What were your biggest pregnancy surprises and pet peeves?
in Pregnancy ·
I’m currently 21 weeks along, and let me tell you, nobody gives a damn about pregnant women when it comes to cutting lines. Not once have I been let go ahead at the grocery store checkout, the doctor’s office, or anywhere else.
Honestly, people act like I’m personally attacking them just by existing, because they know I might actually expect some kind of priority. And look, it’s not like I’m going to shove my way through a crowd myself—that would be way too awkward..
It also drives me absolutely insane when everyone thinks they have the right to lecture me about their own birth stories without me even asking. I was sitting in the waiting room at the local clinic—just me and this random woman I'd never seen before—and she starts dumping all this on me, asking if I'm terrified of labor, if I know what's coming, how much she suffered... I straight up told her I didn't care and that I'll deal with it when the time actually comes.
And the third thing that's getting under my skin is how my husband just doesn't seem to see me, while I'm over here being a total emotional wreck. When I read those stories online about guys giving massages and being super supportive, it honestly makes me want to cry. I know part of it is on me, too, since my hormones are basically running the show right now, and he’s a good guy, but there are days where I just feel like absolute garbage.. ☕
Honestly, people act like I’m personally attacking them just by existing, because they know I might actually expect some kind of priority. And look, it’s not like I’m going to shove my way through a crowd myself—that would be way too awkward..
It also drives me absolutely insane when everyone thinks they have the right to lecture me about their own birth stories without me even asking. I was sitting in the waiting room at the local clinic—just me and this random woman I'd never seen before—and she starts dumping all this on me, asking if I'm terrified of labor, if I know what's coming, how much she suffered... I straight up told her I didn't care and that I'll deal with it when the time actually comes.
And the third thing that's getting under my skin is how my husband just doesn't seem to see me, while I'm over here being a total emotional wreck. When I read those stories online about guys giving massages and being super supportive, it honestly makes me want to cry. I know part of it is on me, too, since my hormones are basically running the show right now, and he’s a good guy, but there are days where I just feel like absolute garbage.. ☕