Huh?January 31st, 2006 @ 2:10 pm
I am surprised at how often I get asked:
“Are you still having morning sickness?”
Please tell me that it is, in fact, common knowledge that morning sickness (typically) only lasts the first trimester. Are people so dense that they think I am only 3 months along?
Because hello, can you see this belly?
*yes, I got asked this today by a co-worker. A man who has children of his own. So he should be (some what) familiar with our pregnancy works.
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bon
said,
January 31, 2006 at 3:17 pm
ooopS!
It must be gone for you… because morning sickness has the potential to be with you the whole nine vile months!
my SIL is hyper-emetic for 4 months starting near the end of her first month, making the pukefest ending when she is a haggard beachball on a toothpick.
mmmmm… you probably did NOT want to know that if you plan on having any more kids.
Avorie
said,
January 31, 2006 at 3:58 pm
Wow, that’s pretty bad. People seem to ask stupid questions when they aren’t sure what to say.
Frema
said,
January 31, 2006 at 4:05 pm
I have heard many women who were sick the whole time. You are indeed a lucky duck.
Bethiclaus
said,
January 31, 2006 at 4:18 pm
I had morning sickness for about 22 weeks, and I got “Shouldn’t you be over this by now?” To which I said ew. Shut up.
anna
said,
January 31, 2006 at 5:34 pm
While I didn’t exactly have morning sickness the whole time, every single time, brushing my teeth produced nausea.
Erika
said,
February 1, 2006 at 6:06 am
This is a pet peeve for me too. I know some women have it longer but people (WOMEN…WITH CHILDREN) at work were asking me at like 6-7 months (which is when I actually started to show) if I was having morning sickness. I would just look at them and say, “no, I feel fantastic, that was all in the first trimester”
Mrs. Ca
said,
February 1, 2006 at 6:38 am
I’d say that unless you were throwing up at the time, he shouldn’t have asked that question. Maybe he was just (in his own dumb way) trying to start a conversation.
Hilary
said,
February 1, 2006 at 7:49 am
My favorite: People asking me if my 18 month old is “excited” about having a baby brother on the way. To which I want to reply: “Ummmmmm, you see, she can’t even poop or pee on her own, or tie her shoes, or make full sentences that actually make sense b/c HELLO, she’s only 18 months. So, for you to think that she actually understands the whole life process of a baby being in my belly that is going to come out of my “nevermind” and be her baby brother. Well, she has NO IDEA what’s going on.”
To which I do reply: “She doesn’t really understand.”
AnnieM
said,
February 1, 2006 at 8:05 am
Ugh! I was sick for the first 5 months, not pretty!
The Dow
said,
February 1, 2006 at 9:08 am
As a man, I happen to know that we’re all clueless about the pregnancy process. Even if we (well, our women) have gone through the process before.
Generally, we see a pregnant woman and we think “I should say something to her to acknowledge that she’s pregnant.”
Some of us choose to say things like, “Wow! You’ve gotten BIG!” These are the same people who enjoy being tied up and beaten.
In my opinion, this guy had two (stupid) choices. (1) “Do you know what you’re having?” (The correct answer, by the way, is “a baby”.) (2) “Are you still having morning sickness?” (Correct answer, “Not until I started talking to you.”)
Sorry for the long comment. I enjoy your writing though.
Artist Formerly Known as Ella
said,
February 1, 2006 at 9:39 am
I’m here to defend all the non-pregger gals…
I had a good friend that suffers from a rare but real pg symptom of puking all 9 months of pregancy. She had to be hospitalized for fluids twice AND put on bed rest for the end of her term.
So cut us some slack when we ask dumb questions about your baby hump, were just trying to have something in common with our girlfriends.
Isabel
said,
February 1, 2006 at 10:01 am
Man, I wasn’t trying to be mean with this post.
I realize that some pregnant ladies do throw up all 9 months. In fact, I still throw up about once a week (and I’m almost 31 weeks).
I am sure peope are just trying to start some sort of conversation with me. They aren’t trying to be mean…
Lisa
said,
February 1, 2006 at 9:54 pm
Many many men hardly remember how many kids they have, and how old the kids are, let alone are able to sem-competently gauge a pregnancy. heehee. He must be one of THOSE.
Allison
said,
February 2, 2006 at 5:19 pm
I read somewhere that of women who have both nausea and vomiting, the average end time is around 18 weeks. (I remember this b/c I’m at 16 weeks and I’m willing it to all go away soon.)