Questions/Comments

Now that I am very obviously pregnant, I've started to get comments and questions about the baby.  Normally I don't mind, but sometimes the things people say are just so unexpected.

Today, I went to get a pedicure for Lauren's wedding this weekend (I can't comfortably reach my toes anymore), and I had this super cute, young nail tech.  I would say she was maybe somewhere between 19-21 years old.  Usually, when I get my nails done, the techs rarely speak to me, but this girl was rather chatty.  She asked me the usual questions: "When are you due?" "Is it a boy or a girl?"  all questions I willingly answer without pause.  Then, she looked at me and said, "You must be in your twenties, maybe early thirties?"  When I told her I am 27, she went on to tell me that I was sooooo young to be having a baby.  Apparently she hasn't seen all the pregnancies pop up in my social circles over the last year and a half!  It's an epidemic in my age group at the moment...  I wasn't sure how to respond to her, so I just said, "Yeaaaaaahh...." and left it at that.  No need to explain that I've been married for 5 years, been with my husband for 11, and have been out of college since 2008!

After that, I could tell she was counting back, and then asked me, "When did you get pregnant?  December?"  I haven't ever had anyone ask me when I got knocked up, and in my mind, it's basically shouting the date we had sex from the roof tops (Again, no need to tell her that November 11th was the date of insemination, and that I actually conceived while Luke was out of town a day or two later...).  So, a question that seemed pretty innocent turned into this huge awkward thing in my head, so my response was, "We found out we were having a baby just before Thanksgiving," so then she went on to talk about how I was pregnant the entire awful winter, while I just smiled and nodded and reflected on how awkward I can be sometimes when I'm thrown off guard.

Today, I've also had some coworkers give me some advice before leaving for the summer: Kegels (so that I can just shoot the baby out), and a man who has no children shouted "One word- Epidural" to me on his way out the door, as though he was imparting words of wisdom on the mother-to-be.  People have had some sweet things to say as well.  One coworker told me that I look really good for being 7.5 weeks out from having a baby, and that I should just have babies all the time, and another has told me that I am the most fashionable pregnant lady she knows (which makes me laugh, because I am not a fashionable person in general!).

Anyway, now I am on summer vacation, and my pre-maternity leave has begun!