#2 Update---Protect the Unborn Child

#2 is 18 weeks old and is the size (so they say) of a bell pepper. I want to share an annoying but funny story that happened this week. Ok so I'll be the first to admit my eating habits are slacking with #2. I hope he/she does not fail school/get cut from XYZ team and then find out that I ate better with Leon and blame me. But my options and my desire just don't have me excited about eating.

This week I dragged myself to my job's cafeteria to get something for lunch. They never have plain simple and healthy stuff it's always seafood (everything still in it's shell) with pasta and special sauce, chicken smothered with special sauce, brown broccoli, or something that sounds familiar but doesn't look like it should. So I asked for a cheese sandwich with tomato on whole wheat bread and then I said, oh and French fries. They didn't have any. Yes, saturated fats and French fries are bad. I know. Honestly I have had French fries maybe 2-3 (3 tops) times this pregnancy. They were out of fries.

I felt the person beside me staring. So I started small talking with her. She was getting a chicken burger and I said, "oh too bad they don't have French fries." And she said, "I don't eat fries and you shouldn't either, it's not good for your unborn child."

I wanted to say:

No sh-t. But I was also thinking about smoking some crack after work. Guess I shouldn't do that either. Da-n this baby!

I said:

I know...I really don't eat lots of fried foods. It's just hard. I always have a yucky taste in my mouth...and there are no good options...

I continued to ramble until my food came. Then I checked out the drink refrigerator looking at the various types of juice. I NEVER drink juice. When I’m not pregnant I just ignore juice. Don't get me wrong juice is not bad. But I just have always seen it as a waste of calories and usually loaded with sugar that overpowers whatever antioxidants might be left in the juice.

Mrs. Know it all said you should just drink water.

I paid for my food and quickly walked away. Pregnant Jehan is a ghetto Jehan. And I didn't want to be starting something.