What mummy wants, she gets

Why do some people imagine that a pregnancy craving is something expectant women make up? Until you have walked in her shoes, you can never understand how the brain of an expectant mother works. I have seen several people crucifying them claiming that they always crave for things that are either hard to find or sweet and expensive.

How difficult is it to find or afford soil or better still that soft rock that they crave for? Why would the craving for soil be genuine to you and the crave for pizza be a pretense? Maybe I should tell you all today that the last thing on an expectant mother's mind is room for pretense.

They say and do it as it is. That is why you see some of them, who are otherwise fashion-conscious, rocking bathroom slippers in town during pregnancy and they feel nothing about it. That is the pregnancy brain at work.

The other day, a colleague made fun of this precious lot by asking why no pregnant woman has ever cut ties with money the same way they cut ties with other things. We have seen some expectant women even cutting ties with their spouses, because the pregnancy cannot stand them.

This, I can attest to. As much as I had fasted and prayed not to fall prey to this animal, it caught and devoured me. The last person I wanted to set my eyes on was the person responsible for my pregnancy. In fact, I would even start wailing if he insisted on seeing me.

Pregnancy never chooses how it will deal with people or issues, it just happens. Trust you me, as much as some of you may imagine that no pregnancy has ever said no to money, I can tell you for a fact that I have seen expectant women who cannot stand the smell of money.

Yes, I said it, money has a scent. In fact, during pregnancy, everything has a scent, even the pen at the receptionist.

I would probably imagine that the strong sense of smell is what drives many women crazy. Every one of us is created in a unique way, while others will do anything to feel the scent of pizza, others would even kill to evade it. Hold it, not like I am advocating for any killing, remember, this is a pregnancy brain, so provoke it at your own risk.

As someone who has gone down that path at least once, I would never set my judgmental eyes on any expectant woman no matter what. If your expectant better half tells you that she hates the smell of that house, my friend, move out as fast as possible or better still rent her a different house.

If she doesn't want to see you, make yourself scarce, if she craves for soil, with all due respect dig up some for her without comparing her to a snake!

Do not compare your wife or girlfriend's craving to another woman's. If she craves grilled chicken and you can afford it, go ahead and make it available. Do not start asking why only the grilled chicken. What did you expect her to say if her craving pointed towards grilled chicken? Boiled termites?

Please respect the cravings that come with pregnancy. It is not about understanding it because, trust me, you will never understand them. Just be a woman's keeper and make her pregnancy worth the time.