Stressing My Self Out..

[Jakabella]

Thanks Tobily!
Im trying to just enjoy the last 8 weeks or so of my pregnancy! I will certaily practice my selective hearing tecnique!
Kate

[Jakabella]

Thanks Hollye!
I wish I could tell this person where to go - but she is one of my bosses! hehehehe
Thanks hun!
Kate

[[M]umma[M]ia]

thats the thing with bosses.. they think they can say and do what they like. grr they **** me. people just **** me today! lol

[MrsB26]

Others peoples comments can be just plain rude. I am sure everything is just fine. I have has all the way through this pregnancy comments about being so small :shrug: what can you do?
I actually had someone say to me last thursday "OMG you are HUGE!" i was like- i beg your pardon? - and she went "imagine how big you're going to be at the end if your're this HUGE now!"
WTF? obvioulsy this girl has neer been pregnant herself but tbh it hurt more that she said i was huge rather than all the small comments i have been getting.
Just try to ignore it or say something witty back (if your unlike me and can never think of anything)

[Nelle]

I dont think im that small

Haha, I was like that too, and I always remember to ask people how they feel now - because I felt HUGE, I was uncomfy, I felt fat, ugly (you know, that's the bad days of pregnancy for you :P), and people were saying 'oh you're tiny, wish I'd had a neat comfortable package like that'.

Comments like that just invalidate how a pregnant person is feeling, I hated it, because they said it like it was praise and I should graciously accept their comment like 'oh yes, thankyou, yes I am small, I did it deliberately, and of course it's comfortable, what sane 30 week pregnant chick wouldn't be comfortable?'
Dorks.

Anyway, I'll stop having flashbacks :P and remind you again, DON'T let comments worry you if you weren't worried before and your carers aren't worried.

[SamiH]

This is my third and I feel huge - but I have had good size bubbas too - people like to tell me I look big too - i dunno what is worse - too big or too small ...

This is your first so you probably have lovely tummy muscles still pulling everything in (jealous ) - good support for you and bubba - don't stress and rely on your carers.

[CathieW]

HI
Don't listen to what people say, people can be soooooo rude. Baby is kicking and your Ob is happy. Don't worry.

Cathie

[Jakabella]

Thanks ladies!!
I feel heaps better and I hope I can start to give myself a break!!
Thansk for all the words of wisdome and sharing all your own experiances!

Kate

[Devon]

Hi Kate

What is it with people? We had a lunch with DH's family the other week, and they hadn't seen me for a while, and all I got was a crowd of people standing around me exclaiming over and over again how small I was. I said I thought I looked quite big and they kept going - 'oh no, you're so small'. Thanks a bunch! This was before my 20 week scan and I was worried I was too small and there was something wrong. Of course everything was fine, and they were just blabbing out the first thing that came into their heads. It ruined the rest of the day for me though.

So I really do sympathise, even though I'm not as far along as you are. And if your OB is happy then everything is fine!

I really can't understand why a woman's body suddenly becomes public property when she's pregnant.

[satya]

I know how hard it is, but try not to stress.

I was continually being told how small my bump looked by friends & workmates. I even had some workmates who didn't even realise I was pregnant and I was well into the third tri - I had to tell them.

I had a growth scan at 32 weeks and I was really worried that he'd be tiny. I worried for nothing. He was normal size but the sonographer said "he's not going to be a tall cherub". At that stage I was told I'd have about a 7 pound to 7 and a half pound baby. He was 7 pound 13 at birth. I never expected to have a bub that size as both my DF & I were smaller than that at birth & my bump just never got that large.

I'm living proof that bump size does not relate to baby size.

[Je$$_84]

Seriously WTF is wrong ith people.. Pregnancy is stressful enough without people saying crap...

WIth my last pregnancy i every person who would see me was either "god ur big:" or "wow u dont look that big, how far are you" Every scan, GP, Hospital visit i was getting conflicting comments... My GP Said that i'd have a "big baby" so i said how big.. he replied about 7-8 lbs... (phew i thought... i was expecting big to be 9-10+lbs).

I went 10 days over and when i went in to book the induction the MW did the internal to check things she felt my tummy while putting the monitors on and said... "ur not that big... i dont hink you'll have a big baby" i was like Yeah thanks... all excited...

The next day when i came in for induction the MW says..." Gosh i think your oing to have a big baby" i was like WTF i'm here to have my baby today and ur saying this to me... My DP looked at her and said a begg ur pardon but would you like someone saying you need an injection but the needle is huge and painful... (her reply was no of course not) and said well why would you say that when its 10 times worse.

i think people see a preg woman and say the 1st damn thing that pops into their heads... GRRRRR worst part is is mainly other women.