I just had to update last night's post immediately. I was just skimming CNN.com, and right on the front page (albeit below the cyber-fold) is an article from Parenting.com (among other articles apparently from CNN partners). The title: 12 Pregnancy Must Haves. This really got me interested, given that I spent time last night writing about how unnecessary most of the supposed "must-haves" are. So I click on it. Pregnancy Must Have #1? A 12-Pack of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Deluxe Dinner. So convenient, you can even order right from the Parenting.com website! Way to promote good pregnancy nutrition, folks! Just what the baby needs. I can see fulfilling a craving now and again, and when I felt pretty nauseous last Sunday and needed to eat something bland for lunch I have to admit I made a box of Whole Grain Mac & Cheese, but a 12-pack of the dinner size?
Other wonderful recommendations: a 2-lb bag of dum-dum lollipops (they help with nausea, apparently), a $30 organic skin cream for stretch marks (Palmer's cocoa butter is what, like $8 at CVS? And has been working for women since its inception), and a box of 36 King Size Hersheys Milk Chocolate bars because chocolate "is a great pick me up!". So is cocaine, I hear, why don't they just recommend that too?
The belly band and the body pillow both make an appearance, and dental floss as well, which I guess you will need more of if you are indulging in Mac & Cheese, Dum Dums, & Hershey Bars on a regular basis (really though, because of hormone irregularities, pregnant women are at higher risk of gingivitis and need to have good oral hygiene). These are more benign suggestions. But I really hope not too many women take articles like these as license to do things that might be harmful to themselves in the long run or just cost them a lot of money they don't need to spend.
Always looking at the health standpoint, can't help it.
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