10 things that you no longer want to hear as a pregnant woman I arrived at the 26th week of pregnancy. Suddenly things are going pretty fast and I am starting to feel a little bit more pregnant since the last post where I wrote about the 10 things you only know when you are pregnant with the next child. I've also been a bit of baby-shopping, but I'll show that next week. This week I realized once again that it is sometimes annoying to be pregnant. For example, in the tram, when nobody stands up, even when I open my coat demonstratively. Everyone is staring into their smartphones. Most of the time, a woman over 50 years takes pity. Should I perhaps acquire a more needy look? And then there are other annoying things that happen to you when you're pregnant. I once collected them together 😉 10 things that you no longer want to hear as a pregnant woman Is not everything so dramatic and since it's my third pregnancy, it's also almost funny, so almost always.
10 things that you no longer want to hear as a pregnant woman
I arrived at the 26th week of pregnancy. Suddenly things are going pretty fast and I am starting to feel a little bit more pregnant since the last post where I wrote about the 10 things you only know when you are pregnant with the next child. I've also been a bit of baby-shopping, but I'll show that next week.
This week I realized once again that it is sometimes annoying to be pregnant. For example, in the tram, when nobody stands up, even when I open my coat demonstratively. Everyone is staring into their smartphones. Most of the time, a woman over 50 years takes pity. Should I perhaps acquire a more needy look? And then there are other annoying things that happen to you when you're pregnant. I once collected them together 😉
10 things that you no longer want to hear as a pregnant woman
- You already have two children. Was the baby planned? As if that matters. Planned, not planned. It does not matter. Why is that always so important? I get it because I want to get it. If I did not want it, I would not get it.
- When do you have an appointment? Mostly followed by body-check-look. It is checked exactly how thick the belly is. And then it starts:
- Oh wow, your stomach is already so thick. Are you sure it will only be one? Or even more directly: Do you get twins? The question to me is about the same as asking non-pregnant women if they are pregnant. Or: one might think that the child is coming soon. Well, third child, as the stomach grows unfortunately also immediately going on and also I'm not so big and looked at the first child rather very pregnant. But, what do I justify again ...
- Optionally comes more often: What, you do not take any pregnancy vitamins? Or: What, you take pregnancy vitamins? To be perfectly honest, I took the first four months, mostly folic acid and then no more. According to my midwife, the vitamins and nutrients that you consume with normal food are completely sufficient. Sometimes I have a little guilty conscience when I see the advertisement for pregnant women, but alas, I do not think about it anymore. All blood tests have always been good.
- How much have you already gained? Somehow an indiscreet question, or am I only sensitive to hormones? I feel fat immediately. I have so far increased by 10 pounds, which is probably normal. A childless friend once told me that one of her friends had gained exactly five kilos, who were gone immediately after birth. Bäääm! That was a punch in the stomach. I have not forgotten until today. It was in my first pregnancy, about seven years ago.
- And, do you already have a name? Yes, no, yes, no. Actually, no matter what I answer, there is a discussion, either about deciding or about betraying it. The fact is, even if we already had a name, we would not betray it before birth.
- What will it be? The belly looks like a girl belly/boy belly. There is always something for everyone. Actually quite funny. However, I'm just pregnant with all my three pregnancies.
- May I touch it? Errr, no. May I touch it? Yes, that's not so bad and always depends on who it comes from. But if strangers want to touch my stomach, that's very strange.
- How old are you? And then the slightly horrified look when I say I'm 40 years old. And then immediately afterward: Well, luckily it's the third child. 40 with the first child would be quite blatant. I do not know. My pregnancies are not so different, purely physical. And you know, as old as you feel.
- Are you still working? Strange question. I'm not sick, just pregnant. And I do not work on the assembly line or in the field. So yes, I'm still working and planning to keep doing it.
Is not everything so dramatic and since it's my third pregnancy, it's also almost funny, so almost always.