Late Night Cravings

Most of us have heard of or seen in the movies when a couple is asleep and the husband is woken up at a crazy hour because the wife wants something like "watermelon" or some kind of random food. So the husband drags himself out of bed and goes to get something but when he gets back she is asleep or doesn't want what he got any more, or she is still craving even when she is done eating whatever he got. This is a very commercialized situation that has some truth to it. The difference being that the cravings do not always happen at three in the morning, and (at least in my situation) when my wife got to eat what she was craving she was satisfied...for a few days. But it came back, although it was for something else when it came back, though I am not going to lie I would have a little fun every now and then of reminding her of things that she had craved before. Though that usually backfired because then she wanted whatever it was that I mentioned that she had wanted before, so I felt bad and tried to go and get what she wanted.

Ladies when it is late and you ask “Hey would you please go get me _____.” The first thing that pops into a man’s head is “Oh man. *Sigh* No I don’t want to go and get that.” But the feeling is not that simple because we understand that we cannot understand what you are feeling or going through and so we are usually willing to go and get what you/baby wants. The exception is of course if we are in the middle of something important and need to get to a stopping point before we go to get what you/baby need.

Guys, when this happens (because I guarantee that it will happen at some point) don’t see this as a bad thing. Something unique about these cravings that not a lot of people realize, is that is when a pregnant woman (or any person for that manor) has a craving, it is because her body or the baby in her body needs something and the craving can usually fill the need. Getting the food then is not a bad thing but it is a way for you to help your wife continue creating the baby. That may sound like a fake thing for some of you guys but even if you don't think that is true remember; if nothing else making a baby is hard for her and it wears her out a lot and so during pregnancy taking care of her is your way of helping her, which helps baby and so in that way you are helping you son or daughter.