Top ten comments about my pregnancy
I know I've been very free to share my complaints about pregnancy, but really it's not that bad! There are moments I love being pregnant. And truly there is nothing that compares to being able to feel Xavi all warm and safe and cozy in my belly -- We already have little games we play with each other, like the foot catching game. (HOURS OF FUN!!!) My Biophysical profile yesterday of the Amniotic Fluid Index (=16) and Non Stress Test (great active baby with normal heart rate) was greatly reassuring that Xavi is a healthy, big baby. The technician was impressed with how responsive he was every time she touched my belly with the ultrasound thing. All that foot catching pays off, eh?
I walked around for a few hours yesterday, getting some exercise and stepping into stores around 15th. Every place I went to, with the exception of the old used bookstore in the old rickety house next to Coastal Kitchen, someone had a comment for me about my belly. People mean well, and I don't think it's ever malevolent, but sometimes it's thoughtless.
The extra attention has the potential to be fun now and then - people are really nicer to me, and strangers go out of their way to smile at me. Then there are those moments you just get really sick of people thinking JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE PREGNANT it's okay to comment freely on your physical appearance. Here are my very (um) favorites, most of which I heard yesterday:
10. Somebody's about to have a baby! (OMG RILLY? IS IT ME?)
9. Wow! You're sooooo big! (0_0)
8. When are you due? (Yesterday.)
7. Can I touch your belly? (Can I touch yours?)
6. Are you sure there's only one in there? (Right. Mom, midwife, radiologist, doctor, fetoscope, ultrasound, and electronic fetal monitor are all wrong.)
5. What do you got in there? Puppies? An elephant? (As far as I can tell, it's human.)
4. You look like you're about to pop! (...you one in the jaw!)
3. (When I walk into a store) Should we be concerned? You're not going to have it here, are you? (Can't I just fucking walk into a store anymore?)
2. (When I stretch my back holding onto a counter) Are you in labor? (Yes. That's why I've decided to come to QFC.)
And the very best comment I've received, just yesterday when I was minding my own business quietly shopping:
1. (To 3 year old son, loudly across a store) Honey, do you think that lady over there ate too much? (Bring that 3 year old a little closer, lady. He looks like he'd make a great breakfast.)
I walked around for a few hours yesterday, getting some exercise and stepping into stores around 15th. Every place I went to, with the exception of the old used bookstore in the old rickety house next to Coastal Kitchen, someone had a comment for me about my belly. People mean well, and I don't think it's ever malevolent, but sometimes it's thoughtless.
The extra attention has the potential to be fun now and then - people are really nicer to me, and strangers go out of their way to smile at me. Then there are those moments you just get really sick of people thinking JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE PREGNANT it's okay to comment freely on your physical appearance. Here are my very (um) favorites, most of which I heard yesterday:
10. Somebody's about to have a baby! (OMG RILLY? IS IT ME?)
9. Wow! You're sooooo big! (0_0)
8. When are you due? (Yesterday.)
7. Can I touch your belly? (Can I touch yours?)
6. Are you sure there's only one in there? (Right. Mom, midwife, radiologist, doctor, fetoscope, ultrasound, and electronic fetal monitor are all wrong.)
5. What do you got in there? Puppies? An elephant? (As far as I can tell, it's human.)
4. You look like you're about to pop! (...you one in the jaw!)
3. (When I walk into a store) Should we be concerned? You're not going to have it here, are you? (Can't I just fucking walk into a store anymore?)
2. (When I stretch my back holding onto a counter) Are you in labor? (Yes. That's why I've decided to come to QFC.)
And the very best comment I've received, just yesterday when I was minding my own business quietly shopping:
1. (To 3 year old son, loudly across a store) Honey, do you think that lady over there ate too much? (Bring that 3 year old a little closer, lady. He looks like he'd make a great breakfast.)