What the hell, body?

[Writer]

Why do you swell up so much every month? I don't mean a little bit - I'm talking going from a flat stomach to looking like I'm 3-4 months pregnant!

What gives? Why the extra 4-5 inches around the middle? Am I going to have to roll to get around when I'm pregnant?

Good LORD!

:sigh:

[Deep13]

1. "when" you get pregnant?

So you've resolved to go through with the whole kid production then and not just adopt a used one?

[Bucky]

9. You gotta be careful with those used ones. The manufacturers usually won't honor the warranty

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

2. I get the impression

you really aren't into having a baby. It's okay. Motherhood isn't for everybody. Dogs are nice and you don't have to do anything other than love them unconditionally, feed and water them, walk them and clean up their shit. They don't develop attitudes in adolescents, they can't talk back, you don't have to buy them school clothes or pay for school pictures or lunches. No college tuition, wedding costs. Just get a dog and forget about.

[Haole Girl]

3. +1

Only replace the word dog with cat. ;-)

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

5. LOL

[Writer]

4. And when I do get pregnant in the next year or so, I'll make sure to send you some flowers.

n/t

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

6. Sure, why not?

My address is 8675309 Jenny Avenue,
C/O T. Twotone
81889 München
Germany

Be sure to include at least one ultrasound picture (with Gender!) so I can send an appropriate gift and maybe a journal for when the tike gets older and wants to express his or her inner feelings.

[Writer]

7. I'll make sure the "tike" has whatever he or she needs to express feelings, thank you. n/t

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

8. Should that have been spelled tyke?

I don't know these things! I have a dogter.

[Minimus]

12. I totally agree...I do not have children and never wanted children

some people were apalled when I would say it. I am perfectly happy with my doggies even if JRTs can be little scamps.

Bringing a child into the world right now with the state Mother Earth is in just seems unfair. I am glad my nieces and nephews have not given me any great-nieces or great-nephews.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

13. We all have to make our own decisions

now I'm going to scarf down about a pound of chocolate.

[Deep13]

18. same here. nt

[Sky Masterson]

10. You'll be fine.

You'll get bigger boobs and a tax write off. ;)

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

11. Perfect answer

Sky. And the tax write off can pay for fixing the boobs southward drift! It's a win win all around :)

[Sky Masterson]

14. It is. And I say this because I know her.

She is one of my truest friends here and I think(like me )she gets misunderstood often.
I know her to be a very good person and as real and flawed as all of us.
We all have doubts and worries. It doesn't make us crazy or bad it just makes us human.
BTW I like you too.You seem to be a really nice person.I mean it.
Anyhoo.. I'll let people do what they do here and slink back to my GD.P spf thread//

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

15. I hear you sky

I just didn't understand the hostility to an honest answer I gave the OP. Like you said we are all human and sometimes things don't come across on a message board as we mean them. Not another word from me on this topic.

[Sky Masterson]

16. It's DU ;)

We are all a bunch of activist minds looking to activate.
I kind of wish this forum was more open so we could all have real enemies to attack instead of each other.
Anyhoo.. I Don't hate anyone.I figure if anyone cares enough to post here (minus the trolls) then they really aren't the enemy.Big tent means big tent. :)

[Shell Beau]

17. Too much salt??

Are you TTC? Just curious with all these preggo like posts.

[Writer]

19. I'm making fun of the pregnant thing...

every month it's like this, though. Another four inches appears around my middle. Very swollen. Maybe it IS salt! Who knows.

Edit to add: Every month of my period!

[Shell Beau]

20. It could be water retention.

I kinda got the feeling from your other post about pregnancy, that you were thinking about doing it. Am I imagining that?

[Writer]

21. Yeah but I am trying to time it closer to comps, if not after comps, so perhaps next year.

We shall see... ugh. I sort of wish I could cut my head from my body. It would make being a woman graduate school much easier.

[Shell Beau]

22. My best friend was pregnant during part of her time in graduate school.

She already had 2 kids, so it was tough, but she managed!!! She has an awesome husband too! That always helps.

[Writer]

23. Yeah, my hub rock and rolls!

I can do it... I can do it... I can do it...

BTW: I'm sorry for the repeated posts re: pregnancy. Unfortunately I do not have any good female support in my family, and certainly no good female advice to lean on, so I lean on strangers on the internet.

[kimi]

24. It CAN be done

During the 4 1/2 years of nursing school, which was a university degree, I had 2 children, and one of those was a problematic pregnancy with preterm labor when I had to go on bedrest. I was able to work out an arrangement for work at home and ended up making up a lot of lab work the following semester. It really does help having a supportive partner, I can't stress that enough. I didn't have a whole lot of female support, other than fellow students, but believe me, if you have the will and the determination, you will be able to do it. You do what you have to do, you rely on whatever help can get you through, and you try to enjoy the experience in spite of the trials. It is possible.

[Shell Beau]

25. Don't apologize!!

Try your best to look forward to pregnancy. A postive outlook helps a lot. It is a truly wonderful experience, even with all the yucky stuff that goes with it. I had a hard pregnancy, but I remember the wonderful things about it mostly. Good luck when you do TTC!