Are you SURE you’re not having twins?
Written by Elizabeth on July 6, 2007 – 10:59 pm -When I was pregnant with my first baby, my son Ryan, I gained a LOT of weight. I went from weighing 140 to weighing 198 the day I delivered. I’m five feet tall, which means that the bigger Ryan got, the more my stomach stuck straight out, because there was nowhere else for him to go. Honestly, I looked like a baby hippo by about month seven.
I worked at a large Credit Union where the staff was mostly women, so all pregnant mothers enjoyed nine months of being fussed over. The women I was closest to knew as much about my pregnancy as my husband and I did. And they knew how I felt about my size, how I had to buy size Large maternity tops to go over my tummy even as they hung down to my knees. Which is why I was not at all happy when one day, one of nicest ladies in my office walked up to me and said “Are you SURE you’re not having twins?”
Um, yes. I was sure. My husband was sure, my doctor was sure. Unless there was another baby growing somewhere else in my body, my uterus contained exactly one very large boy. My reaction was not the witty comeback I would have wished it could have been, instead I laughed nervously and said “no no, it’s not twins, ha ha”. Ha ha my ASS. You know what I wish I had said to my older, definitely not-pregnant but slightly overweight coworker? “I’m only having one baby. How many are YOU having?”
What was the most annoying question someone asked you when you were pregnant? Don’t you wish you could have just handed them this?
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2. By Mama K (2 comments.) on Jul 7, 2007 | Reply
Oh no! People just need something to say I think. Too bad they don’t think about it first.
I wrote about the sleeping through the night thing at http://www.mamaknj.blogspot.com
3. By Elizabeth (394 comments.) on Jul 7, 2007 | Reply
Mama K- I know, right? Wouldn’t it have been awesome to see the look on her face if I had asked her how many babies SHE was having?? LOL!
4. By Jen (1 comments.) on Jul 7, 2007 | Reply
People are so ….. stupid. That’s the only word for it. In what other situation would it be ok to ask someone if they’ve got an extra person there under their skin? I don’t know why so many people think it’s ok to be insensitive to pregnant women.
5. By Emily (1 comments.) on Jul 7, 2007 | Reply
What is it about the state of being pregnant that throws decency out the window? Why do people think they can touch my belly? Why do they think I want to hear about their mucus plug? What is the deal?
6. By Elizabeth (394 comments.) on Jul 7, 2007 | Reply
Emily- I know! At first you feel like you’ve joined a special sorority or something, until one day you are sitting at lunch with a bunch of friends and they all start telling you their horrible birth stories, and you’re are like don’t TELL me that!
7. By Mimipz5wjj (60 comments.) on Jul 7, 2007 | Reply
Okay, the link didn’t work for me, but I’m sure it was good!
When I was pregnant, for no other reason than a good laugh, when people (strangers) would ask me when I was due, I’d say, “What? I’m not pregnant.” The looks on their faces were worth it! Then I’d laugh and they would too… probably thinking “The bi$%@” Oh well. Like I cared!
8. By Leigh (2 comments.) on Jul 8, 2007 | Reply
“Do you know what you’re having?” That was the question I was asked ALL THE TIME, and I got so sick of it! Then they would actually be shocked when I told them no, that we wanted to be surprised.
Btw, my first child was a boy, too … and his name is Ryan.
9. By kevin (1 comments.) on Jul 8, 2007 | Reply
People thought I was having twins but then they just noticed I had a gut
10. By Lynne (14 comments.) on Jul 8, 2007 | Reply
People can be so inconsiderate! I got tired of being asked what sex I wanted my baby to be. I just wanted a healthy baby!
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11. By Cade@BusinessOpportunity (1 comments.) on Jul 9, 2007 | Reply
I have to say that this is a great idea that you have here. I am so glad that I am a guy and that I never have to give birth to a human. That would scare me to death.
12. By Elizabeth (394 comments.) on Jul 11, 2007 | Reply
Mimi- *snicker* that was MEAN! LOL!
13. By Elizabeth (394 comments.) on Jul 11, 2007 | Reply
Leigh- Did you ever want to give them a really smart-ass answer like “well, I WAS visited by an alien that month, so it could be a Martian baby”? ha! And hooray for boys named Ryan!
14. By Elizabeth (394 comments.) on Jul 11, 2007 | Reply
Kevin- You be nice or I’m going to force you to watch The Transformers Movie!