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• dshannah member

  January 2016

  Hey @mermaidlili13 Are you sure your school doesn't offer handicapped permits to pregnant women? Or temporary accommodations permits?
  
  Many schools do!
  
  In the meantime, walking like a penguin helps stabilize you:) And we're already kind of waddling. OR, at least I am at 23 weeks.

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• sarawifenow member

  January 2016

  I'm in school too and I find I worry about the same things. I talked to the health center at my school and they do offer accomodations. Give them a call and check! Doesn't hurt to try.

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• BuzzBee614 member

  January 2016

  This is a valid concern. I wiped out last time I was pregnant and freaked out, especially when my ob had me come in to get checked out. My husband just put ice spikes on my boots. They just go on the soles of any pair of shoes and are easy to take off. They're a pain in the butt and so not sexy but when it's really icy they're worth it. You can put a pair of sneakers in your bag and change shoes when you enter a building.
  
  I would ask if they can help you out. I know pregnancy is not equivalent to being disabled, but I remember my community college parking lot seriously being a death trap, and I wasn't pregnant then.

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• Pascal86 member

  January 2016

  Get some ice cleats/spikes! 

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• ruggles0909 member

  January 2016

  tripledaggerWed95976 said:

  doozer1345 said:

  dshannah says I should just scroll on from this post.
  

  Hahaha. I feel like we should totally have her thread pinned so none of us forget the brilliant new set of rules she has instilled upon us

  
  This is uncalled for. You have opinions. She has opinions. Honestly this is petty. Move on.
  
  To the OP: I was pregnant in school with my son. I went to the accessibility services office. I had to get a doctors signature and then was able to park in handicap parking. Every school is probably different with their procedures but it is probably possible

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• kbrands7 member

  January 2016

  Definitely walk carefully, being sure to transfer your weight onto your planted foot before taking the next step, and on fresh snow if you can (which will usually push down as you step rather than have a sheet of ice on top). As pps suggested, student health should be able to help you out with some kind of temporary pass.

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• doozer1345 member

  January 2016

  ruggles0909 said:

  dshannah says I should just scroll on from this post.
  

  Hahaha. I feel like we should totally have her thread pinned so none of us forget the brilliant new set of rules she has instilled upon us

  This is uncalled for. You have opinions. She has opinions. Honestly this is petty. Move on. To the OP: I was pregnant in school with my son. I went to the accessibility services office. I had to get a doctors signature and then was able to park in handicap parking. Every school is probably different with their procedures but it is probably possible

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• BuzzBee614 member

  January 2016

  Oh and be careful! Ice cleats/spikes scratch floors. I scratched my slate tile in the entranceway of my house today.

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• tripledaggerWed95976 member

  January 2016

  ruggles0909 said:

  tripledaggerWed95976 said:

  doozer1345 said:

  dshannah says I should just scroll on from this post.
  

  Hahaha. I feel like we should totally have her thread pinned so none of us forget the brilliant new set of rules she has instilled upon us

  
  This is uncalled for. You have opinions. She has opinions. Honestly this is petty. Move on.
  
  To the OP: I was pregnant in school with my son. I went to the accessibility services office. I had to get a doctors signature and then was able to park in handicap parking. Every school is probably different with their procedures but it is probably possible

  I'm not going to derail this thread- if you want to PM me that's totally fine but I'll just say I was JOKINGLY responding to a previous post. I'm allowed to have the opinion that what happened with that whole thread was totally silly.

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