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post #1 of 30
5/7/08 at 12:30pm
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I found this entertaining... and I have to say it's too quiet in here. I need entertainment at work to help stay awake through this forever tiredness. lol


Hmm... confession...

I am still semi smug about being pregnant since two of my friends told me there was no way I could be since I didn't ovulate for so long and I got to tell them the proof of my inner feelings.
post #2 of 30
5/7/08 at 2:17pm
I don't like it when people say 'we are pregnant'. Come on, it's only the woman that's pregnant.

I'm a little afraid that with the hormonal roller coaster that I'll say that to someone. :
post #3 of 30
5/7/08 at 2:22pm
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s Serena

I know sort of what you mean... I will likely kill DP at some point in time during the hormonal upheave because he likes to say things like, "well I know how much it's going to hurt because I saw my ex go through it..."

um... hey did YOU go through it??? NO... then SHUT UP!
post #4 of 30
5/7/08 at 4:16pm
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Originally Posted by quietserena View Post
I don't like it when people say 'we are pregnant'. Come on, it's only the woman that's pregnant.
I don't like that either. I don't mind "We're having a baby" - but "We're pregnant?" Uh, no WE'RE not! Fortunately DH thinks it's dumb too.

It also bothers me when people refer to the baby as "it." Unfortunately, this is hard to get around - "it's a boy" and "it's a girl" are so ingrained in our vocabulary, and constantly saying "he/she" or "him/her" gets old. I'm trying to come up with a nickname for the baby ASAP so we have something to call him/her - we called my best friend's bean "Baby G" all the way through her pregnancy.

I also learned very quickly that EVERYBODY has an opinion on birth, and they're going to insist you do it their way. And, rather than argue with each of these people, I've taken to smiling and nodding and saying "Oh, I'll definitely find out about that!" No... I probably won't. But if it will get you to shut up about how much I "have" to have an epidural, then I'll tell you whatever you want to hear!
post #5 of 30
5/7/08 at 4:21pm
My best friend calls mine "corn nugget"...but has shortened it to just "nugget". I told her I'm naming her baby "fish stick", fishy for short. lol!


My DH said once to people, " we are pg"..I quickly said "no....I am pg, WE are expecting". He got the hint...to not say that again. It's not rude to say that....men have no freakin clue what we are going through, and until then...only I am pg, not him.
post #6 of 30
5/7/08 at 4:22pm
I dont really have any confessions. I did a few weeks ago, but I'm symptom free now. I did have horrible nausea, but I'm on Zolfran now...and feel fabulous! About time!!!!!!!!!
post #7 of 30
5/7/08 at 4:33pm
With DD, DH and I called her 'parasite' almost to the third trimester. Then we decided it wasn't exactly respectful, so she became 'lil bean'. Which always brings up StrongBad references so it's not perfect...
post #8 of 30
5/7/08 at 5:24pm
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Originally Posted by quietserena View Post
With DD, DH and I called her 'parasite' almost to the third trimester. Then we decided it wasn't exactly respectful, so she became 'lil bean'. Which always brings up StrongBad references so it's not perfect...
HAHAHAHA! I hope I'm not having a three-legged puppy named Lil' Brudder...
post #9 of 30
5/7/08 at 8:03pm
Here's my evil little confession:

I'm not planning to tell the neighbors I'm pregnant, then see who has the cajones to comment on my changing shape over the summer.
Is that mean????
post #10 of 30
5/7/08 at 8:45pm
As far as naming goes: my parents called me "flipper" for very un-PC reasons. my dad did a lot of drugs and my mom thought i was probably deformed...made more suspicious when the doctor said "yep, I can't identify that body part either" when she asked about some part that was jutting out of her stomach late in pregnancy (all this was before routine u/s, of course).

My confession: much as I try, I'm afraid that I'll never be able to just relax and enjoy pregnancy. as a hypochondriac, it totally stresses me out. i was doing okay, but now, with strep and scarlet fever and taking antibiotics in early pregnancy, i'm a mess again. meh.
post #11 of 30
5/7/08 at 10:20pm
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Originally Posted by ainh View Post
My confession: much as I try, I'm afraid that I'll never be able to just relax and enjoy pregnancy. as a hypochondriac, it totally stresses me out. i was doing okay, but now, with strep and scarlet fever and taking antibiotics in early pregnancy, i'm a mess again. meh.
You can do it!
post #12 of 30
5/7/08 at 10:40pm
Confession: (which is not much of a secret, really, heh): I can't wait move away from here! Seems like everyone thinks I'm nuts for planning a natural childbirth, to say nothing of homebirth...sigh. If one more person says, "Girl, you're crazy!" I might go over the edge.

I did it once, I can do it again. Now leave me alone! (DD is 3.)

C'mon transfer, c'mon transfer!
post #13 of 30
5/8/08 at 11:35am
I do have another one actually.

I babysit a little boy, 10 months old. Very high needs. When he cries, he doesnt' really cry, he strains and screams. Past week or so, when he cries, it makes me feel sick to my stomach. I think it's because he strains so hard. And to make it worse, his eczema is flared up and he's been more than crabby.
post #14 of 30
5/8/08 at 12:12pm
confession: I can't wait til I am showing so all the evil jerks in my dance company who are giving me the side-eye thinking I'm just putting on weight will shut up :
post #15 of 30
5/8/08 at 12:31pm
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I will likely be looking at maternity clothes very soon due to bloating and clothes were already a little snug. My MIL has convinced me that they are a new stretchy type of material that will grow with you so they won't be too big now, and not too small then... Plus she has a JC Penny discount for working there.
post #16 of 30
5/8/08 at 1:28pm
I'm already in the mat. clothes cause I don't want anything touching me! Plus this is the only time I'm not worried about "looking" pregnant. (I've struggled with my weight for a long time.)

So yah, break out the belly panels!
post #17 of 30
5/8/08 at 1:49pm
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hehe that is reassuring, mom2annika! I'm a little overweight, myself and some shirts I have probably resembel mat. shirts very much, but I never cared... might as well get the pants to match.
post #18 of 30
5/8/08 at 6:47pm
I don't like telling people that I am pregnant. Its just an uncomfortable thing for me I guess, probably starting with our first...I was 20, we weren't married, and we were living with my parents and poor. I think I've carried that shame with each pregnancy. Now I'm 25, we have our own place, two kids, and make plenty of money, but for some reason I still feel the shame.


Oh yeah, and I second the moving thing...except for a different reason. The people here are so much our political opposite, its just hard to be here. I thought people here would be more supportive of natural parenting, but they aren't.
post #19 of 30
5/12/08 at 6:56pm
Hmmm, confessions?

Yesterday when I went to the mall there was no parking to be found - even after driving around for 15 minutes. I spotted the spaces for pregnant moms so I poofed out my gut so I looked more pg (not too much of a stretch anyways) and took one of those spaces.
post #20 of 30
5/12/08 at 7:21pm
My confession: one of the things I'm most looking forward to in pregnancy is an *upgrade* to my A-cup! (And I'm begging the gods/fate/mother-nature to keep them bigger after weaning!) I've always wanted bigger bbs but would never get implants. Shallow, no?
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