What were your biggest pregnancy surprises and pet peeves?
in Pregnancy ·
Our little one is going to be a Scorpio. My husband is an Aries and I'm a Virgo, so according to the zodiac charts, we shouldn't even work together, yet our marriage is honestly a dream. So much for astrology being destiny.
What really caught me off guard was what my mother-in-law said when she found out:
"Your belly looks so small," and "You don't look like you're carrying a boy at all, more like a girl." (Just for context, we already have a daughter at home, so this is our second child)
1. This has been such a high-risk pregnancy; my doctors were actually worried about potential growth issues, but thankfully everything is looking fine. Because of her comment, I spent two days crying like it was a monsoon season.
2. She’s spent her whole life wishing for a son and never had one, so her remark felt intentionally unkind.
Then there was this one acquaintance who actually told me—get this—that it's STUPID TO GIVE BIRTH IN THE WINTER, BECAUSE WHEN THE KIDS HAVE BIRTHDAYS, YOU JUST DIE OF BOREDOM STAYING INDOORS.😕
She said all this while we were hanging out with our godmother, who had her girls in January and February, whereas I had mine in January and now I'm expecting again in November. (We both luckily didn't face major struggles conceiving, but for any woman trying to start a family, every month that passes without success feels like a nightmare)
What really caught me off guard was what my mother-in-law said when she found out:
"Your belly looks so small," and "You don't look like you're carrying a boy at all, more like a girl." (Just for context, we already have a daughter at home, so this is our second child)
1. This has been such a high-risk pregnancy; my doctors were actually worried about potential growth issues, but thankfully everything is looking fine. Because of her comment, I spent two days crying like it was a monsoon season.
2. She’s spent her whole life wishing for a son and never had one, so her remark felt intentionally unkind.
Then there was this one acquaintance who actually told me—get this—that it's STUPID TO GIVE BIRTH IN THE WINTER, BECAUSE WHEN THE KIDS HAVE BIRTHDAYS, YOU JUST DIE OF BOREDOM STAYING INDOORS.😕
She said all this while we were hanging out with our godmother, who had her girls in January and February, whereas I had mine in January and now I'm expecting again in November. (We both luckily didn't face major struggles conceiving, but for any woman trying to start a family, every month that passes without success feels like a nightmare)