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3rd Trimester
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So a cashier says to me ...
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"Should you be walking around?"
"Yes. Yes I should!"
"How much longer?"
"Oh, a couple of weeks."
"Oh I don't think so. You're REALLY low."
"Um... We'll see."
Why thank you stranger. Guess I'll go home and have my baby now!
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Re: So a cashier says to me ...
I think a proper response would have been:
"Should you be walking around?"
"No, actually. Please carry me papoose-style as I have a few more errands to run."
Aren't people SO random? Yesterday in Panera, some woman is just staring at me.
Her: When is your baby due?
Me: 2 weeks.
Her: Oh.
Then she stared another minute and walked away. WTF?
Didn't you know? Some people have the ability to have telepathic convos with your baby
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Dont you just LOVE the unsolicited advice and opinions from strangers!?
The conversation I have with patients about 3x a day goes something like this...
"Oh, when are you due?"
"About 2 weeks"
"Oh wow! Why are you working?!"
"I guess if I went into labor, the best place for me would be a hospital"
:::::thinks to self though ...."b/c the baby isnt here yet!" (I choose not to say this aloud b/c it would come out really sarcastic)
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Haha she would have loved me with my 3 munchkins in tow....
"no I shouldn't here take my kids and enjoy!"
Ha ha ha! I have a student who doesn't like to go to class, so on occasion (read every single day) I'll walk her up to science to ensure she gets there. She keeps telling me "But Miss. You shouldn't be walking, your water might break." My response to her is "GOOD! Shall I jump up and down while I'm at it?"
My BFP Chart
"Yes. Yes I should!"
"How much longer?"
"Oh, a couple of weeks."
"Oh I don't think so. You're REALLY low."
"Um... We'll see."Why thank you stranger. Guess I'll go home and have my baby now! Sounds like the same conversation I had today!....LOL
I was standing in line and some random lady behind me says, "You're carrying REALLY low! You're going to go soon since you've dropped!"
Umm, nope. I havent' dropped. I'm not dialated. I'm not effaced. Now please go away.
I didn't exactly say that but I just smiled and nodded. I think the cashier knew I was irked and she made a comment about me looking great. Couple brownie points for her!
I had to jump on register to help out at work last week when I was in for a few hours and this lady looks at her 7-8 year old daughter and says "Look Honey, that lady has a basketball under her shirt!" The daughter looks uncomfortable and the mom laughs and says "Oh, you don't beleive me huh?"
Then the same day I stop at a goodwill drop-off trailer to drop off some stuff and the two people there say "Hey, about time you showed up with our watermelon. We are hungry!" I look confused at them and hand them my bag of stuff and the guy says "You know, the watermelon under your shirt. Can we have it?" Sooo weird!
People are so strange! Don't they know no pregnant woman wants to hear that?
I just visited my friend who had her baby at the hospital. When I got there I walked up to the counter to ask what room my friend was in and the old guy immediately says, Do you need labor and delivery? I'm like, well yes, but not for me. He could not understand for the life of him that I was actually there for a friend and not for myself. Thanks buddy, but I actually am not due for another 7 weeks!
OMG - that is really bad!!! I had lost some weight for my wedding and my drycleaner commented how pretty I looked, nice, right? Once I got pregnant and started gaining weight she said to me in these exact words - "What happened to your body?" Yikes!
LOL...I think you should have said your closing comment and watched her face! LOL
I honestly don't get where people come up with these comments. I have had some interesting ones in the last week or so myself. I'm so sick of everyone asking how I'm feeling. I'm certain they don't want to know the truth so I tell them what I know they want to hear!!! LOL
I also had someone I hadn't seen in a while tell me, "I can't believe you're still running! You're so big! I thought you'd be smaller!" Gee, thanks.
This is so true! I know they're trying to be nice but do they really want to know that I'm losing my MP, my labia hurts and I really want to poo!
My BFP Chart
I was in Target the other day and the cashier says "I'd better hurry and ring you up, you're gonna have that baby right here!"
There's nothing more pleasant than a stranger commenting about the state of your lady parts in public - around other strangers. Oy.
I had an old women give me a dirty look when i was buying DH a Vente Coffee from starbucks. I just stared down at her until she turned away..
and a couple weeks ago i was looking at a bathing suit with a sales girl and this old bag walked in muttering "you! don't wear that, put that back, don't wear that." (i've gained nearly 30 lbs and 25 of it is all belly).. The sales girl and i looked at each other in amazment and just started laughing, the old bag walked away proceeding to ramble on to herself, so i just blew that off as she was a crazy old bag. lol.
today a lady in my office and i had this coversation:
"girl, when is your last day??"
me: "i'm not due till july"
"well they must have got your date wrong because you have dropped more than the last time i saw you!"
me: "haha..." (very sarcasticly)
while i am thinking in my head... i am only 34 weeks... AND my baby is still breech...
thank you for you expert advice lady.
I am 100% sure that you had an encounter with my grandma!! LOL! That is exactly the kind of thing she would say!!
A couple weeks ago I was in a convenience store and this lady walked by me and as she was walking asked if I was having a girl and I said "nope a little boy" and she stopped, moved her sunglasses down her nose and really looked at me and said "huh" and walked out of the store. Weird.
Then the other day we were in the grocery store and I had this conversation with the clerk:
clerk: how many do you have in there?
me: just one
clerk: how much longer do you have? Any day?
me: nope - still 3 more weeks
clerk: oh
I think people don't realize how BIG you get at the end of a pregnancy, so when they see someone who is 8 months they think THAT's huge.
I mean, think about it. How many 9 month pregnant women do we really see walking around town like nothing's going on? It's not comfortable so we tend to stick close to home as much as possible.
And if at any point somone ever tells me that I'm "carrying low" I will remind them that I'm just bloated because I haven't pooped in god knows how long, but thanks for thinking my poop baby is ready to come any day now. I hope you're right!
I know! My coworkers always ask me how I'm doing/feeling? I know they don't really want to hear my complain about my back and feet hurting at the end of my shift or about how my stomach has been really tight/contracting for hours or how I have to pee CONSTANTLY. All they want me to say is "good, really good", lol! So annoying!