One of my male coworkers told me to "have my husband pound the baby out of me" today. It was funny because we are all close enough here to say things like that to each other but good grief!
Goodness. I stayed home from work yesterday because I was overtired, achey, and nauseous. I went in today and was asked a full 8 times when the baby was coming (as if I have a specific date and time)... I got so tired of that question. I am only 38w, people. I have time! I just keep telling them it is between the Creator and my Child.
I had one person tell me I needed to just have the baby already. When I asked if she really wanted that, and said I had too much work to do, she just laughed. She said yeah, I should just have the baby.
Then, I had the icing on the cake... the person who pissed me off the most. She asked me how I was feeling. Ok, fair question since I was out yesterday. She then stated she was so very excited for me, and proceeded to ask if I was as excited as she was that my little one is coming soon. Really?
And, being tired and bitchy I was so very close to biting heads off. I tried to smile and just let them ask because they are super excited for me. But it was hard.
i hate being asked if it is one baby or twins i am having, when everyone knows i am having one baby also @satto_takai i hate being asked when is she coming out and if any news..... At 39w I have been a bitch and could careless if you get butt hurt or not, like leave me alone I am so anxious to have her already.
I have gotten so many of these. Lots of the comments about how hot it is and asking if I'm having twins. Some favorites:
1) One patient said the other day "Wow, I never got as big as you when I was pregnant!". Thanks.
2) Then when I told another patient that I WOULD be returning to work after the baby was born, she proceeded with a long lecture about how she stayed home with her kids and how horrible it was to put your children in daycare and "let someone else raise them". Wanted to throat punch her.
3) My favorite when I was pregnant with DS was when a patient said, " you are going to have that baby soon...your nose has gotten huge!".
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@satto_takai I have had a co-worker comment on my nose being larger too! And I don't know if it is now due to paranoia.....but I think it looks huge too!
Pregnancy can make your nose get bigger... I think it goes back to normal after baby. I noticed my nose seemed bigger during this pregnancy, think it's back to normal.
@No more Miss! - Wow, what a thing to say! Totally weird.
--- At work (since I am working until baby is here, pending how I feel each day), I am getting these:
"You're still here?" -- my responses range from the kind "yep" to the silly/sarcastic "nope, I am a figment of the collective imagination" or "Shhh, you don't see me."
"Are you still pregnant?" -- I usually just go with "yeah" and leave it at that.
And "When are you having that baby?" -- I have switched between "I don't know, yet," "It is up to Creator/my child, not me" and "Never. I have decided to keep this baby inside me forever."
The faces for my more sarcastic answers are pretty funny. I am known to be silly and vaguely sarcastic, so it isn't typically taken offensively. Especially, I think, since I make sure to say it with a smile or over-the-top expression. But seriously? Those are such stupid questions.
I am also getting the more personal questions about contractions, bodily fluids, mucous, etc. from coworkers. I feel like saying "nunya" all the time.
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I had one person tell me I needed to just have the baby already. When I asked if she really wanted that, and said I had too much work to do, she just laughed. She said yeah, I should just have the baby.
Then, I had the icing on the cake... the person who pissed me off the most. She asked me how I was feeling. Ok, fair question since I was out yesterday. She then stated she was so very excited for me, and proceeded to ask if I was as excited as she was that my little one is coming soon. Really?
And, being tired and bitchy I was so very close to biting heads off. I tried to smile and just let them ask because they are super excited for me. But it was hard.
1) One patient said the other day "Wow, I never got as big as you when I was pregnant!". Thanks.
2) Then when I told another patient that I WOULD be returning to work after the baby was born, she proceeded with a long lecture about how she stayed home with her kids and how horrible it was to put your children in daycare and "let someone else raise them". Wanted to throat punch her.
3) My favorite when I was pregnant with DS was when a patient said, " you are going to have that baby soon...your nose has gotten huge!".
My response, "Good, because I'm not!"
totally weird.
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At work (since I am working until baby is here, pending how I feel each day), I am getting these:
"You're still here?" -- my responses range from the kind "yep" to the silly/sarcastic "nope, I am a figment of the collective imagination" or "Shhh, you don't see me."
"Are you still pregnant?" -- I usually just go with "yeah" and leave it at that.
And "When are you having that baby?" -- I have switched between "I don't know, yet," "It is up to Creator/my child, not me" and "Never. I have decided to keep this baby inside me forever."
The faces for my more sarcastic answers are pretty funny. I am known to be silly and vaguely sarcastic, so it isn't typically taken offensively. Especially, I think, since I make sure to say it with a smile or over-the-top expression. But seriously? Those are such stupid questions.
I am also getting the more personal questions about contractions, bodily fluids, mucous, etc. from coworkers. I feel like saying "nunya" all the time.