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When I was pregnant for the first time I thought I would be getting tons of food cravings and stuff, but I didn’t really have any at all! The only food thing was a slight aversion to the smell of coffee, but that went away pretty quick afterward. After you came along poh poh would often make chicken liquor soup, you know the one she makes at Chinese new year. I think she uses brandy or whiskey and chicken stock with vegetables and stuff. It’s supposed to help get your energy back up after you’re pregnant. She would also do papaya soup which was supposed to help with breastfeeding. Also you know like that dish with pork hocks with eggs and ginger and some kind of soy sauce.

-Amelia Dare

You always hear that you get tons of food cravings when you get pregnant, and that was what happened to me. I ended up really leaning into the cravings for sweets and stuff, I was always craving Tim Hortons doughnuts and Twix bars… But my mom would always try to make me food with lots of vegetables and leafy greens to try and balance that out. The ones that come to mind are laing and also tinola, which is chicken soup with bok choy and potatoes. She would use a lot of broccoli and different vegetables, and I took some kind of prenatal vitamins to supplement other stuff too.

-Petkovic