What were your biggest pregnancy surprises and pet peeves?

I’m absolutely livid. I was counting on that insurance reimbursement hitting my account today, so I went ahead and made a massive shopping list for Target and Walmart—just a ton of baby stuff and household essentials so I wouldn't be scrambling at the end of the month. But nope, my husband didn't leave me the car keys either 😠 and there is zero money in the account today!!!!

I might as well just end it all 🙂
I don't even know why this hit me so hard, but seeing that there's still nothing in my bank account after checking online actually had me sobbing 🙂

Yeah, I was counting on her showing up, so I ended up in the red... 🤦 But whatever, tomorrow’s another day...

I totally botched it. She pulled her makeup bag out from under the table—it was wobbling, clearly about to go flying—and instead of just letting it land, I played the idiot and tried to wave my hand to catch it. Big mistake. Of course the damn thing still fell, but on its way down, it ripped my thumb nail right off. It's bleeding everywhere. God, it hurts so much at 3pm. 🙂

Honestly, my husband has this incredible knack for driving my blood pressure through the roof like nobody else can. 🙂
I’ll be right in the middle of changing my clothes, he’s just lounging there on the bed, and out of nowhere he goes—"Wow, you are huge..." 🙂
I mean, I have no idea what’s going to happen by the end of this pregnancy if I’m already feeling massive right now. I’m currently 21 weeks and five days along, I’ve put on about 7 pounds, and I still only have a little bump.
Instead of actually enjoying this whole pregnancy journey, I’m stuck in this constant loop of feeling self-conscious because he keeps making me feel so oversized...
Seriously though :2up:

Meta is seriously getting on my nerves—they’re making it impossible to change my last name! 😠 😠 😠

I’m honestly so tired of having to take my Heferol first thing in the morning on an empty stomach 😠

Ugh, I’m seriously losing it because this half-Republican Party guy is acting weirder than usual 😲
Honestly, I wake up in the middle of the night feeling like I’m sleeping right next to an idling construction site!! 😱

Checking the comments this morning... and yikes. As soon as they hear it’s her third boyfriend... hello? What’s the actual issue here?

So, my mother-in-law just gave me a "subtle" little hint that I've put on some weight!
She actually had the nerve to look right at my stomach and go, "Well, what's this going to turn into? A giant baby?" 😠

The question that’s been haunting me since week 36: "Are you still holding it all together in one piece?" 🙄

Two questions together just drive me absolutely insane: "How are you? Are you gaining weight?"
It’s like—yeah, obviously. You're pregnant. You aren't exactly doing anything else besides expanding like sourdough starter; nothing else can be good, bad, or even a "change" except for the number on the scale going up. 😠

You’ll know when things get real once they start hitting you with just one thing: "How's it going, fatty?!" 🤣

Went to the local clinic this morning to get blood drawn.😠

Showed up around 7:30—they take walk-ins until 8:30—and there were easily 200 people already there.😲

Pregnant women get priority, thank god, but I still sat there waiting for nearly an hour.
Nobody’s going to complain about a pregnant lady cutting in line, but the waiting room was a nightmare. It’s packed with sick people coughing and hacking everywhere without even bothering to cover their mouths. Just gross.🙂
And if you step outside for air, you can't even hear that stupid intercom calling names.

Last time I just went to a private LabCorp instead, but honestly, I don't have the extra $67 to spend right now.😢

🤦
I told myself I’d stick to the gossip and the good news only. No more dealing with these filthy, crooked 😠
pieces of trash. http://www.nytimes.com/section/business/finance/

Well, if you ask me... everyone used to get free transit, and then the whole system just went completely downhill
all because of that brilliant idea from the Mayor to make sure everyone was happy by riding for free..
back when I was in high school, I remember paying for my bus pass$53 if my memory serves me right, anyway...
but whatever, that's not really the point...

They just want everything handed to them for free... honestly, it’s completely irrational...
I guess people just can't find any middle ground anymore.
Meanwhile, they've cut my overtime pay, and it keeps dropping month after month, more and more...
Between working double shifts and being stuck at work every single weekend, I’m barely even home!
And yet, someone gets to complain? Someone who works a standard nine-to-five, every weekend off,
with nothing more than a high school diploma, and then *they* have the nerve to whine...
Well, now that everyone has totally ruined things, they're all back to complaining again.
I am just absolutely livid with them..

So some census worker showed up at our place yesterday and of course she had to start acting all entitled, like she needed to monitor every single word we said. 😲Right when she walks in, she tells me how beautiful I look being pregnant, and I’m just there beaming and saying thanks, but then my mother-in-law chimes in with "fat pregnant woman." 😠I seriously couldn't believe my ears. The lady just stares at us like, "Uh, wow," while I'm sitting there thinking my MIL actually thought they were going to hit it off. Gross.

Honestly, what’s really getting to me is just how incredibly on edge I feel all the time now that I’m hitting the home stretch of this pregnancy, ufff......I feel like I'm losing my cool over absolutely everything🙂

Seriously, this is just straight-up disrespectful.

So, my doctor at Mayo Clinic actually tried calling me "chubby" the other day. Like, seriously? I specifically asked her not to use nicknames like that.
But she’s just there like, "Oh, come on, why not? You *are* chubby!"
I had to shut it down immediately and tell her, "No, I am not. I'm just pregnant." After that, she finally got the hint—well, until she made that little passive-aggressive comment recently.

I’m not entirely sure—I might have misheard her—but I think my older neighbor actually shouted at me today: "Hey, fatty, you feeling hot?" I mean, seriously?! Even back when I was carrying a few more pounds, nobody ever had the nerve to call me fat!
Now, this headache is just driving me crazy. It woke me up about an hour and a half ago, and I haven't been able to get back to sleep since... it's just constant. I took my last pill last night, so now I'm debating whether I should head out to a 24-hour pharmacy to grab some Lupocet or if I should just try to tough it out until morning.