Being pregnant has forced me to give up one of the things that I admittedly love...wine. I haven't had a drink since my pregnancy test (although I did have two very large mojitos right before taking the test). It's been tough. Although Whit has great sympathy and respect for the fact that I can't drink, that doesn't stop him from enjoying a drink/s (and I wouldn't dream of asking him to abstain). The lack of my normal vice has forced me to look at food in a new way. I've already mentioned some of the eating that I've been doing. Although I haven't been eating the quantity that I was eating early on, I have still been eagerly enjoying whatever food that I don't have an aversion to.
One of the frustrating things that I've found is that there are a lot of restrictions placed on what pregnant women can't eat. Sushi and different kinds of cheeses are a "no no." I do enjoy sushi every now and again and I love blue cheese and brie (both of which are off limits). Another restriction...deli meat! I don't think that I abstained from that when I was pregnant with Ella. I've stuck to it with this pregnancy and I get pretty mad about it. Deli sandwiches sound amazing to me right now! I would love a turkey and swiss or a really large Italian combo. Just writing about it makes me crave it. Pregnant women also aren't supposed to eat at a salad bar. Well, I put my foot down with that one. I can't drink, I can't eat deli, I can't have good cheese, I'M EATING THE SALAD BAR! We went out to dinner tonight and I had the salad bar before dinner. It was so good! Of course I drowned my salad with ranch, but it was so delicious! Is that so wrong?!
Sometimes I wonder if all of these restrictions are really necessary. I can understand the drinking, smoking, and doing drug restrictions, but food - come on! That's all a pregnant woman has! Are all these restrictions really necessary? Were pregnant women advised to avoid brie and a salad bar 30 years ago? Did it really make a huge difference (look at how great I turned out). There was a time when drinking wasn't even discouraged. Maybe I'm a bad person, but I'm just not giving up salad bars!
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