Dads remember weird pregnancy requests
IT’S true that except physically, some women rarely change when they become pregnant. However, for others hormones and cravings can transform them into highly demanding, emotional creatures and for many fathers-to-be, this could mean nine months of an endless list of weird, frustrating and unpredictable requests.
We asked some dads and dads-to-be to share some actions or requests made of them by their pregnant partners, which clearly spelt pregnancy hormones.
Clarke, 41, soldier:
My wife woke me at 3:00 once. She wanted KFC with pickled pepper festival and chocolate milk. I was in the middle of my sleep and she just started crying uncontrollably that she was hungry and just wanted some chicken.
Dillon, 29, taxi driver:
My girlfriend walked around with a plastic bottle to store her saliva because she was producing a lot of saliva and she didn’t want to be spitting at random places when she needed to. She kept telling me it’s bad manners so I just didn’t bother to argue.
Richie, 36, contractor:
You couldn’t leave cake soap at my house — my wife would eat it off. And everything else she ate, she would put mayonnaise and barbecue sauce on it — rice, dumpling, pear, anything at all.
Dalton, 36, IT technician:
My child’s mother at about six months of pregnancy told me that she was struggling to sleep in the same bed as me. I told her I would sleep in the other room and she said no, I just needed a twin mattress because she still wanted me to remain in the same room. I did as she requested even though I couldn’t see why she needed a whole king-size bed to herself.
Leo, 33, marketing analyst:
My partner called me one night telling me to hurry home, she wanted us to rescue some baby kittens she heard crying. She said that we would want someone to rescue our own child if he was in danger. She also tried to quell all disagreements between kids, and tried to break up all animal fights. This is the weirdest thing I have seen anyone doing while pregnant.
Ainsley, 29, accountant:
My wife, who is vegetarian and has been since she was about age five, demanded grilled chicken almost every day of her pregnancy. To top it off, she would add things like peanut butter, applesauce, and other dressings. After she gave birth to our son the smell of grilled chicken made her sick.
Charlie, 38, teacher:
I don’t know if crying is a pregnant woman thing but my wife cried for the weirdest things when pregnant. I don’t even think I should repeat some of them because she wouldn’t be very happy. I would say the most ridiculous times would be when she thought she had rice for dinner in the fridge, but we had used it up the night before. She broke down in the kitchen and I could barely console her. And she asked me to get I think strawberry cheesecake ice-cream. There was none and I just took straight strawberry without asking. After giving me a proper cussing about not caring about her, the baby and their needs, she started a two-hour session of bawling while watching the ice cream melt. I was just so overwhelmed that I left the house and drove for hours until I got calm. She had about four spoons of the ice cream then vomited it all up and told me to get it out of her line of vision because it was making her feel ill.
