What were your biggest pregnancy surprises and pet peeves?

coastalgull said:😲

It just bugs me because I feel like I delivered right on schedule (almost two weeks ago) just to dodge all this bullshit. Only after the baby was out did the swelling, rapid weight gain, and tearing start happening. 😢

God forbid things get any worse. 😢

I didn't even make it to my due date before the stretch marks started appearing and I began putting on weight
thankfully, my legs go back to normal after a night of rest 🙏

The bathroom!
I’ve always been a bit of a neat freak when it comes to the bathroom, but now I’ve officially lost my mind. It's just constant hair, dust, little specks everywhere, and those annoying limescale spots on the tiles... ugh, this bathroom is driving me absolutely insane! 😠

Jesse Evans85 said:I have them. 🙄 They showed up on my legs ages ago, and now they're appearing on my stomach too. No stretch marks yet—fingers crossed I avoid those—but these little burst capillaries are definitely there.
They aren't quite as obvious as the ones on my legs, but they're noticeable enough.

What's really getting under my skin:

1. Some retiree at the checkout who actually had the nerve to ask if she could cut in front of me in the Target line because she was in such a rush... 🙄I have no idea why everyone in that generation is suddenly in such a frantic hurry.
2. A woman sitting behind me on the bus who stood up to give an old man her seat, making a comment directed at me about how "young people today are so rude" and won't even offer their seats...

I mean, what is wrong with people? My baby bump is already pretty prominent (so much for trying to hide the pregnancy), and apparently, I'm also expected to jump up and give priority to everyone I encounter.😠

3. My mother-in-law—who calls me just to say, "let me hear how you are," but I never even get a chance to answer because I spend the next twenty minutes listening to a monologue about her own problems.

Honestly, this gets under my skin too; I've been through it myself. 🙂

It frustrates me that I’m still constantly exhausted—that fatigue from the first trimester just hasn't lifted. It frustrates me that I have zero motivation for anything.
It frustrates me that my husband is busy working whenever I just want to be held and pampered.

And even though I've said it a hundred times already: it drives me crazy when people touch my stomach! :2up:
...nobody ever used to touch me before, but now they do without asking, and then they act all disappointed because they didn't feel the baby kick. 😠 😠 😠

edit: it also annoys me that I can never seem to catch up on the missed posts here on TZ😠

It's frustrating knowing I have an appointment this afternoon and I'll probably be stuck waiting for hours.
And it bugs me that I might (once again) not find out the baby's gender.

Jeremy Thomas5 said:Honestly, this gets under my skin too; I've been through it myself. 🙂

It frustrates me that I’m still constantly exhausted—that fatigue from the first trimester just hasn't lifted. It frustrates me that I have zero motivation for anything.
It frustrates me that my husband is busy working whenever I just want to be held and pampered.

And even though I've said it a hundred times already: it drives me crazy when people touch my stomach! :2up:
...nobody ever used to touch me before, but now they do without asking, and then they act all disappointed because they didn't feel the baby kick. 😠 😠 😠

edit: it also annoys me that I can never seem to catch up on the missed posts here on TZ😠

It's frustrating knowing I have an appointment this afternoon and I'll probably be stuck waiting for hours.
And it bugs me that I might (once again) not find out the baby's gender.

It seems like people start thinking they have a right to touch your stomach. It looks like it's inevitable... everyone goes through it, apparently. Being pregnant makes you feel like you've suddenly become public property. Though, I have to admit, I haven't dealt with that in quite a while—mostly because I've been staying indoors. I have this lingering, paranoid fear of chickenpox that I never quite got over, which is honestly maddening.

Try to take comfort in the waiting... you aren't alone. I almost always end up waiting a looooong time myself, and usually, I'm too anxious about the appointment to bother with a book or music, so I just end up sitting there staring into space.

They ate my cookies!!! 🙂
I baked a batch this past Saturday, and I brought a few over to my mom's yesterday. There were maybe two or three left, and I’ve been looking forward to finally sitting down and enjoying them myself, but they're gone. Just completely vanished. 🙂
I guess now I have no choice but to eat ice cream instead. 😢

A friend of mine picked up this shirt that says "LOOK...but don't touch!"...it felt pretty 😁
...

neonsurfer32 said:It drives me crazy hearing that same repetitive garbage on the radio every five minutes... and don't even get me started on those mindless TV shows. Honestly, we should just ban this kind of low-rent production altogether...

I'M WITH YOU ON THIS.🙂

It really gets under my skin when people ask if I’m "still in one piece." As if I’m just some pile of scrap metal or something. And honestly, are people blind? Because I am definitely not skinny...😠😠😠😠

Kids' clothes prices 👎 are just wild. Everything cheap feels like low-grade junk made overseas, while anything actually decent costs an absolute fortune 👎

And honestly, everywhere I look, they used to have exactly what I was hunting for, but then it all vanished a few weeks back. Now, suddenly, they’ve stocked up on "summer" gear... I mean, really? Summer clothes in March? For a newborn? 🤷

Had to "bury" this poor pigeon today. Some sicko shot it with a pellet gun and it landed right in my backyard. 😠

I felt terrible for it. I'm not even a bird person, but I guess it's just hormones... there it was, just lying in my yard, getting soaked by the rain, covered in blood... honestly heartbreaking. 😢 😢
I thought about waiting for my husband to get home from work to handle it, but I had to let the dog out. I didn't want him sniffing it or trying to eat it while I walked past, 🙄 so I had to move it myself. It was already dead, unfortunately (or luckily, I guess).

And all this time I'm sitting here crying like I lost a family pet instead of... some random pigeon.
If that psycho with the pellet gun ever crossed my path, they'd be in serious trouble. I hate even thinking that someone that twisted and brainless lives in my neighborhood! 🙂

analognomad59 said:Kids' clothes prices 👎 are just wild. Everything cheap feels like low-grade junk made overseas, while anything actually decent costs an absolute fortune 👎

And honestly, everywhere I look, they used to have exactly what I was hunting for, but then it all vanished a few weeks back. Now, suddenly, they’ve stocked up on "summer" gear... I mean, really? Summer clothes in March? For a newborn? 🤷

Sign me up.😠

I just handle it by buying everything on eBay.
I get high-quality stuff (M&S, Gap, Gap, Gap, George...) for like 3 or 4 times less than what they charge here. 👍

Some woman totally got under my skin during that 1 vs 100 show on Sunday 🤦
. It made me wonder why people have such a reputation for being difficult 🙄.

Then this morning, I was stuck waiting at the clinic to get blood work done... the waiting room was packed, and of course, I’m the one standing the whole time after waiting an hour. To make matters worse, it was so stuffy in there, but the older ladies refused to let anyone open the windows because they didn't want to catch a cold or something 🙄.

It’s driving me crazy... I honestly don't know why I'm getting so worked up about everything needing to be brand new. That’s just not how I usually roll. Earlier on, I was totally fine with the idea of borrowing stuff or picking up used gear, you know? Especially since babies grow out of everything so fast... I hadn't even bought a single thing until a few days ago 🤷

But now, I've just been hit with this intense urge to buy everything brand new. I have no clue why... maybe some weird anxiety is telling me that if I don't save every last cent for myself, I won't have anything left for the baby... yeah, okay, I know how ridiculous that sounds, and I can't even agree with my own logic, but I just feel so incredibly anxious about it 👎🤷

Anyway, I think the thing that irritates me most during this whole pregnancy is actually just myself 🤦🤣

I mean, seriously, if absolutely nobody—and I mean NOBODY—gets up for someone on the subway... it drives me absolutely insane. Am I really the only one out there who’s dying to find a seat? Especially when I'm stuck on a cross-town trip from one end of the city to the other...

It honestly drives me nuts that I’m stuck on strict bed rest again when the weather outside is this damn gorgeous.

It honestly gets under my skin how everyone starts hovering over me like I’m some kind of fragile exhibit just because I’m pregnant.

I had two parents drive me absolutely up the wall today (the joys of working in the American education system):
1. - They actually had the nerve to ask what I’m even trying to achieve here, claiming that back in their day, they and their spouses went to school and things were just "different." It was nothing but empty, condescending remarks. Like, excuse me? Did you think I just sat down and scribbled this curriculum out for fun? Grrrr.
2. - "We won't be able to make it to the parent-teacher conference. You know I work afternoons, and my husband is just exhausted." 😲
Honestly, I want to scream!!!
😵

I am absolutely livid. My sister brought over a toddler who just recovered from congenital CMV, which means he’s almost certainly still contagious. I tried to be reasonable; she asks how I am and if I mind anything, so I attempt to politely explain that I’ve never had CMV before (yes, I actually checked my antibodies). Now I’m terrified. I’m avoiding kissing anyone, refusing to share glasses, and washing my hands about 107 times a day... and what does she do? She just nods and says, "Well, you have to stay healthy now," then lets the kid chew on my remote, drink out of my glass—even though he has his own bottle—and to top it all off, she changes his diaper right on my couch 😠😠😠
The poor kid isn't to blame, obviously, but good grief, does she not realize she brought a walking CMV infection into my house and is letting him touch everything? I am fuming, but I don't want to start a massive fight or look like a total jerk...😠😠😠

Rebecca Vaughn7 said:I am absolutely livid. My sister brought over a toddler who just recovered from congenital CMV, which means he’s almost certainly still contagious. I tried to be reasonable; she asks how I am and if I mind anything, so I attempt to politely explain that I’ve never had CMV before (yes, I actually checked my antibodies). Now I’m terrified. I’m avoiding kissing anyone, refusing to share glasses, and washing my hands about 107 times a day... and what does she do? She just nods and says, "Well, you have to stay healthy now," then lets the kid chew on my remote, drink out of my glass—even though he has his own bottle—and to top it all off, she changes his diaper right on my couch 😠😠😠
The poor kid isn't to blame, obviously, but good grief, does she not realize she brought a walking CMV infection into my house and is letting him touch everything? I am fuming, but I don't want to start a massive fight or look like a total jerk...😠😠😠

All I’m going to say is that you have every right to be "rude"—it’s not even being rude when you’re literally protecting yourself and your own baby. Honestly, screw these socially oblivious people. 😠 😠
Forget her; look out for yourself. :2up: (And look at me, dropping rhymes like a pro! 😁)

Jerry Fisher3 said:All I’m going to say is that you have every right to be "rude"—it’s not even being rude when you’re literally protecting yourself and your own baby. Honestly, screw these socially oblivious people. 😠 😠
Forget her; look out for yourself. :2up: (And look at me, dropping rhymes like a pro! 😁)

...I honestly don't get it. She wasn't even alone; the baby's mom showed up later, and she's younger and more informed given everything they've dealt with regarding that poor little thing. She clearly understands how CMV spreads... and when I remember how many times they asked "how did he even get this?" only for ten different doctors to explain it over and over... she really should know by now that CMV is spread through saliva, urine, and feces. But these people act like it's insane to suggest the kid could be contagious. Or maybe they actually *are* that clueless? 🤷🤷I don't know, I just don't get it. I practically forced my husband to change all the sofa covers, scrubbed the high chair where the little guy drooled, and tossed the sponge. He's handling the dishes, but I'm not touching a single thing for a week. 😠