You know you're 8 months pregnant when...

abbyful · October 2014

MuchlyGen said:
When you have to worry about gassing your family because you keep accidentally turning on the stove with your belly.

When sometimes it's just easier to roll off the couch and crawl to your children rather than standing up and sitting down again.

When all your smug virtuous standards about healthy diet get thrown out the window and start seriously considering planning your meals around McDonalds, Starbucks, and doughnuts. I am totally buying some Cinnamon Toast Crunch today, dammit.

I've been there for a while now. Before this pregnancy (and I even managed to keep it up while pregnant with DS), we ate mostly paleo/primal. Now? Frozen pizza, carryout, candy, it's all game! And for the past couple months, a couple times a week DS's dinner has been a granola bar, some fruit, and milk. I've been so freaking tired this pregnancy that boiling spaghetti is "cooking dinner" these days.

cindyNmark2010 · October 2014

abbyful said:

When you have to worry about gassing your family because you keep accidentally turning on the stove with your belly.

When sometimes it's just easier to roll off the couch and crawl to your children rather than standing up and sitting down again.

When all your smug virtuous standards about healthy diet get thrown out the window and start seriously considering planning your meals around McDonalds, Starbucks, and doughnuts. I am totally buying some Cinnamon Toast Crunch today, dammit.
I've been there for a while now. Before this pregnancy (and I even managed to keep it up while pregnant with DS), we ate mostly paleo/primal. Now? Frozen pizza, carryout, candy, it's all game! And for the past couple months, a couple times a week DS's dinner has been a granola bar, some fruit, and milk. I've been so freaking tired this pregnancy that boiling spaghetti is "cooking dinner" these days.

DH put his foot down lat night and said no more pasta. Between pierogies, pasta and sauce, mac and cheese, casseroles with pasta in them....I think he's done with my attempt at cooking.

missnacholover · October 2014

clarasmomma said:

Clipping your toenails just isn't worth it.
Yes!! This is why my feet are claws right now lol

I clipped mine over the weekend and contemplating taking a nap afterwards. Shit's hard work.

schrijiver · October 2014

You are cooking dinner and your belly suddenly gets very hot because you forgot how far it sticks out and it's like an inch from the burner . . . to avoid this happening because you now feel like a bad mom for almost broiling your baby you decide to cook on the back burners . . . only to realize those bitches are hard to reach without your belly getting in the way. Fuck the stove.

Lilwatz · October 2014

When you are taking an innocent shower, then randomly think of you being diagnosed with terminal cancer when your LO is an infant and will never know you and it turns you into a blubbering mess that you cannot stop with all the rationality and logic in the world.

heythereporkchop · October 2014

When heartburn wakes you seven hundred times a night and your fingers are too swollen and sore to open the bottle of peptac liquid so you have to wake your DH seven hundred times a night and then just quietly sob to yourself at just how feeble you've become.

snarkylibrarian · October 2014

Y'all are cracking me up so much with these!

I have a few...

The minute after you get through the door of your home you've taken off your bra and pants. BEST PART OF MY DAY.

Dreading going to sleep at night, because as soon as you get comfortable, you know you are going to have to pee and rearrange all the pillows all over again...and you will repeat this frustrating ritual at least 6 times throughout the night.

Sucking up your pride and having DH tie your shoes after many grunts and wobbling around.

narbuckle01 · October 2014

when pants and underwear become very optional, so much so that you dread leaving the house

when you lose your wireless mouse only to stand up and realize you left it on your belly

when you have to take your wedding ring off because your fingers are swollen, saddest day ever for me

manders9479 · October 2014

Hahahahahaha, This is by far my favorite thread!

-When it's going be a good day because your wedding rings fit.
-When you no longer apologize for all the gas that escapes your body in various ways...
-When you look at that wiggling belly and finally realize a baby will be coming very, very soon.

cindyNmark2010 · October 2014

schrijiver said:

You are cooking dinner and your belly suddenly gets very hot because you forgot how far it sticks out and it's like an inch from the burner . . . to avoid this happening because you now feel like a bad mom for almost broiling your baby you decide to cook on the back burners . . . only to realize those bitches are hard to reach without your belly getting in the way. Fuck the stove.

I keep burning my belly when I'm using the oven

I usually put on crappy clothes when cooking and my belly hangs out of the bottom of my tank tops now....result is swiping my belly too close to the metal by accident when reaching for the plated to serve. Boo. Not fun.

mander82 · October 2014

When you finally break down and start wearing your husbands shirts.....regardless of how huge they are on you.

I am so tired of feeling like a stuffed sausage....even in my maternity clothes. Today, 2XL t shirt, sleeves past my elbows and it almost covers my shorts completely....but its soooo comfy!

absolutelymaybe · October 2014

mander82 said:

When you finally break down and start wearing your husbands shirts.....regardless of how huge they are on you.

...and then you realize they are no longer big on you. They're actually a little snug.

carafern · October 2014

Late to this thread…so much fun. I've been chuckling for the last hour…and probably peed a little.

When you're at the dog park and start to panic because your terrier is missing, where did he go?! I can't believe I lost my dog…what kind of parent will I be?!... only to be told by a nice lady that he's standing directly under you…beneath your bump. That is why you didn't see him.

When those cute kicks from LO are no longer cute because they go strait into your rib, in the same spot every time and you can actually feel the bone of the foot and it HURTS.

fyreandblood · October 2014

clarasmomma said:

fyreandblood said:
When watching any classic romance (Ghost/Dirty Dancing anyone?) or 80s teen movie means loud, ugly sobbing. I just finished Ghost with ugly crying over the Ditto scene and now i'm onto the Breakfast Club and sobbing because IT WILL BE OVER IN TWO HOURS. What.
oh geez this is me! I even cry when I watch a birth on television. . Sometimes when my SIL is watching teen mom or 16 and pregnant I cry when they give birth lol. Can't stand those two shows but the babies.. ah the babies..

YES. I ugly sobbed at the end of Breakfast Club because i love Bender and Claire so much and SOB IT'S SO DEEEEEPPP~ kill me lmao

I also cry whenever i see kittens on tv. It's a problem.

fyreandblood · October 2014

HisGirlFriday929 said:

Hardwrkr said:

When you really can't remember the last time u saw your vagina without looking in a mirror

And then you regret looking.

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Carebella · October 2014

When going for a 2 mile run, taking the dogs for an hour hike, and then eating lunch results in a two hour nap... there goes today's to do list.

jillybean7582 · October 2014

Um you guys still cook dinner? Screw that by the time I get home feom work its all I can do not to put ds straight to bed cauae I am too tired to occupy him for 3hrs.... he might have had hotdogs and frozen waffles all week for dinner. .. I swear I normally feed him better than that...

Also I envy everyone that has the option to wear their huabands t-ahirts ect as comfy clothes. My DH is 5'-10" and might weigh 170lbs. He doesn't like baggy clothes and wears a size medium athletic fit for t-shirts.... no way in hell my belly is fitting in those....maybe 6 months ago....

MPLSSquirrel · October 2014

You started to consider the appropriateness of wearing your "nice yoga pants" to work.

missnacholover · October 2014

When pretty much every shirt has a stain on it.

Lilwatz · October 2014

missnacholover said:

When pretty much every shirt has a stain on it.

I had Mexican for dinner (thanks to someone posting about Mexican food here somewhere) and totally tucked the napkin in my collar because I am wearing a white shirt I like.

snarkylibrarian · October 2014

@clarasmomma I wish I could wear flip flops all day! They are against the dress code at work.

But thankfully, that means that patrons don't have to see my janky DIY pedicures. Not doing the best job these days!

erinwithtwins · October 2014

When you are excited to order then receive sample sizes of depends so you can figure out what size to wear at the hospital and after.

lizgrace03 · October 2014

MPLSSquirrel said:
You started to consider the appropriateness of wearing your "nice yoga pants" to work.

When you are excited that a pair of said yoga pants is clean and free of cat hair so you can look presentable at a meeting. Bonus points if one of three Liz Lange shirts that still fit is also clean.

When, on your fifth pee break of the night, you run out of toilet paper and, rather than throw away the empty tube, toss it lackadaisically onto the ground for DH to pick up when he gets up.

JustJainey · October 2014

lizgrace03 said:

MPLSSquirrel said:
You started to consider the appropriateness of wearing your "nice yoga pants" to work.
When you are excited that a pair of said yoga pants is clean and free of cat hair so you can look presentable at a meeting. Bonus points if one of three Liz Lange shirts that still fit is also clean.

When, on your fifth pee break of the night, you run out of toilet paper and, rather than throw away the empty tube, toss it lackadaisically onto the ground for DH to pick up when he gets up.

Or give the empty roll to the cat as a toy, so he will leave you alone, since he assumes you're "up" now.

mander82 · October 2014

When you start running out of groceries before the weekend. Middle of the night bowls of cereal used all my milk!! Pregnancy brain has killed my ability to stock the pantry and we are out of peanut butter for waffles!!

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rox825 · October 2014

I finally have some to add!

1. When you see mention of You Are My Sunshine, start to hum it to yourself, and end up sobbing in the bathroom.

2. When your H no longer blinks an eye when he gets home from work to find you laying on the sofa, feet propped up, with a bag of chips and a jar of (salsa, dip, nacho cheese, etc) resting on your belly- cause that's how he now finds you *everyday* when he gets home from work.

missnacholover · October 2014

When you wake up in the middle of the night and have to pee so bad you're expecting this....

And then when you get to the bathroom, it's more like this....

abbyful · October 2014

When you pee, wipe, and start pulling your pants up, then realized that you need to pee more so have to sit back down.

kfo22 · October 2014

When you say "fuck it" out loud at work. $:\$ ">

laurenhen3 · October 2014

You have to make tactical toilet trips before doing anything

jillybean7582 · October 2014

When your 2yr old decides the newly set up baby swing is now hia go ro comfy place to watch tv and you don't stop him because the tantrum just isnt worth it.

fyreandblood · October 2014

One i am living at this exact moment: when you find yourself being snappy/rude/irritable to people you once tolerated despite bearing a huge hatred for them. No one's noticed i'm preg yet at synagogue (Yom Kippur), but they sure as fuck think it's cool to interrogate me about everything else. Normally i would tolerate it, but i feel like a loser anyway because i'm super sensitive right now, so i basically nicely told someone to leave me the EFF alone. I am irritable and huge and no i don't have an impressive office job. I'm personally not a fan of 9-5 but that isn't what you tell people in DC. >.> so i snap at them instead. Yay pregnancy

AnnieRoo13 · October 2014

When the feeling of someone hiccuping in your vagina becomes totally normal.

tigerpawie · October 2014

When you KNOW that DD's dental appt is scheduled for 10:50am and have calendar reminders, office text reminders, and phone reminders that the appointment is at 10:50. You still get DD from school at 9:45 and check in at 10:15am. You realize this 5 minutes later that you're more than 30 minutes early. We were stuck there from 10:15 to noon. I could not even leave to get a snack or water due to 'no food or drinks policy' In the lobby. (:| I've been in a major fog lately. Ugh

highbornhunter · October 2014

Sooo tired everyday that when other people tell you they are tired you tell them you don't care and they don't even understand tired and you have no sympathy for them. And then when they say they have no sympathy because I chose to be pregnant you respond with F YOU. And then text them to apologize 10 minutes later and feel like crying cuz they are your best work friend.

Yup, all happened yesterday.

Zaufishan · October 2014

When you wake up to pee at 5am and baby starts their morning dance party and you say "go back to sleep Peanut, I'm not ready for you yet"
And by that time sleep is far away already and you Have to make it an early day

AnnieRoo13 · October 2014

When you're trying to exit a parking lot, but you can't lean forward enough to see the oncoming traffic because your belly is too big.

sylarpaige · October 2014

When everyone in the house sets the thermostat on 81° and they r still cold and ur sitting in the coolest room in the house with as less clothes on as possible and u take cold showers just so u can fall asleep just to start sweating 5 mins outa the shower ~X(

mander82 · October 2014

When you can't burp without it feeling like you are going to vomit.

Snuffy007 · October 2014

absolutelymaybe said:

mander82 said:

When you finally break down and start wearing your husbands shirts.....regardless of how huge they are on you.

...and then you realize they are no longer big on you. They're actually a little snug.

This. Trying to go to the gym a few weeks ago and none of my t-shirts fit, so H suggested I wear one of his. I reply, "But it'll look silly because it'll be all super baggy". Try them on anyway......yeah. Too small. Awesome.

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