Pregnancy - Week 7

I have only one craving. My first craving in this pregnancy. I want fruit. I want fruit in the morning, before lunch, for lunch, after lunch and for dinner. I think it is the juice and the sweetness in fruit that I am actually craving for. My tongue feels like yucky tasting sandpaper and sugar seems to help. One fruit that stands out at the moment are cherries. I am hooked on cherries. I have eaten 2 boxes of it so far and I am also loving pink lady apples, oranges and plums. Bananas are pretty good too though I'm not jumping up and down for it - maybe because it is less sweet compared to the others.

I am still having bad evenings. I am still unable to cook. I do force myself to do it but its a very difficult task to complete. I have also realised that I cannot eat cheddar cheese. By that I mean the solid blocks that one buys and cuts up. I think it could be the high fat content that makes my stomach turn. Kraft's processed cheese slices are fine with me.

Unfortunately being pregnant means I cannot have my other favourite cheeses like Brie, Camembert and Roquefort for fear of listeria. That is worth a mourning. This also means no more sashimi or sushi either. I now wish I had eaten all of that to my hearts content prior to November. Its going to be a LONG wait till August when I can have those again.

I have been keeping tabs on my weight to make sure I don't gain weight too early in the pregnancy and also just because I'm curious about how this 'blowing up in size' is going to happen overnight. So I have been religiously weighing myself every morning after I wake up, used the toilet and brushed my teeth. Every morning without fail, with the same one piece of clothing on, I hop onto the machine. And since I am keeping a close eye on the moving needle, I thought I'll create a chart recording the changes and share it with you guys :)

Here is the chart thus far:-

No weight gain as yet :)

cheryl