Pregnancy pet-peeves

Since we got pregnant, I've been visiting the pregnancy website The Bump quite often and reading stuff other women post on the message boards. It's a pretty good resource if you want to ask a question of those who have had babies recently, or if you think you have a weird symptom, and want to see if anyone else is experiencing it too. It is also a good place to vent, if something has annoyed you, and it seems like there are a number of those things happening to us prego ladies.

I have this story to share from last week. I met a friend of mine here recently to do something, and she asked when I was due, so I told her in Feb, and she proceeded to tell me that I was NOT SHOWING AT ALL!

Uhhmmm, really? What would you call this???

I just laughed it off and did not continue that train of thought, but it kind of ticked me off... What do you expect a pregnant person will look like?... Like a bloated whale from ears to toes? Or to have a huge belly right off the bat? I would say that what I look like is quite normal and appropriate for about 4.5 months. And you really can't mistake the belly for anything else. I HOPE!!!! It is way past the stage of a beer belly or too much to eat for dinner.

In any case that made me think about the other very common vents I see on the The Bump and I compiled a list of things that I think I would personally find annoying if they were to happen to me. Now mind you none of this actually happened to me yet, everyone around has been so wonderful, so I feel very blessed... Also, I do realize these are pretty superficial so take them with a grain of salt...

1. Being inundated with uninvited advice, especially if said advice has no medical grounds or is completely based on superstition or old wives tales (we all know how much those are worth in light of the recent gender reveal... haha).

My take on this: I am working with a highly qualified Swiss Medical Doctor and he is taking extremely good care of me. He gives me all the necessary info to ensure a healthy and successful pregnancy. And he is much more qualified to tell me what to do or not do than me, you or the next random guy... For any weird side questions I may have, I can ask him myself or google it. Oh plus I am obsessively scientific in my approach to everything. I love researching things and finding scientific reason and proof for what I need to know or what is going on. I have low tolerance for superstition.

2. Having the belly touched, rubbed, patted, etc. 

Ohhhh this would drive me nuts! I have a pretty strong need for personal space. This may seem standoffish, but that's just how I am. The stomach area to me is a pretty private place, and expecially now that it is so prominent and sensitive. I'm really protective of that spot. I know that some women don't mind that, or even invite rubbing and patting. I REALLY don't like it and I don't even like to touch other people's prego bellies that much. I usually feel like I'm intruding on them. To all those who think I'm weird - think about how you would feel if people randomly started grabbing your private areas... Not so nice now, huh? Haha....

In any case - I am so glad this has not happened to me so far!!!

3. Being told "You look HUGE!!" Now I know that the exact opposite happened to me, but what made me think about this?

Next time anyone back home will see me I will be sporting a huge belly. True. However, hopefully the rest of me will still remain fairly normal. I think telling me how huge I look would only make me sad and self-conscious. I have always been skinny and proud of it. I am ok with gaining weight now, since that's necessary for the health of the baby. But the last thing I would want to hear would be that I look like a whale... haha... It's not like I can do anything about it...

Again, I feel really blessed that the only thing so far has been on how you can't really tell I'm prego. I guess better that than to be told to my face I look like a whale, right?... Haha...

Have a great day everyone!