After a long day of being tired and hungry, I was exhausted and starving. I’m talking “I can’t be bothered with cooking, and if I could safely swallow food while sleeping I’d never leave the house” type hungry and tired. I’m also pregnant.
Target acquired: Mama wants a cinnamon raisin bagel, maybe even 2, I was no longer in control. I spent my entire drive home longing for cinnamon swirls to dance on my tongue with raisin bombs exploding in a bed of carbs. Sweet baby! I could smell the sweet aroma as if it were a Yankee Candle.
I did the pregnant shuffle as fast as my feet could handle, nearly knocking over my husband in a manic fury. I’m sure he understood after being briefed with a text explaining just how hungry and tired I was earlier. On my way to the pantry, I told him I was going to “make love to every bagel we had in the house.” All the color drained from his face and I immediately knew why.
“YOU DIDN’T!” my voice cracked. He did, he ate my bagels. My reaction mirrored that of when I found out that *NSYNC was breaking up. Pitiful, “how could you?!” tears fogged up my glasses. I could hardly look in his direction as he pleaded his case. Through apologies and promises to take me on a VIP tour of the Thomas’ bread factory, I heard “they weren’t marked with your name!” Those words split through the rest in a violent manner. I think I temporarily blacked out. No, they were not marked. We are not college roommates. There is an unspoken law that no food source in a pregnant woman’s home should be exhausted without being immediately replaced. (If there wasn’t before there certainly is now).
I handled this situation the way almost any lady with a baby would…”I’m not even hungry, I’m going to bed.” 30 minutes later a pizza arrived at my door, hot and fresh and without cinnamon or any raisins.
I love my husband, pregnant me just really loves bagels.
What is something you unapologetically craved during pregnancy?
