Man, I'm with you. For REAL. For a little while I actually tried to /explain/ to people why this wasn't helpful, but it got damned tiring to tell people in my weeks-of-20 that "Hey, you know, we lost a baby early on and had a pretty traumatic first trimester so really the LAST thing we want to hear is that we don't look pregnant. Can you LIE or something? Please?" So eventually we agreed to suck it up and smile, and not try to shoot people with laser eyes and play the "dead baby" card.
But now I feel like I can say, "Shut yo mouth, my kid weighs over 4.5 lbs in there somewhere, so stick it!" Which in its own way is more empowering than being all "poor me had a rough time, be nice." So I feel good.
Obviously I don't have organs. I am becoming convinced of this. Bladder aside, I don't really feel ANY of the stuff like "kicks in the ribs" (even though the tech showed us the feet there), difficulty breathing, etc. Apparently my lungs disappeared when I got pregnant, thus the extra room.
Can I just tell you how excited I am that people seem to be getting knocked up right and left right now? It's like Global Dyke Domination or something.
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Date: 2007-05-18 01:12 pm (UTC)But now I feel like I can say, "Shut yo mouth, my kid weighs over 4.5 lbs in there somewhere, so stick it!" Which in its own way is more empowering than being all "poor me had a rough time, be nice." So I feel good.
Obviously I don't have organs. I am becoming convinced of this. Bladder aside, I don't really feel ANY of the stuff like "kicks in the ribs" (even though the tech showed us the feet there), difficulty breathing, etc. Apparently my lungs disappeared when I got pregnant, thus the extra room.
Can I just tell you how excited I am that people seem to be getting knocked up right and left right now? It's like Global Dyke Domination or something.