Arrrggghhh, MEN!

[jubblicious]

I'm curently 36+5. At my MW appointment the other day, she, not my usual MW, told me not to eat any chocolate or sweet from now on. I have no idea why and my GTT came back fine. The only thing i can think of is that she must think i am a complete whale!

The only thing is that i am craving sweet things...like cold mars bars. My (D)H has decided to take it upon himself and be the chocolate nazi! The last thing i need to hear is him lecturing me on not eating chocolate, even to telling me off about the macaroon i ate at my NCT class!

Sorry, i'm a little wound up and annoyed at him

my dp does this. he takes everything anyone remotely medically trained says as gospel!

just take some deep breaths and remind yourself he is just trying to be helpful.

(or do what i do, tell him to f-off)

I am sorry unfortunately I cannot yet relate to what you are going through as I am only 15 weeks, but I totally sympathize with you. Have you tried raw cacao nibs? They are bitter, smell delicious, good for you as have lots of anti-oxidants, BUT have no sugar? I like these a lot. I also find that sweet fruit like pink lady apples, mangos, persimmons and grapes from the freezer completely eliminate the need for deserts/sweets, etc... Maybe, give these a try? Good luck!

I know he's trying to be helpful....but the deep breaths don't help! I'm on a short fuse at the moment...lol. so your latter advice mumatron is probably what i'll say to him!

If your midwife couldn't give you a sound medical reason for that i would have told her where to go and DH would be following shortly behind.

Agree with smoggi. Sod the midwife and crack open the Galaxy. Tell DH he should try carrying round huge bump all the time (am 40+5 so completely empathise with you!) without even a bit of chocolate for comfort.

It is a medical FACT that you NEED chocolate and cake to get you through the final weeks of pregnancy, there are several nutrients vital for the development of baby's immune system that are ONLY present in these items and if your DH deprives you of them he is putting your baby at risk.

note - don't show your DH the disclaimer

offs what a competely random thing for mw to say to you.
Get the galaxy out and then start denying your dh whatever hs heart desires. Just because.

Just to clarify, the above is completely made up but in my case confectionery was vital to my emotional well being. :)

jubb thats the polite mn version of what i would, and quite often do, say to dp.

he learnt his lesson after trying to tell me i wasn't allowed a bath, only showers

i wonder why she said that though. have you put on alot of weight?

No i haven't put on a lot of weight and she said my bump size is where it should be. I know i wasn't the slimmest of people before i got pregnant, size 14. But i haven't gone crazy during my pregnancy.

I'm getting frustrated at my (D)H. I know he means well, but he has no idea what i'm feeling at the moment. SO i do feel like telling him to sod off! lol...i do feel somewhat sorry for him.

was talking to a friend the other day (she's a midwife) she was talking about size of the baby (DS1 was a high forceps delivery - was induced at term +13, and weighed 7 lb 11oz) she was making the remark that subsequent babies are usually larger and wondering about the size of my pelvis in case no2 gets "stuck" as well. She said that any sugar in the last few weeks goes straight through and can lead to the baby getting a lot bigger in those last weeks. I wonder was the mw concerned about that? If so I think she should have made it clear - can't see me cutting out the chocolate!

bloddy hell - pregnancy without chocolate?! - What kind of evil witch is she? Are you sure she was actually a MW & not someone from the fruit-marketing-board posing as one?

I am a firm believer that your body craves for what it needs (esp when pg), so if you crave choc, have some!

lilly where can I get cacao nibs from? I've gone right off dark chocolate this pg, but usually love it - the bitterer the better!