Better health

By Chris F

August 30, 2007 4:33 PM | Link to this

An AJC blog entry about an AJC article. O-k then.

You might want to fix your broken links, too. Some of your less-savvy readers might not know how to manually fix that.

By Hmmmm....

August 30, 2007 4:39 PM | Link to this

I must be less savvy, all it links to is a search engine!

By Hmmmm....

August 30, 2007 4:44 PM | Link to this

found their typo and read the article….maybe they will find it too

By Jill

August 30, 2007 4:48 PM | Link to this

The link itsn’t working but I have a comment about this topic. I am 8 months pregnant and have found out that EVERYONE has an opinion on pregnancy….and they feel the need to give it to me. People tell me that I haven’t gained enough weight or that I need to eat more. Or I’ll get comments like “oh you look really pregnant.” Gee, I haven’t noticed. Also it’s no one’s business if I’m going to breastfeed or not. And don’t even think about “touching the bump”.

By Kim

August 30, 2007 5:09 PM | Link to this

I didn’t have any horribly rude comments, but please don’t ask me to come back to work early from maternity leave! That was ridiculous and rude it its own way even though it was after pregnancy!

By katy

August 30, 2007 5:18 PM | Link to this

many women have a “nesting” instinct during pregnancy and the touching and condescension (when are you going back to work/how long will you breastfeed/don’t do that, do this) that I experienced from some people was galling and made me want to hide. Touching and personal questions never seem to be okay when a person is not pregnant; however, suddenly men and women of any age act as though you are their property. My own family would ask if they could touch me - but so many strangers did not. A few seemed truly well meaning, but most had some sort of “advice.” When 9.5 months along a hostess at a nice restaurant asked how many babies I was having. I had become accustomed to hearing that from complete strangers. When I said “one”, she said “really? because you are so huge!” and walked away. The look on my husband’s face was priceless.
I did a better job of handling people who invaded my space in my second pregnancy, but when the third time comes, I’ve had it. Unfortunately, I think it’s time I just call attention to prying inquiries, and become very vocal when people come close to touching me.

By Perkle

August 30, 2007 5:23 PM | Link to this

Pregnant or not, no one has the right to touch you without being invited to do so.

By Ms. Marvelous

August 30, 2007 5:30 PM | Link to this

I’m 10 weeks pregnant and when I first found out and started talking to a few people about it I would say the rudest comments were: “Do you know who the father is ” and “Are you sure he is the father” not to mention” you still could be wrong because doctor’s can make mistakes.

I was threw when I heard those comments! Of course, I know who the father is!!!!! Especially, if I know how and where my baby was conceived!

By Penguinmom

August 30, 2007 6:07 PM | Link to this

I saw a really funny pin when I was pregnant with my first. It had 3 answers: 1. Yes 2. My Husband’s 3. We’re not going to find out.

I don’t remember getting a lot of rude comments. Probably the rudest one was directed at my husband’s weight not at mine. I just looked at the person in silence and she turned away embarrassed. I’m not one who cares who knows my age so those never bothered me.

When someone said something to me about twins, I always replied, Nope and I have the picture to prove it.

Getting embarassed about being large when you are pregnant is a little silly. We are all large when we’re pregnant. We all waddle like ducks during the last month or so. Every pregnant woman has trouble getting up or sitting down at some point.

It’s just a part of life and it’s better to laugh off the comments or ignore them than to get worked up about how rude they are.

By Kerry

August 31, 2007 8:28 AM | Link to this

When I was pregnant, I never had strangers just come up and touch my stomach. I did have people ask me how much I weigh (why would you ask anyone that - whether or not they’re pregnant?) but I didn’t have a problem with how big I was. I was mostly stomach anyway. I looked very pregnant. I was actually more comfortable with my body when I was pregnant than I am now. I don’t understand , though, why people are so sensitive about it. People are curious and being pregnant is a wonderful thing. Ask all the questions you want (except about weight of course)

By Jenny

September 11, 2007 8:23 AM | Link to this

Please don’t tell a pregnant woman about your labor room horror story or stories about pregnancy and delivery problems.