Lol Franca! That reminds me of when I got approached by someone from Lega Nord spouting xenophobic crap in piazza duomo once. He caught me on a bad day. I kindly pointed out that a) I was straniera, bensì sprovvista di "abbronzatura" and b) that for noi stranieri, tutti gli italiani sono terroni, a partire da quelli con il foulard verde. I also gave him a linguistics lesson on the origin of the word xenophobia and intimated that it was a sure indication of profound ignorance and generally the reserve of the ceti bassi....Poor man was a tad shellshocked, I think I might have used too many long words.
Hhell, you can eat as many apricots as you like, the vegetable form of vitamin a is beta carotene which is actually an antioxidant that the body transforms into vitamin A as needed. It's the animal form of vit A you have to worry about, which is why they tell you to stay away from liver. Keep eating the dried apricots, they'll bump up your iron and keep you "regular".
Pippi, how exciting! I too was convinced you'd had the baby already. I hope everything goes as smoothly and quickly as possible. Here are some happy labour vibes ))))))))))