e's pregnancy survivor kit or alternatively, why e's handbag is so huge and heavy:

• sick bags, ie the same ones you get on an airplane. i've come to realise that when i need to hurl, i need to hurl, now. there are no warning signs in advance.
• dettol wet wipes for those times when the public restrooms do not have soap or for when i'm to lazy to go to the loo to wash my hands before i eat in restaurants.
• tissues (i am known as the tissue lady)
• shawl. i know that pregnant women feel hot all the time but i swing from being hot and cold just as quickly.
• a bottle of water because pregnant women should drink lots of fluids.
• mints for fresh breath after hurling.
• a pouch filled with snacks for those in between meal times when i get hungry. i have mini boxes of raisins and travel packed crackers.
• an extra bag for times when i decide to buy something because i "say no to plastic bags!"
• a notebook and a pen to jot notes down because i have a tendency to forget things (aka pregnancy brain)