Top ten comments about my pregnancy

[caracola]

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!!!)

Comments

[waterfaery]

You know, it's funny how much people think "heavily, visibly pregnant = spontaneous labor OMG NOW". I blame television. Because seriously? Every television show I can think of has had at least one and sometimes dozens (ER, for example) of situations where a baby is suddenly delivered out of nowhere, in public, with no warning except suddenly a big preggo bellied lady just starts panting or bending funny and then there she is on her back with a baby coming out. Nowhere in the modern media do you see the many, many hours (sometimes days) that it takes.

I saw this especially from the terrified glances I got while actually having contractions just passing through the ER on my way to labor & delivery after 18 hours at the birth center. People saw me having contractions in a wheelchair and obviously thought I was just about to pop that baby out. The funny thing was that of course I *couldn't* actually deliver vaginally, and if I'd been able to, I wouldn't be at the hospital. The baby coming out spontaneously right then was among the least likely things to have happen at that moment.

[caracola]

So true. Folks don't really get how much it takes for the baby to exit your body. I think birth is rarely as dramatic (in the "whoops, there's a baby" sense) as it is portrayed in the media!!!

[waterfaery]

Yeah. Now if I saw a pregnant woman with a toddler actually looking like she were in active labor, I might see how she was doing, because apparently those 2nd, 3rd, etc. kids do slip out a lot faster (as you know). But still, almost never like on TV.