This
is what is standing between me and this
And when I tell you I am eating a cake a day, I am not kidding (which is why I make two at a time.) The cake stops me throwing up. It gives me some quality of life because I am at last off the sofa. If I don’t feel so nauseated I can at least attempt to eat something healthy at mealtimes. And most importantly, it’s keeping me out of hospital.
So when it was reported on the news today that pregnant and nursing mothers who eat junk food can ‘programme’ their babies to prefer junk food I thought I can’t win.
“Future mothers should be aware that pregnancy and lactation are not the time to over-indulge on fatty and sugary treats on the assumption that they are ‘eating for two’.”
I simply laughed because otherwise I might have cried. Because I don’t really have any alternative. And if it’s between this and going back to how I was feeling a couple of weeks ago then I would eat ten cakes every day if I needed to.
And if my unborn child turns out to have weight problems later in life? Well he/she has the perfect excuse. He can blame it on me.
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I feel really sorry for pregnant women. There always seems to be some new advice and none of it seems to be good news for the mother.
If cake allows you to eat something else so that you are at least getting something nutritious I say go for it! And enjoy it too!
Apple and walnut teabread sounds just perfect Sara, thank you….
Although I like the way you volunteer your husband to do the work. I must work harder on doing the same here!
A belated but heartfelt congrats on your pregnancy. I don’t think I could have got through my first pregnancy without refined carbs playing some part. All this “advice” for pregnant women – my head would be spinning.
Mm, those cakes look nice. Do you need me to send you anything else? I could get hubby to throw something together – apple and walnut teabread perhaps?
I have just come across your blog via british parent bloggers. I have 3 boys myself and was feeling rather broody yesterday, but I am not sure I could really go for a fourth. Respect!
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