I can't stand saying the preg words but have no problem typing them. Somehow they seem fun then and easier to type even though pregnant isn't that hard lol.
I hate "preggo" in general, but moreso when used as a noun vs an adj. Here's a situation it was used in this week. (Eating at a family style restaurant for a retirement dinner, with two trays of each type of food set down... most food was set in front of me and EVERY time someone else grabbed it and passed it to my left and around INCLUDING when someone literally took it out of my hands for themselves before I could serve myself...) "Oh, sorry, Preggo, I'm first!" and then little old me, who couldn't have the delicious looking sangria and doesn't eat seafood, was left with scraps. Believe it or not, these insensitive souls are my coworkers that do like me and I was HANGRY.
It's funny how it's the little things in life that mean the most...not where you live, or what you drive, or the price tag on your clothes... There's no dollar sign on a piece of mind, this I've come to know! *ZBB*
@NYTino24 I'm so mad for you. That's rude on a lot of levels buttt if you don't let me eat when I'm hungry, chances are I will vomit on you. Gooood luck.
I can't stand saying the preg words but have no problem typing them. Somehow they seem fun then and easier to type even though pregnant isn't that hard lol.
Yep, not sure I've ever said it out loud in context (and I think calling someone a "Preggo" to their face like the story above is a bit odd) but definitely type it out. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I hate "preggo" in general, but moreso when used as a noun vs an adj. Here's a situation it was used in this week. (Eating at a family style restaurant for a retirement dinner, with two trays of each type of food set down... most food was set in front of me and EVERY time someone else grabbed it and passed it to my left and around INCLUDING when someone literally took it out of my hands for themselves before I could serve myself...) "Oh, sorry, Preggo, I'm first!" and then little old me, who couldn't have the delicious looking sangria and doesn't eat seafood, was left with scraps. Believe it or not, these insensitive souls are my coworkers that do like me and I was HANGRY.
Wow. My uncle-in-law cut in front of me (and then motion for his wife to join him) at a CHURCH potluck the other day. He's an ass pretty often so I let it go, but my sister-in-law was like "Really, cut in front of the pregnant woman waiting for food?" He just shrugged. Now that I'm further along, that is cut-worthy.
Ugh. I had a coworker who completely stopped using my name once she found out I was pregnant with my first. She only called me "Preggo" or "Mama" after that and every day she asked me "how's baby?" I was no longer a person, but a human incubator.
I do not understand people taking food from pregnant women. But I'm pretty sure I've only had the opposite experience - people trying to force feed me, which is also obnoxious. Leave me and my food alone.
Ugh. I had a coworker who completely stopped using my name once she found out I was pregnant with my first. She only called me "Preggo" or "Mama" after that and every day she asked me "how's baby?" I was no longer a person, but a human incubator.
I do not understand people taking food from pregnant women. I'm pretty sure I've only had the opposite experience - people trying to force feed me, which is also obnoxious. Leave me and my food alone.
Being called either of these makes me feel stabby. (I know Mama is sometimes said from one mom to another in encouragement, I just don't like it. I only want my kid to call me Mama)
The worst one I ever received was when I was pregnant with my first. I'm petite, 5'3" and was 130lbs pre-pregnancy. I believe I must have been maybe almost 8 months along (my kid came out at 10lbs and 21 inches at 41 weeks so you can imagine how big my belly was) and my husband and I had gone to target for a quick trip and suddenly this woman steps out from an aisle and demands to know how far along I was. I was caught off guard so I quickly answered, and she leans back down the aisle and says to someone, "come here!". This younger woman steps out and the first woman says to her, "this girl is the same amount of weeks as you-see? You could be much bigger." Then she turns to me and explains, "my daughter is as far along as you and thinks she's massive!". I was so shocked, that I just turned around and walked away as quickly as possible. I remember glancing at my husband's face and seeing his mouth just hanging open staring at that horrible woman. He asked me why I didn't go back and tear her a new one but at that point I couldn't stop crying and was just mortified.
Right? I worked as a paralegal in the family law field for a few years, so I'm used to dealing with rude people but I think hands down that was the worst thing I've ever had said to my face!
When I was 41 weeks pregnant with our 3rd I was leaving Target, waddling, partly because of baby, partly because there was a huge snow storm and it was slippery, and I had MAJOR pelvic pain. My dad had just died so I had a lot on my mind a few weeks earlier and I was there buying cleaning supplies so I could go work on our rental because our renter had also died very unexpectedly and we found out quickly that he was a hoarder and it was filthy. Just not a good time. So I'm sure I looked less than enthusiastic, and the employee at Guest Services shouted, "Hey! Cheer up! It's not that bad! You're creating new life!"
When I was 41 weeks pregnant with our 3rd I was leaving Target, waddling, partly because of baby, partly because there was a huge snow storm and it was slippery, and I had MAJOR pelvic pain. My dad had just died so I had a lot on my mind a few weeks earlier and I was there buying cleaning supplies so I could go work on our rental because our renter had also died very unexpectedly and we found out quickly that he was a hoarder and it was filthy. Just not a good time. So I'm sure I looked less than enthusiastic, and the employee at Guest Services shouted, "Hey! Cheer up! It's not that bad! You're creating new life!"
@tsa208 I've been amazed at the number of people who have had ME hold doors open for THEM, who have cut in front of me, and who have taken seats or not given them up. Now I'm not a delicate little helpless flower, but I was raised to have manners... especially around the elderly, disabled, and expecting.
It's funny how it's the little things in life that mean the most...not where you live, or what you drive, or the price tag on your clothes... There's no dollar sign on a piece of mind, this I've come to know! *ZBB*
@tsa208 I've been amazed at the number of people who have had ME hold doors open for THEM, who have cut in front of me, and who have taken seats or not given them up. Now I'm not a delicate little helpless flower, but I was raised to have manners... especially around the elderly, disabled, and expecting.
I get unrealistically frustrated when people won't give up a seat for me on the bus. Granted I ride the bus once or twice a year, but still. Don't make the pregnant lady try to balance while standing and holding the thing!
Haha - people on the bus are awesome! My DH loves this story - when I was pregnant with DS1 (and like 8 months - it was obvious) I went to sit at the front of the bus in the designated seats for pregnant/elderly people and this man sneaks behind me and takes my seat. I was shocked. The bus driver sees and tells him to move back as I clearly need the seat more than he does. He then proceeds to give me the evil eye throughout the ride and when later on he gets a seat he gave me a really smug smile. HAHAHA.... that guy! You really won getting a seat after stealing it from a really pregnant lady...way to go! I drive to work now...I don't miss that!
I got told I shouldn't eat sub meat while pregnant today. I was at a sub shop picking up food for lunch- mine was a meatball sub. I definitely gave that lady a piece of my mind! Mind yo business! And at least make sure you get you info correct if for some reason you aren't capable of keeping your comments to yourself.
When I was pregnant with DS I asked a woman on the metro if her bag was disabled that was clearly in the disabled seating area. She snapped back with a "No!" And I said "Oh so you're just breaking federal law for funsies. Move it so I can sit." She got up and off at the next stop.
Don't make me go Ludacris on you. I will tell a bitch to move.
@ElizabethSchuyler Thanks for the giggle! @JDW0325 I have eaten 3 subs so far and we are doing just fine! People need to worry about themselves.
It's funny how it's the little things in life that mean the most...not where you live, or what you drive, or the price tag on your clothes... There's no dollar sign on a piece of mind, this I've come to know! *ZBB*
When I was pregnant with DS I asked a woman on the metro if her bag was disabled that was clearly in the disabled seating area. She snapped back with a "No!" And I said "Oh so you're just breaking federal law for funsies. Move it so I can sit." She got up and off at the next stop.
Don't make me go Ludacris on you. I will tell a bitch to move.
When I was pregnant with DS I asked a woman on the metro if her bag was disabled that was clearly in the disabled seating area. She snapped back with a "No!" And I said "Oh so you're just breaking federal law for funsies. Move it so I can sit." She got up and off at the next stop.
Don't make me go Ludacris on you. I will tell a bitch to move.
Yesterday DS was watching a show on the iPad that was singing "mooo cow! Eat up the hay! Eat up the hay, cow, eat up the hay!" It was awesome.
Because we already have a girl I keep getting the "I hope you have a boy!" "Won't you be upset if it's not a boy?" "Wouldn't it be perfect?! 1 of each!" It's really driving me nuts. Like, sorry we are team green for starts and second, I could really care less if it's a boy or a girl. It makes me feel like if I have another girl people are going to be disappointed or something.
Tonight a coworker came up and rubbed my belly for an uncomfortable amount of time and said he'll be dropping "any minute" because I'm so big. Dude. I've got 19 weeks left.
Also, DH's friend just announced his wife is pregnant with their first. Tonight I said how tired I was and apparently since I took a 30 minute nap earlier I shouldn't have been. He goes "oh I was telling John earlier to be ready to hear the 'I'm growing a person' excuse a lot when his wife is being dramatic" I reminded him that this was my last baby and I no longer had use for his testicles.
Tonight a coworker came up and rubbed my belly for an uncomfortable amount of time and said he'll be dropping "any minute" because I'm so big. Dude. I've got 19 weeks left.
Also, DH's friend just announced his wife is pregnant with their first. Tonight I said how tired I was and apparently since I took a 30 minute nap earlier I shouldn't have been. He goes "oh I was telling John earlier to be ready to hear the 'I'm growing a person' excuse a lot when his wife is being dramatic" I reminded him that this was my last baby and I no longer had use for his testicles.
YES. The only thing men should ever say about pregnant women is how amazing we are. I cannot stand invalidating comments from people who have never been pregnant.
Tonight a coworker came up and rubbed my belly for an uncomfortable amount of time and said he'll be dropping "any minute" because I'm so big. Dude. I've got 19 weeks left.
Also, DH's friend just announced his wife is pregnant with their first. Tonight I said how tired I was and apparently since I took a 30 minute nap earlier I shouldn't have been. He goes "oh I was telling John earlier to be ready to hear the 'I'm growing a person' excuse a lot when his wife is being dramatic" I reminded him that this was my last baby and I no longer had use for his testicles.
Oooooh I'm seething. The other day I told DH that no man would go through this and if men suddenly had to be the ones to be pregnant, we'd go extinct. He agreed.
@bklynchica if men had to go through this, something would have been invented a long time ago to make the whole thing pain free with no recovery necessary, or some kind of intense artificial womb.
Do not judge that which you will never experience.
I think he felt bad about his comments because today he came home with a bag of cute boy shorts from Victoria's Secret. Smart man didn't even shoot for sexy, he said he got them because they seemed soft and comfy to sleep in since I was having such a hard time sleeping lately.
I think he felt bad about his comments because today he came home with a bag of cute boy shorts from Victoria's Secret. Smart man didn't even shoot for sexy, he said he got them because they seemed soft and comfy to sleep in since I was having such a hard time sleeping lately.
I think he felt bad about his comments because today he came home with a bag of cute boy shorts from Victoria's Secret. Smart man didn't even shoot for sexy, he said he got them because they seemed soft and comfy to sleep in since I was having such a hard time sleeping lately.
'Oh your having a girl and you have a boy? Great so then you are done!!' Gee thanks for deciding how many kids and what gender they should be!
Also, I got this at a party this weekend, 'oh given how long it's been since the first one, we thought you were done'. My response should have been, yes my uterus would not have it any other way!
Ugh. I had a coworker who completely stopped using my name once she found out I was pregnant with my first. She only called me "Preggo" or "Mama" after that and every day she asked me "how's baby?" I was no longer a person, but a human incubator.
I do not understand people taking food from pregnant women. I'm pretty sure I've only had the opposite experience - people trying to force feed me, which is also obnoxious. Leave me and my food alone.
Being called either of these makes me feel stabby. (I know Mama is sometimes said from one mom to another in encouragement, I just don't like it. I only want my kid to call me Mama)
"Oh, you're sad about the baby you lost? But you have one coming 3 months later!"
It's funny how it's the little things in life that mean the most...not where you live, or what you drive, or the price tag on your clothes... There's no dollar sign on a piece of mind, this I've come to know! *ZBB*
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"Oh, sorry, Preggo, I'm first!" and then little old me, who couldn't have the delicious looking sangria and doesn't eat seafood, was left with scraps. Believe it or not, these insensitive souls are my coworkers that do like me and I was HANGRY.
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TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
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I do not understand people taking food from pregnant women. But I'm pretty sure I've only had the opposite experience - people trying to force feed me, which is also obnoxious. Leave me and my food alone.
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When I was 41 weeks pregnant with our 3rd I was leaving Target, waddling, partly because of baby, partly because there was a huge snow storm and it was slippery, and I had MAJOR pelvic pain. My dad had just died so I had a lot on my mind a few weeks earlier and I was there buying cleaning supplies so I could go work on our rental because our renter had also died very unexpectedly and we found out quickly that he was a hoarder and it was filthy. Just not a good time. So I'm sure I looked less than enthusiastic, and the employee at Guest Services shouted, "Hey! Cheer up! It's not that bad! You're creating new life!"
@MississippiCatfish that's the pregnant lady version of women being told "Smile more, it looks good on you". I'm annoyed for past you.
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Don't make me go Ludacris on you. I will tell a bitch to move.
@JDW0325 I have eaten 3 subs so far and we are doing just fine! People need to worry about themselves.
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TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
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TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
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Also, DH's friend just announced his wife is pregnant with their first. Tonight I said how tired I was and apparently since I took a 30 minute nap earlier I shouldn't have been. He goes "oh I was telling John earlier to be ready to hear the 'I'm growing a person' excuse a lot when his wife is being dramatic" I reminded him that this was my last baby and I no longer had use for his testicles.
YES. The only thing men should ever say about pregnant women is how amazing we are. I cannot stand invalidating comments from people who have never been pregnant.
Do not judge that which you will never experience.
Also, I got this at a party this weekend, 'oh given how long it's been since the first one, we thought you were done'. My response should have been, yes my uterus would not have it any other way!
Duh.
TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility