I don't really like the attitude of "you're not 40 weeks yet so in. you can't complain about being done with pregnancy". I understand the ladies that are over their due dates feel they have met that point, but we are all anxious and ready to see our babies. I happened to have a relatively easy, trouble free pregnancy, but I know many ladies on here have been miserable for months and have probably felt "done" before any of us got close to 40 weeks. The more we see others posting their birth announcements on here the more envious we all get. Let's just enjoy bitching together these last couple weeks and sympathize with each other.
Some of the names I see in the birth announcement posts make me literally cringe. Especially when I recognize the name as one people asked for opinions on and were told was terrible. I'm all for loving the name you give your child, but I cannot understand made up names or names that clearly elicit a strong negative reaction from strangers and still deciding to stick your child with it and a lifetime of those reactions.
@kristanoah I agree. With my first I didn't have my baby until I was over 41 weeks and never complained, it was a pain free pregnancy, though I did vomit everyday until I was 36 weeks. This one has been much harder. I will complain whenever I damn well please!
Some of the names I see in the birth announcement posts make me literally cringe. Especially when I recognize the name as one people asked for opinions on and were told was terrible. I'm all for loving the name you give your child, but I cannot understand made up names or names that clearly elicit a strong negative reaction from strangers and still deciding to stick your child with it and a lifetime of those reactions.
My UO is that I don't agree that "mom knows best" as a reason to ignore medical advice or protocol. I cringe every time I read it. I believe in being an advocate for your own health and needs, but that doesn't mean you know better than the medical professionals with decades of relevant training and/or experience.
I've been thinking about this more and more as my due date approaches. My UO is that I don't really like mom culture, for lack of a better term. I love kids and I am going to adore this LO once she's born, but I get weirded out when people are obsessed with mommy blogs, pinterest worthy lunches and being really competitive about pre schools and extra curriculars. It frightens me. That is probably my number one fear going into having kids - either getting consumed by that mom culture myself, without realizing it, or having to socialize with moms who are, without having much of a choice. It just seems so over the top and exhausting!
@maureenmce where I live there are a lot of SAHMs who are like this. Everything they and their children do is perfect, or at least they pretend it is on facebook. I had my son signed up for classes at the local gym and a mom actually handed my a family business card to set up a play date. I didn't even know what to say.
@maureenmce where I live there are a lot of SAHMs who are like this. Everything they and their children do is perfect, or at least they pretend it is on facebook. I had my son signed up for classes at the local gym and a mom actually handed my a family business card to set up a play date. I didn't even know what to say.
My UO. I'm sick of the homebirth/hospital debate. I'm sick of the bottle/breast shit. CIO/Kangaroo. I'm sick of all of it. So many judgy, sanctimonious people. I'm all for a well reasoned debate but with issues so close to the heart it seems like people take everything too personally, or seem to think others (in personal life, not on here) owe them some sort of explanation as to why they are choosing what they do.
Re: UO Thursday
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Like quit being a jerk, respect other people, and just mind your own business.
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It's like religious level fanaticism sometimes.