Cravings

With pregnancy comes cravings.  Here are some of the foods that I've craved over the last few weeks:

• Apple Turnovers - for a while I had to have my husband pick these up from the bakery at the grocery store every time he went.  They're just so flaky and delicious.  Yum!
• Edy's Fruit Pops - I get the worst dry mouth every morning when I wake up (or in the middle of the night).  Edy's Fruit Pops are the best thing to help with this.  Luckily they're only 45 calories a pop.
• Grapefruit - unfortunately cutting up a grapefruit can be time consuming, so I decided to try the ruby red Del Monte grapefruit that comes in a jar.  I seriously can not get enough of this stuff.  I probably eat 3 grapefruits worth a day. 
• Chocolate Milk - not a milk fan, but I've been trying to get more calcium....and chocolate milk is yummy.
• V8 - This just seems to settle my tummy whenever it's sad (which is kind of all the time).
• Diet Dr. Pepper - this has been a very recent thing.  I gave up caffeine when I starting IVF and continued to be coffee-free when I found out I was pregnant.  It wasn't a big deal for me.  I don't really ever drink soda and I don't even drink coffee everyday.  However, the other day, I brought home dinner and had a Diet Dr. Pepper for the hubby.  I took a drink of it...and then another...and then another.  It just tasted SO good!  Then I felt guilty because it was the first caffeine (and artificial sweetener) I'd had in months.  Then I thought back to when my doctor told me "less than 200 mg of caffeine a day was acceptable when pregnant."  I looked up how much is in a Dr. Pepper and it's less than 50 for 12 oz.  I figured I could indulge every so often.  So I have...a couple times since then.  I'm not going to make a habit of it, but I figure there are worse things...