Wednesday, 23 April 2008

Is this where the food cravings begin?

I have now fully accepted what is happening to my body and what is soon to be happening in my life.
How am I feeling? My hormones seem a little bit better, I don't seem too stressed and low, then again accepting all of this and getting over the shock has probably helped massively.
I am not feeling as sickly as I was before but I do have my moments. However I am wanting all the foods I know I shouldn't eat. Yesterday I ate 2 apple danish type things. I was quite satisfied with the 1 but had an extra one and couldn't resist the second I then felt very guilty and very bloated.
I have come to realise that if I overeat I feel sickly and if I let myself get too hungry I also feel out of sorts. So I have to make sure I don't get hungry and I eat little and often. Not always easy to do when I have a lot of running around to do at the moment. And I don't particularly want to be eating too much right now because I have a very fitting wedding dress to get into in a couple of weeks time.
I haven't put any extra weight on, only the couple of pounds I initially lost the first few days I found out I was pregnant and couldn't eat a lot. I just hope I can sustain that weight. Technically I should be able to.
Back to the food, I am consoling myself by making fresh juices including OJ which contains Folate which has an important role to play in helping people achieve good folic acid status, I am also trying to incorporate some greens in there too. I am also soaking almonds every day and eating some of those or mixing them into smoothies along with raw tahini for calcium. I also couldn't resist a packet of Halva yesterday while I was in the supermarket even though it is cooked it is made with honey instead of sugar and is mostly sesame paste which is high in calcium even if cooked. I should just make my own, but it is hard enough making my own juices let alone everything else.
Right now my baby is the size of a 5 pence piece and is developing its organs.
Ideally I should be booking my first Dr's appointment but when I am supposed to fit that in I don't know. It will have to wait till after the wedding if I see a Dr at all, I haven’t decided. Panos of course wants to see our baby on an ultrasound screen and has all the ideas about pregnancy in his head that are shown on the TV; ultrasounds, clean, easy hospital deliveries etc.
I am off to London on Saturday I am not looking forward to the 5 hour bus ride to Athens too much, Even though I haven’t been sick at all I'll have to make sure I take some carrier bags with me just in case I do feel sick on the bus or plane. I’ve been thinking a lot about when we tell our parents. Now that I am used to the idea I think I can handle it. I still think it would only be fair to tell both sets of parents together I just hope I can contain myself by then. I know that once I tell my mum the whole world will know. So I’ll probably wait till after the wedding as planned and if we get the chance we'll tell them before we come back to Greece, it doesn't give us much time but it beats waiting till the end of May when my parents come to Greece. Plus I want to start telling people and getting my blog off the ground.

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