created (sex, just in case you were wondering...not spruce needle in the water like I've been telling myself), then it is completely possible that I am two weeks further along than the doctors tell me. They just don't know it... :)
On another note, when I did go to see the doc, I met a nice nurse who told me about alternative ways to find out the sex of my baby. After I went through my whole spiel about whether the ultrasound tech. was telling me the truth or not she went on to tell me about a couple of methods she used that turned out to be true. This one is my favorite:
This one is based on an ancient Chinese secret that is said to be 99% accurate. According to this, I'm having a girl. The nurse said it worked for her. I also took a ring tied to my own hair and had someone else hold it above my wrist to tell me whether it was a girl or boy. Test said girl. That's three "girls" against one "boy" so I think I'm in the clear :) In starting Baby Registries, however, I have still opted to keep the big items (stroller, car seat), as well as the scheme of things the colors we decided would work for either boy or girl: froggy greens and red. So, yes, we are registered at a couple places (Target and Baby Depot). I wanted to have one registry but there are few places that have it all I'm learning. The registries are still pretty rough because I have been doing it from my phone (remember, lack of internet) in the later hours of the night when I can't sleep so if you are going to look, just give me some time to get to it and update it all before you judge me! (Just kidding:) I just have to say, this baby registry business is no fun. It doesn't help that I read this article about what to put and what not to put on your registry and how many people become offended my the things you include or omit. I read into that article so much that I nearly opted out of a registry, but my sister said it plainly when she told me I have to. So, I did. And the bringing a baby into this world process continues.
So this is it, folks. We are entering the third trimester! This baby-making business creates quite the time warp! Between classes and work alone, these next couple months are going to go by faster than I can imagine. We have been planning for when the baby is here, but we never seem to get far. The doctor reminded me that we haven't even started thinking about a birth plan. YIKES. Luckily, we'll cover that in the baby birthing classes we start this week. Xwéi!
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