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2nd Trimester
WTF: apparently my baby is a "parasite"
so we had our first child ed class last night. keep in mind this class is at the hospital i'll be giving birth to lulabelle at - taught by the very labor and delivery nurses that will be bringing my sweet babe into the world.
the nurse/teacher was talking about how important getting extra calcium is and proceeded to tell my DH and the other 9 couples in the class:
"these babies in your bodies are parasites ladies. if you don't give them what they need they will take it from you. that's how they are designed. you don't give them enough calcium and they will suck it right out of your bones and leave you with osteoprosis."
mmk, i get your point and i'll drink a little extra milk (or have another bowl of ice cream before bed HAHA) but was it really necessary to call lulabelle a parasite? umm... no i think not.
{forever remembered and missed my sweet babe}
*m/c 10/10/10 - 7w0d*
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Re: WTF: apparently my baby is a "parasite"
That's what parasites do - they leech off their host. I jokingly refer to my kidlet as a parasite when I have to take vitamins that upset my stomach and when I'm hungry every time I turn around. I'm a bad person, though.
Scientifically, absolutely. That's what babies are before they're born.
I almost hate to admit this, but I've been known to refer to my baby as "my little parasite" when the morning sickness is really, really bad. After dry heaving in the driveway last week trying to walk the dog, DH actually had a conversation with my belly along the lines of "We love you Baby Parasite, but you need to not kill your host. You need your host to live. And we want you to live"
Granted, I don't know how I'd feel about someone ELSE calling my baby a parasite. It's like picking on your siblings growing up, you're allowed, but no one else is.
I do the same- in fact, I did this morning. "I'm so hungry! Our little parasite was not satisfied with breakfast.. I need to eat an early lunch!"
DD -- 5YO
DS -- 3YO
That, and I think she was probably trying to get an important point across. My mom was very calcium deficient while she was pregnant with me, which led her to developing osteoperosis in her mid-thirties and leading us both to have lots of dental issues.
I call the baby my little parasite sometimes. But I'd be pissed if someone else did.
Kinda like this: you can complain about your mother/husband all you want. But when someone else does it? Uncool.
Yep, I'm guilty of it too. I even have friends who will ask me how the "hosting" is going. But yeah it's ok when you or people you know say something like that. Not as much when someone else does.
I probably would have snicked when the nurse said that. I admit it, I'm immature.
I have to agree with these girls my baby is a parasite and my teeth tell me everyday!
I don't call my LO a parasite either, but it is funny when you think about how that is technically what they are. I would have used different wording, but she was probably just driving home the (true) point that baby will get EVERYTHING it needs, at the expense of YOU. Perhaps some of your classmates wouldn't have "gotten" the message otherwise.
I'm not sure if the rest of the couples in your class are as... naive, shall I say, as most of the couples in our preparing for childbirth class. Our instructor literally had to spend a half hour going over prenatal nutrition because almost no one in the class was "getting it". I thought it was an insane waste of time, because anyone who's paid attention to their OB or read virtually any pregnancy book should not have needed the lecture. Most everyone seemed to be lumped into one of two groups - the lackadaisical/ignorant group, or the I-got-all-my-OB-and-prenatal-info-from-my-great-grandma's-19th-century-obstetrics-book group.
I think you're being a bit oversensitive. Sorry -- it's easy to do when you're dealing with pregnancy hormones!!
The baby IS a parasite -- she'll take everything she needs from your body, and you get what's leftover. And if your body is harmed in the process (too little calcium, etc.), that's just what happens. I also jokingly refer to the baby as a parasite.
I actually think it's kind of cool that the baby gets what the baby needs no matter what. When I first explained to DH that all the vitamins and everything were really for ME, not the baby, because the baby would get what she needed regardless, he found it interesting also. From a biological and evolutionary aspect, that's the only thing that makes sense.
Sorry she hurt your feelings -- I'm sure she was just trying to get her message across with a little humor.
A friend suggested this to me and I replied: no, its a symbiotic relationship: she takes nutrients from me and in return gives me giant boobs!