Susanne Remic is a primary school teacher, freelance writer and parenting blogger. She writes at Ghostwritermummy and Maternity Matters and in between all of that she regularly wins mummy of the year awards for running around after her two children, aged six and 19 months. This is her pregnancy blog: an online diary of her third pregnancy as she strives to overcome two difficult births, one angel child and one awkward toddler. Join Susanne as she shares every step of her journey from bump to baby!
My post-natal cravings
By Susanne Remic on 03 Oct 2011
Oh, goodness, there are so many things I want to eat right now! I want a boiled egg - runny with soldiers. I want pate on toast and I want liver and onions. Not only that, but I want to wash it all down with a big glass of white wine, or even champagne. I also want to drink cider and more than one cup of ‘fat’ coffee a day. This is my post-natal menu.
After my son was born, I practically lived on runny boiled eggs and Christmas cake for a good few weeks. It was bliss. This time, I will make sure my husband brings said food stuffs to the hospital as soon as the baby is born and we are settled. Never mind waiting for a home-coming. I want this food now!
One of the best things about being pregnant- aside from the magical kicks and the wonderful chances to see the baby on the sonographer’s screen- is the food thing. Yes, there are things on the menu that I can’t eat but there are also a lot more meals that I can eat.
Usually, I teter on the edge of a low-carb diet and I am always more than conscious of what I eat. I wouldn’t say that I am always on a diet, but you would never catch me eating a bacon sandwich on white bread. One of the joys of being pregnant is that you are expected to put on a little weight and so I can relax a little with my food choices. But despite the abundance of previously forbidden foods that are now on my menu, I still hanker after those things I’m not allowed!
This is why Eve ate that apple. Temptation got the better of her. It’s a really good job I have such good will power...
So, what would be on your post-natal menu? What are the foods that you’re having to deny yourself throughout these long nine months, and which are you looking forward to indulging in the most? Or do you wave a hand to all the ‘good advice’ out there and carry on as you were? How do you deal with cravings? Oh, and is it okay to make jelly for the kids and eat it all myself because it keeps nausea at bay?
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