Week 18, Day 1: Eating

Picture from Healthline.

Dear Junior, 

I went a bachelorette party last weekend and had a tasting menu. It had bone marrow with manila clams, smoked salmon and rum bread pudding. All the mommy's but your Auntie Sandy said not to eat it. With all seriousness. I only ate a bit of everything and I sat across another single woman who did not judge me when I ate the 'bad stuff'. I ATE IT! I couldn't say no. I'm hoping my tiny bite won't upset you...

If you have a weird allergy or a weird obsession for a specific food, I want to come clean about what I have been eating while you were in my belly. I follow the general guidelines about what not to eat - no sushi, only well done meat, no unpasteurized cheese, no alcohol.

Here is my list of guilty sins - white rice, a few clams in seafood dishes, Chinese roast pork, Chinese  crispy pork, ham, bacon,  Chinese sausage, sour ribbons, Chinese Steamed buns (the last few items heated till its steaming), Chinese pastries and many, many slices of delicious thin crust pizza in Brooklyn's Pizza Den on 18th Ave, near your mom's work. No cravings for pickles and ice cream or Wendys or McDonalds. Oh and I also ate deep fried liver pieces at this Turkish restaurant in Bay Ridge with dad after seeing our estate lawyer. But that's it.

Your dad and I have been making a huge effort to fill out plates with veggies and only dabble in my guilt sins. He says every thing in moderation. I agree. We watch a TV show called "Call of the Midwife" that takes places in the 1950s slums of East End. They smoked, drank and ate whatever they want. Its this reasoning that helps me sleep at night.

Love,
Mom