It Happened Again!
As I'm sure it will again and again and again.
I hear that unsolicited advice about parenting is worse than the "advice" you get while pregnant.
This time it was chocolate. Is nothing sacred??? Sorry, but this will NOT be cut from my diet.
The scenario: Our CFO's birthday lunch. We were all eating lunch in our boardroom here in the office. Mexican. We have several Mexican folks on our staff and one gal brought in a Tres Leche cake. This is not my thing. It's white cake that has been soaked in three different kinds of milk with whipped cream frosting on it and fruit. Anyway, the subject of discussion moved to cakes and what kinds of cake people like the best. My turn... CHOCOLATE!!! The darker the better. Yum. Chocolate buttercream, chocolate ganache, chocolate shavings. I want it all. I can easily be bribed with chocolate cake.
The know-it-all mom in our office proceeds to ask, "You're not eating chocolate while you are pregnant, are you?" I say, "Why... yes I am!" Her response (read: in complete horror) "Chocolate has so much caffeine in it! WAY more than coffee! I can't believe you are eating chocolate!"
I laughed at her. I had to put the filter on my mouth because our CFO (who happens to be the CEO's wife) is sitting right next to her.
Now I know this lady is full of it. A full-on chocolate bar has about 31 mg of caffeine. A shot of espresso has between 80 and 100 mg. A cup of coffee is slightly higher than that.
My doctor says I can have up to two cups of coffee a day if I need it. For headaches, to keep me regular (and that's a whole other story *shudder*).
The March of Dimes has done research on caffeine. Only at doses over 300-500 mg caffeine (2-3 cups coffee) have there been ANY adverse effects noted in pregnancy; see the march of dimes website). And these levels would have to be maintained over a long period of time. So... this would mean I would need to consume about 16 chocolate bars a day every day - all at once - for them to cause a problem from the caffeine. At that point, I would be more worried about the fat grams than anything else!
So... what I wish I could have said, but I'm too classy to say it: "Ya know what? You have no idea how good chocolate cake is after smoking a joint!"
Good gravy. I maybe have a piece of chocolate cake once a week, a DECAF mocha about two days a week and chocolate pudding on the occasion when I remember to buy it.
I think I have figured out my biggest pet peeve about being pregnant. Touch my belly all you want if you think it will give you good luck, tell me my boobs are huge, that I will be hot in the summer... but DON'T tell me what I can and cannot put in my mouth!
I hear that unsolicited advice about parenting is worse than the "advice" you get while pregnant.
This time it was chocolate. Is nothing sacred??? Sorry, but this will NOT be cut from my diet.
The scenario: Our CFO's birthday lunch. We were all eating lunch in our boardroom here in the office. Mexican. We have several Mexican folks on our staff and one gal brought in a Tres Leche cake. This is not my thing. It's white cake that has been soaked in three different kinds of milk with whipped cream frosting on it and fruit. Anyway, the subject of discussion moved to cakes and what kinds of cake people like the best. My turn... CHOCOLATE!!! The darker the better. Yum. Chocolate buttercream, chocolate ganache, chocolate shavings. I want it all. I can easily be bribed with chocolate cake.
The know-it-all mom in our office proceeds to ask, "You're not eating chocolate while you are pregnant, are you?" I say, "Why... yes I am!" Her response (read: in complete horror) "Chocolate has so much caffeine in it! WAY more than coffee! I can't believe you are eating chocolate!"
I laughed at her. I had to put the filter on my mouth because our CFO (who happens to be the CEO's wife) is sitting right next to her.
Now I know this lady is full of it. A full-on chocolate bar has about 31 mg of caffeine. A shot of espresso has between 80 and 100 mg. A cup of coffee is slightly higher than that.
My doctor says I can have up to two cups of coffee a day if I need it. For headaches, to keep me regular (and that's a whole other story *shudder*).
The March of Dimes has done research on caffeine. Only at doses over 300-500 mg caffeine (2-3 cups coffee) have there been ANY adverse effects noted in pregnancy; see the march of dimes website). And these levels would have to be maintained over a long period of time. So... this would mean I would need to consume about 16 chocolate bars a day every day - all at once - for them to cause a problem from the caffeine. At that point, I would be more worried about the fat grams than anything else!
So... what I wish I could have said, but I'm too classy to say it: "Ya know what? You have no idea how good chocolate cake is after smoking a joint!"
Good gravy. I maybe have a piece of chocolate cake once a week, a DECAF mocha about two days a week and chocolate pudding on the occasion when I remember to buy it.
I think I have figured out my biggest pet peeve about being pregnant. Touch my belly all you want if you think it will give you good luck, tell me my boobs are huge, that I will be hot in the summer... but DON'T tell me what I can and cannot put in my mouth!
posted by Mama Moon | 11:37 AM
4 Comments:
chocolate is good for the soul too! keeps the mind regular! i ate oreos like crazy! a sleeve a day i would say . i had a girlfriend once tell me that chocolate would cause allergies in your kid...sheesh.
I ate it anyway! gosh i wish you would have said that to her. really i do. talk about your work rumors.
keep up the good work krista. Eat what you want! The baby says so... ;-)
Oooh, baby, yes. You are HOT in the summertime!
Your boobs are huge?
:swoon:
"For headaches, to keep me regular(and that's a whole other story *shudder*)."
LOL, I had forgotten all about this problem (my son was born 16 years ago)!
Two words: Prune Juice. (Dilute it and it isn't quite as disgusting.)
Good luck! You're doing a great job! And congrats on the condo! Would love to visit some day!
-- Jennnn
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