You might have heard that pregnant women have all sorts of cravings. Well, I think we had one of the stranger ones. Lemon slices, lemons all day every day, we’re going to lemon slice heaven.
Obviously, I was prepared that at some point certain cravings will kick in. My mindset was, whatever it’s going to be, I just need to make sure that I do the best I can to accommodate it. I was not expecting this one though. Lemon slices at midnight, early morning after your coffee and as a desert. The number of lemons we went through is ridiculous. It got to the point where the employees of the veggie shop were giving me strange looks. Can’t really blame them, what would you do when the same person buys a bag of lemons from you every second day.
Whilst this might be another fascinating insight to how a pregnancy goes on, does make you second guess a lot of things. As every normal person in my situation, you rely on google to tell you what’s going to happen. As it turns out many times life has something new installed for you. Not complaining but it was very interesting to see what’s happening with us and to compare it with what the internet said.
As the weeks went by, and our stash of lemons was getting exhausted then refilled in a regular cycle we had some travels coming up. If you read my previous post, you probably remember me talking about traveling. Meeting friends and trying to hide our little secret. Catering for the lemon slice craze, became the newest challenge we had to tackle on this journey.
Firstly, we just had to make sure we have access to lemons. Easy enough task, just find the closest shop and buy some. Next thing to figure out is how you can transport them. Not just on a plane but everywhere you go on a trip. The solution came in the shape of small food safe plastic boxes. Lastly, and probably the most important, what to say when friends ask why your better half is having a lemon slice every hour.
There were also several very funny moments, lemon slices on the metro, on the plane whilst waiting at the airport. It’s ridiculous to see how people react to seeing someone having a lemon slice whilst site seeing. In the end who cares if the craving is satisfied.
Main reason why the lemons where needed was to keep the nausea under control. It worked like a charm, we never really had issues with vomiting and ”morning sickness”. Which by the way, in our case mainly came in the afternoon and the evenings. Another thing that makes you question what you read on the internet.
Just like everything else in life, nothing last’s forever. Same happened with the lemon slice craving. As quickly as it came, as the weeks went by it slowly faded. I might miss the constant smell of lemons in our home but knowing we got through this phase without too many demands and relatively with ease makes me feel happy.
Let the journey continue and see you in the next one.
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