Pregnancy 2: Something Fishy
May 14th, 2010
Food & Health, Motherhood & Pregnancy
During the first trimester of this pregnancy, I was totally grossed out with anything that smelled of fish. It could be the real fish dish, the kitchen counter that smelled of raw fish, or the late-afternoon fishy scent of my sweaty toddler. For the first three months my diet primarily consisted of meat, vegetables, and poultry.
When I entered 2nd trimester, I suddenly had this unexplainable longing for sinabawang isda. I’d cook pangat na isda, kinamatisang isda, tinolang isda, or sinigang na isda at least 2 or 3x/week. And I would even gleefully add green leafy vegetables to my dear fish soup for some iron load up. It seems that my overactive hormones have decided to take a break and lift the moratorium on fish fiesta.
I’m on my 6th month now and, so far, the nose still can tolerate the fishy stuff. It’s best to take advantage of this appetite at this stage when I need to watch my weight, my cholesterol, and my sugar.
Dinner tonight: Kinamatisang Sapsap with Malunggay leaves. Can’t wait!
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Hi dearie!
Thanks for dropping by my blog. Sorry it took me a long time to comment back. I’ve been too busy at work.
Wow! Congratulations with your pregnancy! I, on the other hand, experienced this rare pregnancy condition: hyperemesis gravidarum (a.k.a. severe morning sickness). Would you believe that the mere scent of steamed rice made me nauseous? Actually almost lahat ng food would trigger me to vomit. That condition lasted until my 5th month, tsk-tsk.
Glad to know that your sense of smelling no longer hates fishy smell. Love, love, love fish dishes. The photo of the fish soup just made me drool.
Lots of love,
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Greetings! I just read through your blog post and I liked it. I am curious if you’re planning to develop additional posts to go together with this one?
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Allomeory May 16, 2010 at 11:18 am
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Christian, iwspo.net
I remember I hated fish too back in the early days. Recently, I’ve been eating dulong, tilapia and boneless bangus.
I guess the 1st trimester blues aka morning sickness could be a factor why you and I hated fish for a time.
So far my favorite is pinangat na isda – any fish will do.
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