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July 2013 Moms
AWKWARD.....
Last night I was the lucky recipient of a random fellow parent my sons school making comments about my belly. Anyone else had to deal with comments like " when are you due ? Insert raised eyebrow face" ..."are you sure there is not more than one in there?" .... "I think it's a girl because boys are out front and you are ALLLL around hand motion as if she is feeling an inner tube around her waist ".
This lady just kept going on. In front of a group of other parents I didn't really know. She even proceeded to touch my side where my "love handles" would be. I tried to stick up for myself telling her this is my fourth. I was hurt. I have no control over how I carry and NEWSFLASH.... I was not a toothpick before I got pregnant.
How would you respond? Smile and ignore? Tell her where to go?
This lady just kept going on. In front of a group of other parents I didn't really know. She even proceeded to touch my side where my "love handles" would be. I tried to stick up for myself telling her this is my fourth. I was hurt. I have no control over how I carry and NEWSFLASH.... I was not a toothpick before I got pregnant.
How would you respond? Smile and ignore? Tell her where to go?
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Re: AWKWARD.....
Personally I'd crack jokes back. I just don't care. I'm pregnant and I am bigger, I own it, I don't tolerate being made fun of or the butt of jokes though.
Comment: "Are you sure there's not more than one in there?!"
Response: "I sure hope not!!"
Comment: "I think it's a gril because boys are "out front" and you're ALL around!"
Response: "We shall see!! I carried my DS the same way so, we shall see!"
Comment: reaching out to touch my love handles
Response: Reach right back and say, "Wow, are you sure YOU AREN'T PREGNANT?!"
I wouldn't get too worked up or get your feelings hurt, although it is rude, she really shouldn't have any effect on your life. She just doesn't matter.
I've been in similar situations to this. People will come up to me and ask me when I'm due and I'll try to politely tell them that I'm due in the beginning of July and their response is usually "wow, you're going to get so much bigger" or "really?? you seem like you're going to pop any day now"
Like gee thanks I didn't know that I looked like a beached whale thanks so much for rubbing it in. Lol
I'm too nice of a person and I don't like confrontation so me personally I would just smile and ignore and just walk away. These days I get through it by telling myself that everything is happening to my body for a good reason. I hope it gets better for you. I know it sucks but stay strong. It'll all be over soon right?! Lol
I've heard everything from this to "wow, you only look like you're 4 months pregnant!" and a woman last week told me I was clearly having a boy because I was carrying so low. Nope, it's a girl. And someone the day before said I was carrying right in the middle.
I think people just want to say SOMETHING, you know? And they end up saying something dumb, lol. I try not to take anything anyone says seriously (except for my doctor).
Me:27, DH:28 - DX: MFI, varicocele repair Nov 2011
Post-Op SA: Count- 15 million, Motility- 75%, Morphology- 3%
IVF with ICSI - Stimming 10/4/12 - 10/13/12, Lupron Trigger
ER 10/18/12, 12 eggs retrieved, 8 mature, 5 fertilized
5 day transfer 10/23/12, 3 frosties
Beta #1 11/5/12: 453, Beta #2 11/7/12: 1,013, DD born 7/19/13