Thank you so much for taking an interest in my pregnancy. Lately it seems like everyone is very interested to find out when my baby is due. Today you helped me find out why. I am apparently ENORMOUS. That was apparent after, when you asked my due date and I told you mid-January, you suggested that you guessed it would be much earlier, closer to Christmas time.
WOW.
So when people ask me that question, I now know that it isn't a) a genuine curiosity or b) fishing for something to talk about while I'm in line with them, etc., but c) they are playing the "How far along is she, because MAN her belly is enormous!" game and just want to know if they are right.
But here's a little advice on how to play the game, sweetie: DO NOT EVER TELL A PREGNANT WOMAN THAT SHE LOOKS MORE PREGNANT TO YOU THAN SHE HAS JUST REVEALED HERSELF TO BE.
Sometimes, that woman might have gained 1.1 pound for the week and realized that to stay within her gain goal she can only gain 7.5 more pounds before her baby is born, and your comments just send her into a deep, dark, depression where she actually considers a shake for breakfast and a shake for lunch.
Bitch.
7 comments:
Don't worry about your weight. As long as your doctor isn't worried than don't worry. It is a problem if you are already over weight, but you're not, you're right on track. So what if you gain more than 7.5 pounds before the end of your pregnancy? As long as your doctor isn't worried than it's okay. You don't look huge, you look normal. You actually look small for someone at the same stage. Don't worry, it's okay. Eat that shake if you want. IT'S OKAY, YOU LOOK GREAT!!! Love you!
Screw the paper store cashier. I mean, what the crap does she know from pregnant!? She sells PAPER for a living for heaven's sake! (No offense paper sellers but, um you're not doctors and shouldn't be giving opinions about pregnancy) Now, if she told you you looked like a pack of 30lb paper and you were actually a pack of 15lb paper, I'd feel her opinion might be valid. But otherwise take the train to Shuttyville and stay there! (Feel better? Love You!)
Elizabeth - HA! Glad you're back. But I was actually referring to SLIM FAST shakes. LOL No one wants those. Except my boss who will eat a piece of cake and have a slim fast shake right in a row... Anyway, the midwives have never said a word about my weight, and I know I've gained exactly within a normal range for where I am...but I REALLY didn't want to gain 30 pounds, and I'm already at +22!!
Jennie - HA HA HA HA HA! She wouldn't even know the difference in those papers...except for the difference in price. I just could NOT believe she went ahead and said, "Oh, I would've thought before Christmas time..." o.O
My friend Callie DID point out that my due date is technically only two weeks after Christmas, so it's not really as bad as it sounds, but that girl meant it as being way sooner than far off January, and knowing what she meant is what makes it suck!
I had this one lady that we went to church with in Ttown, tell me on a weekly basis that I looked like I should have that baby any day. And that was like a month and a half before he was born. This was with Bliss, of which I gained like 25lbs,and never felt enormous. I love her dearly, but after awhile I wanted to tell her it looked like she was pregnant with triplets and she's in her 70's!
There's always someone out there with a big mouth embarrassing themselves.
Moral or story...you look great. But I understand the worry...but no diet drinks.
Sara - I wish I would only gain 25 pounds! But I'm just guessing I have more than 3 pounds coming to me in the next 8 weeks. LOL
I'm sorry but I had to laugh, you write the story too well! It reminds me of a few weeks ago I had been covering Jr High football and was apparently wind burned (after 7 hrs outside) and the lady as the dollar store told me, rather blurted out without any other comments, wow that must hurt, what I say, your face she mutters... chalk it up to no one having frontal lobe control anymore.
I'm sorry, I feel your pain, but I totally laughed through the whole letter. I still maintain that you are not fat, nor do you even look like you're in your last trimester. Seriously. I should post some of my preggo pics so you can see just what fat is. Wait until people start touching your belly. I went into a Mexican restaurant and three people rubbed my belly. Also, a Mexican waitress at a restaurant rubbed my belly. Apparently, it's good luck...for them or me, I don't really know...Oh, and a lady in the bathroom at Target rubbed my belly BEFORE she washed her hands. Nice.
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