10 CRAZY THINGS we DID WHILE PREGNANT
From crying for nothing to making our brother eat outside because we didn’t want to inhale the smell of what he was eating, we did many crazy things while we were pregnant. We started thinking of our pregnancy days again because a family friend is pregnant and she is totally killing it. For example, claiming she hates something one minute then declaring great love for it the next minute. Pregnancy hormones, why art thou so wicked? In case you didn’t know, pregnancy hormones are real! Here are 10 crazy things they made us do. Please, blame everything on the hormones!
1. Carried someone’s toddler thinking it was our child.
This happened when our 1st girl was over a year old and we were pregnant. We went to the market back home in Douala, Cameroon with our younger brother and our daughter. After finishing our transaction at a particular shop, we picked up another toddler who was at the shop and started going our way. His/her mother had to scream, “Ekie! (exclamatory parlance) Are you taking our child??? We're sure our brother laughed at us over this for more than a week.
2. Left our key on our door and freaked out because we thought it was missing.
It seems our brain went on a vacation when we got pregnant. We once forgot our key on our front door and later looked for it frantically, not having the slightest idea where we could have left it. When we got home, it was right on the door.
3. Cried while watching movies.
We cried terribly while watching movies. We became super emotional and so sensitive to people’s sufferings in movies. We would wail seriously when we watch something touching. It looks like this trait followed us out of pregnancy because these days we get emotional and cry even when we watch cooking shows!
4. Avoided rubbing body lotion for weeks.
With our first pregnancy We hated smells with a passion so our body went without any lotion for weeks because we couldn’t stand the smell. We even avoided using (scented) soap to wash our body.
5. Vomited only because we saw a particular food.
Believe it or not, we threw up just because we saw groundnuts (peanuts) in our kitchen. We hated it with a passion and just even thinking about it made us nauseous.
6. Got angry with Mr. N. for nothing.
Like why did he buy the burger and go shop some more instead of coming home to give us our warm burger? Seriously, this thing hurt us like it was was one of the major problems in the world. Ha.
7. Cooked food no one else but us could eat.
The meals we make during for myself during pregnancy are blander than bland. We always hide them away from guests because it will be pure wickedness to serve someone what we cook.
8. Made our brother eat outside because we didn’t want to smell what he was eating.
Our brother was dying to eat some sardine – sardines in oil from the can. We couldn’t stand the smell so he had to go eat outside.
9. Slept during normal activities.
We could sleep for Africa. Anywhere and anytime.
10. Danced with our pregnant belly.
Hahaha. We danced like crazy in our last pregnancy (mostly without an audience so no one would think we are crazy).
Dear moms, we're sure we're not the only one who experienced moments of insanity during our pregnancy. What was your pregnancy like? What are the crazy things you did during pregnancy? And if you have never been pregnant, what are the crazy things you have experienced a pregnant mom around you do?
