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Oh yes, my friend....it's why I cried for three months when I found out I was pregnant with my 5th child. Everyone said, "Yes, but it gets easier, the more children you have" They LIED...the last one was just as long and drawn out as the first ones. My pregnancies never, ever got easier. Because the first 2 were C-sections, I was deemed high-risk. There was no food allowed, because there was a high probablity that I'd have an emergency c-section. Hubby's vasectomy was the happiest day of my life.
After the last pregnancy, I had endless streams of residents walking into my room and telling me "Mrs Aconite, your tubes are SO tied.." I wasn't trusting dh to handle the job. They were in there spelunking in my nether regions anyway, so I figured they may as well do some reconstruction work while they were at it.
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Originally Posted by OhioChic
LOL I always tell my bf that we're pregnant. I dont say it to other people though. But when I was going through morning sickness he would always pretend like his stomach hurt too so I wouldnt be all alone. And now that my back hurts all the time he says his does too. And whenever we eat anything he always says he's eating for 2! lol
Careful, Ohio-- Mr. Aconite gained more weight with my last pregnancy than I did.
creepy??? oh that's sad. It took US 5 years, several heartbreaks and gallons of tears to finally get pregnant. I was so happy I wore maternity clothes at my very first dr appointment at only 6 weeks. I wanted to have FINALLY tattooed on my forehead. If I was one of those who cradled her stomach , it was because i wanted to make sure he was OK, and later to be sure he could feel me patting him. After he was delivered, I really missed having the little jumping bean in my belly.
Even now at almost 65 when I get indigestion, I think fondly when all that grumbling meant a little person was soon to be in our lives.
creepy??? oh that's sad. It took US 5 years, several heartbreaks and gallons of tears to finally get pregnant. I was so happy I wore maternity clothes at my very first dr appointment at only 6 weeks. I wanted to have FINALLY tattooed on my forehead. If I was one of those who cradled her stomach , it was because i wanted to make sure he was OK, and later to be sure he could feel me patting him. After he was delivered, I really missed having the little jumping bean in my belly.
Even now at almost 65 when I get indigestion, I think fondly when all that grumbling meant a little person was soon to be in our lives.
Very sweet. I went through similar circumstances and I don't think I exhaled until he was born healthy.
I don't know why it seems creepy. Not the cradling though. It's constant stroking that makes me uncomfortable. I think maybe it just feels to intimate for me to be witnessing. But just to be clear - I know it's my weird problem. Not the pregnant woman's.
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.
Um, as for the second, I don't know anyone who says that. But I can see it as a way to convey the father is as excited about this baby as the mom.
As for the first, there is a lot of stretching of ligaments and it can hurt to stand up and sit down and sometimes people may feel like it helps take the stretch off if they support the giant basketball that is twisting up their innards.
well, now that I know there are some actual reasons for cradling the stomach, I suppose I can see why they do it. I always thought is was more of like a show-off type thing for lack of a better expression.
well, now that I know there are some actual reasons for cradling the stomach, I suppose I can see why they do it. I always thought is was more of like a show-off type thing for lack of a better expression.
It honestly never occurred to you that having a growing, moving thing inside you the size of a basketball might occasionally be a teensy weensy uncomfortable?
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