Pregnant coworker

[imoan]

I have a coworker who is at about 8 weeks. These are some of the Bump-like pieces of brilliance she hit me with today.

1. Her hands are dry because she's pregnant. Doesn't have anything to do with getting into winter and the air being dry. Nope, totally the fetus sucking all the moisture out of your skin.

2. She asked me of she could eat mozzarella. I tell her it's fine if its pasteurized and its NEAR FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE to find unpasteurized in the US. She then proceeded to ask me if I thought Bertucci's mozzarella was pasteurized. It's a fucking chain... I'm sure their cheese is straight off some local farm.

3. She asked me if having a hard time getting out of bed in the morning is a 1st Tri symptom. Um, no... It's a symptom of it getting colder out and your bed being warm and cozy. Almost every single human in New England must be knocked up right now if that's a pregnancy symptom. And PS... I've seen Facebook posts from you for years whining about how you didn't want to get out of bed that morning. So unless you have the longest first trimester known to human kind... NO!

[alzi]

welp, you should tell her that having trouble getting out of bed is a second tri symptom too. bc today was ROUGH.

[iamgrace]

I want you to make p all sorts of crazy symptoms to tell her about and then snicker to yourself (and us, of course) when she experiences them too.

[imoan]

Nov 10, 2012 10:55:43 GMT -5 iamgrace said:

I want you to make p all sorts of crazy symptoms to tell her about and then snicker to yourself (and us, of course) when she experiences them too.

Love it! "Have you started peeing iced tea yet? Yeah... I started experiencing that around 11 weeks. And my boobs started humming 'I Love Rock n Roll'. You have that to look forward when your 2nd trimester starts!"

[emisi]

Ha, I will say, my skin seems to be drier than it usually is, particularly my legs. They iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch so bad. I also drink water like it's my job, so the baby does take more moisture out of you than normal.

Not sure if that's likely at 8 weeks, though.

[imoan]

Nov 10, 2012 13:20:20 GMT -5 emisi said:

Ha, I will say, my skin seems to be drier than it usually is, particularly my legs. They iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch so bad. I also drink water like it's my job, so the baby does take more moisture out of you than normal.

Not sure if that's likely at 8 weeks, though.

She's had ever possible pregnancy symptom... Since 3 months before she was pregnant. Not even exaggerating... I had to hear about every single one.

She also gained 8 lbs at 3 weeks. So... Um...

[emisi]

Nov 10, 2012 13:33:26 GMT -5 imoan said:

Nov 10, 2012 13:20:20 GMT -5 emisi said:

Ha, I will say, my skin seems to be drier than it usually is, particularly my legs. They iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch so bad. I also drink water like it's my job, so the baby does take more moisture out of you than normal.

Not sure if that's likely at 8 weeks, though.

She's had ever possible pregnancy symptom... Since 3 months before she was pregnant. Not even exaggerating... I had to hear about every single one.

She also gained 8 lbs at 3 weeks. So... Um...

Hehe, someone apparently heard that old "eating for two" canard and took it seriously. Wow, 8 lbs? My doctor doesn't want me to gain more than 20!

[imoan]

Im at 14 weeks and have gained two (was very lucky and didn't have MS). It was funny when at 3 weeks, she asked me how much I had gained and I said 2 (as of 13 weeks) and she had gained 8. Lol! Yes, I was smug.

[jssymom14]

Nov 10, 2012 10:55:43 GMT -5 iamgrace said:

I want you to make p all sorts of crazy symptoms to tell her about and then snicker to yourself (and us, of course) when she experiences them too.

Like!!

[VillainV]

Meh, I gain 8 pounds on a two-week vacation. I lose it all when I get home, but still....it's possible to do that just by eating a little more than usual, overloading on salts (and booze) and not working out. I wouldn't count that as a "real" weight gain.

[imoan]

Nov 10, 2012 15:16:39 GMT -5 VillainV said:

Meh, I gain 8 pounds on a two-week vacation. I lose it all when I get home, but still....it's possible to do that just by eating a little more than usual, overloading on salts (and booze) and not working out. I wouldn't count that as a "real" weight gain.

I will admit that most of this is because I'm so fucking sick of her. I have a few people around me who are pregnant right now and for a few of them, it's like a competition. People thinking that my pregnancy isn't going as well as there's because I didn't have MS or haven't gained 10 lbs yet or I'm not showing yet. Blah blah blah. These people think you can be more pregnant than other pregnant people. Freakin' hysterical.

[VillainV]

Nov 10, 2012 15:25:34 GMT -5 imoan said:

Nov 10, 2012 15:16:39 GMT -5 VillainV said:

Meh, I gain 8 pounds on a two-week vacation. I lose it all when I get home, but still....it's possible to do that just by eating a little more than usual, overloading on salts (and booze) and not working out. I wouldn't count that as a "real" weight gain.

I will admit that most of this is because I'm so fucking sick of her. I have a few people around me who are pregnant right now and for a few of them, it's like a competition. People thinking that my pregnancy isn't going as well as there's because I didn't have MS or haven't gained 10 lbs yet or I'm not showing yet. Blah blah blah. These people think you can be more pregnant than other pregnant people. Freakin' hysterical.

Yeah, that's just sad. Think of how nasty they're going to be when the babies are born and they all want to be super-mom....

[imoan]

I have a friend who is already telling at me about things. Although its her first pregnancy too. She's a few months ahead of me so she's the expert. ::eye roll:: Cant WAIT til the kids come... I know I'll be a giant fuck up compared to her.