If I were keeping a pregnancy diary, which I’m not, it would read something like this.
Ten weeks pregnant. Sick. Sleepless. Crazy.
I have never been so relentlessly sick.
Except for my last pregnancy.
And the one before that, and the one before that, and the one before that….
Ok. But this feels so much worse. I’m sure I can’t survive it.
I can only eat three foods. I don’t enjoy any of them.
I am lazy. I can’t move from the couch. I am exhausted and feel nauseous at the thought of leaving the house.
My inability to do anything at all is driving my husband crazy and driving me crazy.
The kids are being wonderful. Thank goodness it’s school holidays. I am dreading having to be somewhere by 8:45am….that moment is only days away. It is giving me nightmares.
I am crying for my Mum daily. I am crying at books I read, at my children’s kindness, at anything and everything.
I just want to sleep and wake when this phase has passed, but I can’t sleep.
The days are long.
I stare at walls. Sometimes I read.
My precious little 6 year old is running the show. She is the mum, the big sister, the best friend. She brings me water. My boy gives me kisses. It makes me smile.
I know it will all be worth it.
Just hang in there.
It will all be so very worth it.
Jaffa Slice
base
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- 1 cup raw cashews
- 10 medjool dates, seeds removed
- 2 tablespoons cacao or cocoa
- zest of two oranges
- 1/2 teaspoon concentrated natural vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- Line a 20cm square cake or slice tin with baking paper overhanging the sides for easy removal.
- Place the ingredients into your food processor and blend at high speed until the mixture is completely broken down and resembling a fine sticky crumb.
- Press the mixture firmly into your prepared tin and place in the fridge.
the centre
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- 1 cup raw cashews
- zest of two oranges
- 2 tablespoons of honey*
- 1 tablespoon of coconut cream
- Place the ingredients into your food processor and blend at high speed until smooth. Use your hands to spread and gently press the mixture over your base. Place in the fridge.
the top
- 4 tablespoons soft coconut oil
- 3 tablespoons cacao or cocoa
- 2 tablespoons of honey*
- Place the ingredients into your food processor and blend at medium speed until smooth and well combined. Pour the chocolate over your slice and use the back of a spoon to spread it to the edges.
- Place in the fridge for several hours to set.
- Enjoy.
*you can sub the honey with rice malt syrup if you prefer
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