Pregnancy: a time when my body had a very strong-willed mind of its own, a time when I was blindly obedient to the commands of my food cravings. Not satiating a food craving was punishable by nausea. Nausea was a state that I spent my pregnancies desperately trying to avoid.
I wonder what those intense food cravings meant and if I interpreted the signals correctly. I bet that something got lost in transit.
Imagine The Depleted Vitamin Store in The Pregnant Body weakly reaching out to The Brain and pleading, “We are low on Vitamin C up in here. Can you send a shout-out?”
The Brain sends the most obvious signs so that Rebecca can get what she needs, “Hey, Body, we need some ascorbic acid. You are officially craving something fruity, citrusy, sweet, and sour. Oh, and, we need it now, or else!”
The Mind: “Or else what?”
Rebecca gags a little.
The Mind is repentant and immediately goes to work decoding the messages with all the mystery and precision of John Edward...
Rebecca to hubby: “I want gummy bears.”
Hubby to Rebecca: “It’s after midnight and we live 20 miles outside of city limits.”
The Brain and The weak Depleted Vitamin Store exchange confused looks.
“What? Rebecca, no, try harder.” The Brain clarifies, “Stop thinking SUGAR!”
Rebecca to hubby: “I need SOUR gummy bears! NOW!”
Depleted Vitamin Store to The Brain: “Tell her to think more along the lines of citrus. Oh! Oh! I got it! Tell her to think NATURAL.”
From Rebecca’s little mental scrap-book The Brain selects a stunning image of an orange grove to convey the point.
“I neeeeeeeed O R G A N I C sour gummy bears!”
That was silly, but I imagine that THAT is how it all goes down.
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I should have decorated this post with this artwork: http://www.henrirousseau.org/Apes-In-...
I think we should share art and music in our blogs. Like Sug and Pilot! We could edutain ourselves. ;)
January 31, 2011 at 2:45 p.m.I love poppy seed kolaches.
January 31, 2011 at 1:50 p.m.Wine, Pilot? With oyster kolaches and biscuits and gravy? PFFFTT....
C'mon, man, nothing could do justice to such a fine spread as a little (or a lot) of Jack.
Really, man, I thought I knew you.....:)
January 31, 2011 at 8:32 a.m.I craved pizza, but could hold nothing down the whole 9 months!
January 30, 2011 at 10:17 p.m.This is still fresh in my memory......
Every morning without fail I had to have a glass of orange juice with ice. Also, I couldn't get enough chips & salsa or hot wings, the hotter the better. They never gave me heartburn! Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.......
January 30, 2011 at 9:48 p.m.Kyle had unsympathetic cravings. =P
January 30, 2011 at 8:51 p.m.I craved whatever it was the wife wanted but wasn't allowed.
Bwah ha ha!
January 30, 2011 at 8:23 p.m.This was nineteen years ago...
Hey! I lived on the water and I took advantage of it. I had a fresh sunburn on my full blown preggers belly when I went into labor.
January 30, 2011 at 6:08 p.m.Alamo beach? Did you know the Morris s ? Gene and Stella?
January 30, 2011 at 6:02 p.m.Amber had me thinking of food cravings. LOL
I should have made the brain scare me by sending images of scurvy infested pirates and me saying something about how if hubby didn't go get my gummy bears NOW that I would have him "walk the plank." We lived right on the water at Alamo Beach in Port Lavaca when I was preggers with baby #1.
I don't know if they make organic sour gummy bears, but they probably sell organic sour gummy bears. ;) ;) ;)
January 30, 2011 at 5:25 p.m.The first wife ate tomatoes like apples, with salt on them, even though she was sometimes allergic to them go figure...
The second wife craved watermelon and pork skins, another go figure moment.
January 30, 2011 at 4:37 p.m.lol
Organic sour gummy bears! Do they make such a thing?
Can't speak from experience about preganancy cravings, but I know each time I have really tried hard to diet and have been successful, losing pounds over months, it seems I get very specific cravings as well, and most of the time it is for tomatoes and tomato-based items. Weird, huh? I think you are indeed correct that it is our bodies' lacking a certain nutrient, or even just wanting the flavor that it associates with that nutrient, that brings on the cravings.
Organic sour gummy bears? :D
January 30, 2011 at 3:06 p.m.