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As an expectant mother I felt compelled to answer this:
1) I cradle not because I am protecting my child, I cradle because I want the little one to settle its bloody bum down while I am talking on the phone, eating a bbq burger and in general wonder why the flip does it feel the need to kick when I want to relax. It doesn't do any good but hey I can only hope through cradling it will calm down.
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Put the head phones on your tummy and turn up the music. Classical to make the kid smart. Head banger if you are wishing for a delinquent.
(joke)
But you may find a particular style of music calms the baby.
Put the head phones on your tummy and turn up the music. Classical to make the kid smart. Head banger if you are wishing for a delinquent.
(joke)
But you may find a particular style of music calms the baby.
We play music all the time, seems to be keen on Trance/House music. Mr. X's genes are all over this one. I have been feeling him/her move in the past week a lot and it loves loves loves BBQ burgers!
Never thought about the first one, but it is very weird, almost contortionistic . . .on the second one, I am with you . . . I don't "get" how that got to be ok to say. I think the people who say it actually believe it!!!
No, only the woman gets pregnant (unless you are that pregnant man in Oregon).
First, I want to ask that you please don't take offense to this. There are two things that I want to note here, and maybe you can shed some light on the for me:
I can't STAND it when pregnant women "cradle" their stomach like so....
I mean, WHY do they do this??? Are they afraid that If they don't cradle the stomach, the baby may fall off???
The second thing that I hate, is when pregnant women say " WE'RE pregnant" as if the man or husband is also. Why do they do this?
I personaly, just find both of these two things very annoying.
Seriously I sometimes have to look to make sure the posters are not new because some of these postings are over the top.
First, I want to ask that you please don't take offense to this. There are two things that I want to note here, and maybe you can shed some light on the for me:
I can't STAND it when pregnant women "cradle" their stomach like so....
I mean, WHY do they do this??? Are they afraid that If they don't cradle the stomach, the baby may fall off???
The second thing that I hate, is when pregnant women say " WE'RE pregnant" as if the man or husband is also. Why do they do this?
I personaly, just find both of these two things very annoying.
Is it a slow night for you where you're trying to get some conversation started? I use to cradle my stomach at times, but it was to feel my baby kick. I never stated we were pregnant, but I don't find it as offensive as you do. If it bothers you so much, just stay away from pregnant women.
No, only the woman gets pregnant (unless you are that pregnant man in Oregon).
Please don't refer to HER as a pregnant man. You can dress a cat up like a dog { bad metaphor } but it's still a cat. That whole thing is a joke. Real MEN don't have vaginas now do they?
1. Don't care. Maybe it's comforting - over to you girls.
2. Don't care. Each to their own, but when she is pushing it out, you can be darn sure that it's not 'we'
LOL! I love you, Aidxen!
My two cents:
1. There are lots of reasons for this. Sometimes, especially if you're lugging around a dozen or so pounds of twins, it feels like it will fall off. Sometimes it calms the little guys down. Sometimes it feels good. sometimes you just don't have anything better to do with your hands. And it's really good when you're in one of those touchy feely churches and don't want to hug strangers.
2. Not my favorite phrase. FTR, I've almost always heard it from first-time moms, to whom I give a pass on a lot of silliness because...well...they're just so goshdarn earnest.
3. Definitely trance music. And for some weird reason, Benedictine chant.
The OP obviously do not have children so he is just here to stir up trouble. Go back to the religious forum where you usually hang out.
The OP's children, or lack thereof, has nothing to do with the OP's showing up to stir up trouble. Implying that someone who only comes here to stir up trouble is caused by the fact that they don't have kids, is insulting to those of us who come here to participate productively, and don't have kids.
My two cents:
Some mothers (as mentioned previously) really do want that support beneath their bulging bellies and cradle for the same reason that some large-breated women prefer to wear a bra. There can be a couple dozen pounds in that little space, between baby, placenta, and fluids. That's a lot of weight to bulge out under the ribcage and over the groin muscles. A low-rise girdle would just push on the bladder, which is the last thing a pregnant woman needs. A high-rise girdle just isn't an option. Maybe someone can invent "belly-sling suspenders" to alleviate the problem.
Or, a mom can suspend her own belly for free by simply holding her hand underneath it. I think it's kind of cute.
It's not that I can't stand it and it's not just about expectant mothers, but it's hard to watch your good friends who are intelligent and interesting be reduced to talking about the same mindless, boring, cliched baby crap that everyone else talks about. What I don't like about new parents is that they become REALLY BORING to the rest of us childless folk, unless of course they're family.
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