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tealowl · December 2013

I'm going to punch the next person that tells me I can't do or eat something.

Last night I was jogging at the gym, and the owners mother (she does the daycare) waggled her old lady finger at me and said that I shouldn't be doing that. I blew her off and said sure I could, it's perfectly healthy.

Now, I just posted on FB about getting sushi, and my friend texted me "DONT EAT SUSHI!!!!!!!" (with all of the exclamation points), so now I'm telling her off.

tealowl · December 2013

I have no problems telling people they are wrong when this stuff happens.

I keep telling people if hot dogs and deli meat and sushi and diet pop and hair dye and body wash and lotion and deoderant were SO HARMFUL to a pregnant women, you'd have to sign waivers everytime you went inside a store or restaurant or grocery store that you weren't pregnant or couldn't sue them.

UGH.

tealowl · December 2013

I had chicken tempura and some avocado roll with I think shrimp in it. It was supposed to be tuna.

But even so, six rolls equals just a small chunk of sushi meat, and since I've only had it twice since I was pregnant, I can't imagine it being dangerous.

And lightly jogging a mile is no reason for someone to wag a finger at me and scold me. This womans daughters owns a gym and does fitness competitions yearly. She's had 9 m/c's and had to do IVF with her 2 kids and worked out during both pregnancies I'm sure.

tealowl · December 2013

cruelsound said:

Not to be Debbie Downer but, as long as you are a parent, you are going to get other people's opinions on EVERYTHING.

Oh I know...it's just been so long since I've have to deal with it, since DD is 12 and all. I also get the 'I can't believe you want to start over again' or 'a teenage and a baby, well good luck to ya'

Sorry, I had my first kid at 19, wasn't exactly a cake walk.

Salsera29 · December 2013

All from my friend at work, I shouldn't be:

-eating canned soup, too much sodium

-eating salads for lunch, not enough food

-drinking crystal light, aspartame

-getting angry at students, bad for blood pressure (ok this one is probably true)

-working after school, I need rest

-going to field day in June, it will be too hot

I'm sure there's more, these are all I can think of right now lol

bumpuser1282882 · December 2013

cruelsound said:

Not to be Debbie Downer but, as long as you are a parent, you are going to get other people's opinions on EVERYTHING.

Word. I'm already dreading MIL's judgment.
Also, I've eaten more beans and wieners since getting pregnant than I did all last year. Wuteva wuteva I do what I want.

Vanellope · December 2013

Seriously the amount of crap they tell you can't eat/do we'd have to live in a padded room! When I was preg with my first I had a cup of hot chocolate and my cousin said, I hope that's decaf! Wtf I'm not drinking decaf hot chocolate that would be disgusting!

Texasgurly0313 · December 2013

I'm already dreading going back to work tomorrow night because one of my coworkers had already been making comments about what I eat (I didn't find out I was pregnant until I went on leave). I have a feeling it's gonna get worse once she finds out I'm knocked up. It's gonna take everything in me not to tell her to go fuck off.

I will tell her that I have done my research and discussed it with my doctor and he saw no problem with it. Hopefully that will shut her up.

bumpuser1282882 · December 2013

@Texasgurly0313 telling her "mind your own fucking business" works well too.

Texasgurly0313 · December 2013

@stufie I wish, lol. If I did, and the wrong person got wind of it (news travels fast in my squadron) I could get in serious trouble for disrespecting a Senior NonComissioned Officer (I'm an Airman). Military rules suck sometimes.

bumpuser1282882 · December 2013

Ooh, if you're in the military then I do not suggest that at all.

ksuRN09 · January 2014

My sister is the worst about this. So far she's told me not to drink pop, not to eat seafood, and not to eat turkey bc she'll hurt me if I do anything to "her" baby. I'm not surprised. When we were TTGP, we had been trying for a yr and I had a drs appt that she came with me to so we could shop after. She told me to ask what was wrong with my vagina since there is obviously something going on since I wasn't pregnant. Thanks, bitch. Well aware.

I also had a coworker scold me for drinking diet pop. Luckily, one of our pediatricians was standing there and she looked at me and said "it's not the best thing to drink but I drank diet pepsi throughout both my pregnancies and my kids are brilliant so drink away." I was secretly like ha! In your face!

Texasgurly0313 · January 2014

And DH's latest thing with me is caffeine. I'm not slinging back 16 oz cans of Monster like I was before I found out I was pregnant, but he gives me grief over the ONE soda or cup of tea I've been allowing myself this week. I tried the no caffeine thing for a week while my parents were here, and it was literally exhausting. Plus, with me working nights, I'm gonna be a zombie my entire shift if I don't get at least some caffeine in.

tealowl · January 2014

And now today the same friend who warned me about the sushi came over to pick her kid up and asked me when we were planning our trip to Disney and I told her April and she was like, "Oh you're not gonna wanna go then" and was all about me not being able to do anything and flying so I said about the other option is that we might go after the baby and go in October and she's like, "Oh you're not gonna wanna do that either!" Because bringing a baby on a short plane ride is...something? And she wouldn't want to do that.

WELL THEN WHEN ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GO?!

PugMum · January 2014

I was at my girlfriends yesterday and she was treating me to lunch. While making us tuna wraps she determined mayo shouldn't be eaten while I was pregnant. Mayo!!

MeggoWaffles · January 2014

I had a friend pull me aside on New Years and start talking to me about Alcoholics Anonymous. I had a splash of champagne, and got the ok from my Dr. before I did. But apparently the fact that I can't even go 9 months without drinking means I obviously have a serious drinking problem and need to get help immediately before I "cause irreparable harm to my child".

JustCricket · January 2014

My parents got a keurig for christmas. So of course I've been using it. DH keeps tisking me about drinking ONE DAMN cup of coffee in the am. I want to smack him. I mean he should know how I am in the morning WITHOUT my coffee.

bumpuser1282882 · January 2014

flyawaycricket said:

My parents got a keurig for christmas. So of course I've been using it. DH keeps tisking me about drinking ONE DAMN cup of coffee in the am. I want to smack him. I mean he should know how I am in the morning WITHOUT my coffee.

Mine was like that too at first until my OB said a cup a day is perfectly fine. No more decaf for me, it's back to the real stuff.

BlckRoses · January 2014

tealowl said:

And now today the same friend who warned me about the sushi came over to pick her kid up and asked me when we were planning our trip to Disney and I told her April and she was like, "Oh you're not gonna wanna go then" and was all about me not being able to do anything and flying so I said about the other option is that we might go after the baby and go in October and she's like, "Oh you're not gonna wanna do that either!" Because bringing a baby on a short plane ride is...something? And she wouldn't want to do that. WELL THEN WHEN ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GO?!

That's stupid. I plan on going to San Francisco in May to visit my BFF, which involves an hour and a half flight. You'd be fine in Disney.

We have discussed going to Hawaii for DH's sister's wedding in Sept, but that's only 1 month after my due date....so that's probably a bad idea. But that's because I don't want to sit on a plane for 5 hours with a newborn. If other people want to do that, I applaud them. But I hate making assumptions about other people based on my opinions.

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