Orange Juice Was My Obsession

Food plays a huge role in pregnancy. You crave it – you have aversions to it – you will eat non stop and you will not keep it down. When I was pregnant with my first child I was curious to see what I would crave. The common items I heard were ice cream and pickles and it is often the joke combination many tease you about when you are pregnant.

For me it was orange juice. I drank it like it was going out of style and had an honest obsession with it. I was caught off guard a bit because it is not some strange weird combination but it was a craving that lasted from 6 weeks pregnant through to the end.

I was not a heavy orange juice drinker before I was pregnant – just the occasional glass when we went out for breakfast. I found it a bit too sour actually, but pregnancy taste buds did not. It was like liquid gold – I took it over chocolate and sent my husband to the store at 4am if we were all out.

My body and baby must have needed the extra Vitamin C or calcium because when I say I was obsessed – I mean OBSESSED. I would drink about 8 glasses a day – 3 liters and that was limiting myself. Better then a chocolate obsession I guess – could be how I kept my weight gain to 10 pounds total…

::What food or beverage did you OBSESS over with your pregnancy?::

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