You sure do get a lot of attention when you're pregnant. It can be particularly awkward in my line of work, and it has become clear to me that many of my clients have no idea how--or whether--to react to my pregnancy. Now that my belly sticks out like a basketball and, try as I might, I have to waddle down the hall to greet them in the waiting room, the people I counsel have no choice but to acknowledge the situation. They are kind people, all of them, and they mean well, but for me it is almost unbearably awkward--something like the nightmare where you show up to class wearing nothing but your gym socks.
While everyone has been kind, and I have yet to hear the sorts of things some pregnant women are subjected to--"You look like you're ready to pop!" or "You sure you don't have twins in there?"--I am forced to wonder how truthful everyone is being. The other day Sydney was lying on my bed while I got dressed and when I finished and turned around to walk out of the room, she laughed, pointed at my midriff, and shouted "Mommy, you look silly!" She then proceeded to repeat said proclamation over and over, laughing with the gleeful abandon of one who has yet to develop those buzz-killing social skills we adults are forced to employ.
So. Who should I believe?
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Well, I for one think you look great, adorable, actually (don't cringe!) and I hope you know that I'd tell you if I thought otherwise!
You. What do YOU think?
Just visualize that baby curled inside you...the same baby who you'll carry by sling, or bjorn on the outside soon, right now, curled up on the inside. How could that not be beautiful?
Wow, I saw you just yesterday and thought that you just barely looked pregnant -- and the kind of enviable pregnant where you just grow a little belly... no swelling, no red face, no whole-body weight gain. Plus, you got up faster and more gracefully from the floor than most non-pregnant folks do -- and if that's not evidence of a good-looking pregnancy, I don't know what is!
"She then proceeded to repeat said proclamation over and over, laughing with the gleeful abandon of one who has yet to develop those buzz-killing social skills we adults are forced to employ."
My little guy hasn't fully developed those social skills, either - I'm afraid that's gonna last for quite a while longer than you'd like. It certainly is for ME.
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