What were your biggest pregnancy surprises and pet peeves?
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frozenangler87 said:So, I was just walking by and this total stranger—random girl, really—just blurted out, "Jesus, look at the size of that stomach!" right at me 🤣
Then I had two neighbors in their eighties comment on me too, saying, "Oh, look how flushed she is; she's definitely carrying a girl, and those little girls always take after their mothers." 🧐
Honestly, it didn't even bother me; I actually find those old-fashioned grandmotherly anecdotes quite charming.
What truly gets under my skin is the constant, unsolicited lecturing about how much fruit I ought to be eating. Look, I get it—there’s no malice intended, and I am fully aware that the last time I actually picked up a piece of fruit was practically in a different century because I haven't had the habit, but if you honestly believe that the first hundred phone calls I received didn't motivate me to start eating it, then why on earth would you think the next hundred will make a difference? And whenever I try to defend myself by saying, "I am eating it, really, I know I have to, so I'm forcing myself," all I ever get in return is, "Yeah, I can imagine how you're eating; you really need to eat more fruit." 🙂