Mom's Pregnancy Story
Mom and Dad at their wedding / Mom back in 2014 @ 79 years old. Just before I got married, I had a little conversation with Mom and Dad regarding how to handle pregnancy, not how to get my future wife pregnant but what to do after. Among the questions I asked was, were there any things I needed to know besides the medical sides of things. Dad smiled and told me to watch out for women's peculiarities during pregnancy. Some women, he warned, seem to do weird stuff when they get pregnant. Mom laughed and began telling me this story: * * * During one of Mom's pregnancies (they didn't say which one among the seven children), Mom told Dad that she wanted an orange. Dad said that, sometimes, preggies look for food that is either difficult or impossible to get. Compounding the problem is that you really have to find what she wants or there'll be big problems usually characterized by crying sessions, silent treatments, and, sometimes, physical harm. He was, however, relieved