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3rd Trimester
Semi-vent about silly students. Not too bad, really.
This is just a small semi-vent about work stuff - nothing really traumatic. I just needed to get it off my chest. It's small beans to what some of you ladies have gone through, I admit, but I guess I'm asking you to humor me. Smile and nod.
Ok, so usually I'm pretty good about not giving snarky comments when asked silly questions concerning pregnancy. However, today I was apparently grumpy and didn't realize it until after work was over, and I was recounting my day.
Trying to speak to two girls in the hallway, one looks down and says, "Are you pregnant?" (She asks me this at 35 weeks?) I was holding a water bottle and said, "Nope, I just drank a whole lotta water."
Later on, another student calls me over to her (grumble about walking extra steps) and tells me I look tired. I reply, "Thank you for that astute observation as you call me to come over to you." She then tries to put her hand on my belly, to which I lean back, tell her I don't rub her belly and then explain how I'm already sharing it with one person and don't want to share with more. She didn't seem to get that I was worn out because she kept saying, "But it's so cute!" I turned around and ended the conversation by saying, "fail" and leaving.
I have a co-worker who is wonderful, and I love her. But whenever I pass her now, she always says hello to me and then addresses my belly, saying "Hello, Baby." It's odd to me because I don't know what to do. I almost feel like I'm supposed to reply back. I've stuck to smiling, instead.
And finally, I'm so friggin' tired that I can't seem to muster up the energy to grade work.
That is all. 
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Re: Semi-vent about silly students. Not too bad, really.
When people decided that my belly belonged to them and they had a right to touch it whenever... I started putting a post it note on my belly saying "DO NOT TOUCH YOU WILL LOSE YOUR HAND"
It got crazy rediculous
If it's any consolation, after talking to my niece earlier, she told me to "kiss the baby for her".
I don't think she realizes the logistics involved in that.
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I feel your pain. I sometimes forget that I am at a new school this year and a lot of the kids never saw the unpregnant me. Some kids knew or assumed, but the other day when the fifth kid asked if I was really pregnant, I said "Did you think I was just fat?" Unecessary snark, but it sure felt good.
I did have a kid say "I just want to reach out and touch it" as I squeezed my bump between two rows of seats. I did kind of dangle it in her face as it dragged over her desk though.
A lot of my new coworkers refer to me as "Momma." It can be irritating, but I am new to this building, along with about 30 other staff members, and it is sort of nice to have an identity. At least everyone remembers me as the "pregnant one" and are super nice.
LOL. Love it.
My students touch my belly all the time, but that's mostly my fault. I'm a hugger, so it came naturally that they'd want to touch the belly.
In the beginning of my pregnancy I wore some shoes that created a lot of static electricity and sometimes when a kid would reach to touch the belly it would shock them. It was funny because the kids that I don't particularly care for would always be the ones to get shocked. I actually told one kid, "OHHH, the baby doesn't like you!"
That created the game of, "I am going to poke Mrs. G to see if the baby likes me!" ...FUN TIMES!
Our first family photo!