Random Week of 10/8

psychobutthead

@chucksmom15 oh damn! hope it clears up quick!

mrskoz428

@msb615 girl, get all the leggings! 

mrskoz428

@chucksmom15 ugh! How frustrating! We had a case of HFM in 4th grade last year! 4th GRADE! I thought I would be avoiding that teaching older kids; clearly I was wrong.

expandcontract

Duuuude, I already have a major blump mostly from the steroids! Im already getting people staring at my tummy while I'm talking to them. Im going to have to tell the rest of my office much sooner than I'd like.  

mrskoz428

@expandcontract my school’s secretary figured out I was pregnant yesterday because she said she could tell I was hiding a bump. I thought I was doing a pretty good job. Clearly not!

k2k2tog

@mrskoz428 how did that come up? Did she ask? When I came back to work this September, I was suspicious that one of the kindy teachers was pregnant but I would neeeeever have asked her. Turns out she is. 

lappymom2019

Our office has a code to get into the bathroom. What kind of horrible person would do that? It is bad enough I have to run through a maze to get to it!

mrskoz428

@k2k2tog yep, she just asked. Now that I think about it, seems kind of rude, you know, I’m case I wasn’t pregnant. I had a coworker figure it out at 4.5 weeks because I was more exhausted than normal. 

Edited because my finger slipped and hit post.

psychobutthead

@mrskoz428 i agree it is rude she asked. Ive been asked if i am when im not and it pissed me off. 

imrachellea

I mean.......

imrachellea

Also, DD2 was up three times before midnight last night 😔 The first time was a night terror. That's her second within a few weeks. DD1 only every had one. My brother was a sleepwalker, so I hope this doesn't become a thing. It freaks me out...

mrskoz428

@imrachellea 😂😂😂 I was too excited to care at the time, but so true. I’ve NEVER asked a woman if she was pregnant, even when it was SUPER obvious!

k2k2tog

@mrskoz428 yup, 100% rude. I would have gone for acting super offended, reminded her that it's a completely off-limits questions, and then stormed away. Unless I had that sort of relationship with her, I supposed.

megsb615

@chucksmom15 Oh no! Hope he can avoid catching it! Fingers crossed! 

eatinwatermelonseeds

I wear over sized shirts and leggings every day. No one has guessed because my belly is completely covered by a flowy shirt. I'm honestly terrified to wear tighter clothes because I know they will. And right now my "bump" isn't baby, it's burger king. 

megsb615

@eatinwatermelonseeds girl same! The difference in the blump from morning to night is shocking 😂

eatinwatermelonseeds

@msb615 I just looked in the mirror and was like "wait, where'd my muffin top go?" By tonight it shall return. Or more realistically the second I eat or drink anything. 

mrskoz428

@msb615 @eatinwatermelonseeds omg yes! My blump is unreal! I didn’t think I was bloating but I gain 4 months of pregnancy between waking up and going to bed! 😂

peachy13

Team blump! I stopped bf'ing 5 months ago and my hormones/weight have been a little out of whack ever since, despite my best efforts to eat healthy and exercise. Ah well. Now I'm just looking forward to a nice baby bump.

chucksmom15

In 4th grade @mrskoz428!  I thought it was only in little kids.  It sounds horrible for anyone.  My niece just had it and was miserable.

knottie0d8cc4d43bacc09f

The blump is REAL. Should we start a HDBD thread?? 

ETA thanks @k2k2tog

aels12

@chucksmom15 I hope your lo doesn’t get it!! My 20 month old ds is about halfway through it right now. Not fun!

lovelybabybumpz

@mrskoz428
That drives me crazy. People don't "figure out" that one is pregnant, like they're freaking detectives. They look for any sign of puff, tiredness, sickness and set up the uterus neighborhood watch. (Unless it was after you told your coworker and she said 'oh I suspected)
ETA - ^ That's about your coworker who 'figured it out.' Not the one who asked. What is wrong with people?

missy052819

lovelybabybumpz said:

@mrskoz428
That drives me crazy. People don't "figure out" that one is pregnant, like they're freaking detectives. They look for any sign of puff, tiredness, sickness and set up the uterus neighborhood watch. (Unless it was after you told your coworker and she said 'oh I suspected)
ETA - ^ That's about your coworker who 'figured it out.' Not the one who asked. What is wrong with people?

 uterus neighborhood watch...too funny

megsb615

@lovelybabybumpz They soo do. 😂

haboobjob

@mrskoz428ummm that's so rude. i second the meme above. i had someone ask me (when I wasn't pregnant) at my daughter's birthday party. They said, oh people were talking and thought you might be pregnant. Nope friend. It's just the stress eating paired with an ill-fitting jumpsuit that I thought would be cute. Jumpsuit has never been seen again.

brie_and_almonds

I used to teach middle school, and I always carry my weight in my belly, so I used to get asked by students like a couple of times a year ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.  Many 13 year olds are still figuring out acceptible social boundaries, so I learned to let it roll off, and I would always tell them that that's not really a polite question to ask someone. At the same time, I had one student who didn't know I was pregnant until I was like a week from my due date and talking to the class about what would happen while I was on maternity leave... at that point it was like, really kid? This big ol' round thing and you didn't figure something was up?

Definitely ruder when it's adults though. I have had a couple of people try to sly-ask "So... you ever think about having another one...?" while heavily eying my belly. The only time I had a coworker straight-up ask if I was pregnant, I was, and I did tell her because we were pretty close and I was one of the first people she told when she was pregnant, but it was still a weird position to be in.

brie_and_almonds

@haboobjob I hate when it ruins an article of clothing. I got this cute floral top last spring, and I thought it looked nice, a little bit dressier than casual, good for those weird in-between events where jeans and a tee are too casual but a dress or a skirt is too much. Then I wore it a couple of times, and every time I noticed people's eyes flickering to my belly... it's now reserved for laundry-days when I have nothing else to wear.

zuuls_mom

@mrskoz428 that is SO rude that she flat out asked! I have friend who carried weight in her stomach only and got asked quite a bit if she was expecting. It really hurt her feelings. I even had an asshat at my old company ask me how much weight I had gained when I was like 8 months pregnant. People need to keep their mouths shut!

SpaceBurger

HFM is the pits. We got it last year. Luckily it passes pretty quickly compared to some colds that seem to stick around for weeks and weeks and weeks. 

nonlinear_function

The year after I got out of college, I lost a bunch of weight. I remember wearing a cute little baby doll dress to teach Saturday school. I was walking down the hall, feeling great about myself, when another teacher said, "Oh Miss Lastname, I didn't know you were pregnant!" Mood ruined. And what really hit me is that she was so sure! She wasn't even asking, but confident enough to just throw it out there. My response was a deflated, "Nope, just apparently still fat." 

k2k2tog

@liliumstargazer13 wow. I bet she felt really bad after that and hopefully learned her lesson. I'm surprised so many people still don't understand this basic aspect of human interaction.

SpaceBurger

If anyone asks me at work, I'm going to say, "No, just fat." With a long pause to make them feel weird, then tell them the truth. I can't wait hahaha

eatinwatermelonseeds

My first pregnancy I started very tiny. Looking back I was just a twig. When I started showing, I was still pretty small... Or so I thought. I was taking two classes toward my degree... Well, a degree I changed after that quarter 😂... And at about 24? Weeks, I started having Braxton Hicks and they were painful. I stepped out of the class, obviously uncomfortable, and when I came back my teacher announced that I was due any day now. I kindly told her I wasn't due for another 3 months (ish). Her eyes widened and she was like "WOW! He must be a BIG boy! Don't worry, I was huge too." Hey, fuck you lady. Then I went to my next class and let the teacher know I may not be there the following day and he was like "oh, yeah, you're giving birth soon aren't you?" No dude, I'm just pregnant and fucking uncomfortable... But I'm never wearing this shirt again, shit. 

peachy13

Does anyone have any good time-wasting activities besides FB/instagram? I'm bored to tears at work.

megsb615

@peachy13 I still love Pinterest. I’ve been looking up fall baby announcement lately 🙂

eatinwatermelonseeds

@peachy13 @msb615 Pinterest all day. I've created a whole new life on that app 😂 I've got an amazing house, cool ass kids, best meals, and the nicest wardrobe... On Pinterest. 

expandcontract

Duuude baby doll tops are the death of anyone! Even when I was super skinny and wore one,  people would ask me if I was pregnant.  Like wtf? I have absolutely no baby doll tops in my closet now.  

k2k2tog

Let me try this again...

I roasted a butternut squash last night, but had no energy to do anything with it once it was done. So... what should I do with it? Recipe ideas?

kvh22

I parked in the stork parking spot even though no one at work knows I'm pregnant. I work from home usually, as I did this morning, then dropped DD off and got the office just before 10. I figure this and 3rd tri are when I really need it and the odds that anyone I know sees me is pretty slim (4,000 people on our campus).