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lol, I can’t watch “the birth story” or any of those other cheesy reality shows on TV without tearing up when the baby is born. I used to laugh at my mom for it ALL THE TIME.
I never thought I’d ask a stranger “oh, how old is he/she” or tell them “your baby’s eyes are the same beautiful blue as my sons!“ But I do it ALL THE TIME now. I’ve totally become that creepy woman.
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I AM done reproducing (I think) and I still feel that way. STEP BACK FROM THE PREGNANT LADY, GINA. STEP BACK. I love babies and pregnant ladies which is ironic because I didn’t really like being pregnant. Or did I?
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TOO funny! Not that I want to have another right now just yet, but I totally get what you are saying. Every time one of my friends gets knocked up (and this happens A LOT- is that new?) I ask every question of them that bugged me so much. To know that what’s in their belly will be as precious to them as Shiloh is to me….well I get so unbelievably happy for them. I want to hear every symptom and try as hard as I can to let them know how amazing life will become for them.
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They are totally stalking ME too. And it’s worse for me because they are stalking me on the internet! Every other day someone announces they are pregnant. And then I see the ultrasound photos and I wanna do it all over again. GAH!
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I feel the exact same way. I’ve said this to a few people, so I can’t remember if I have to you or not, but I think the baby bug always stays with you. I think pregnancy is so INCREDIBLY magical, and…I am in awe of it. I want to be close to that magic every time I see someone who is pregnant.
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You guys, I must admit—and Sarah & Stephanie have heard this already from me—but I just cannot make the connection between pregnancy and “incredibly magical” or “miracle belly.“ I don’t know if I want to become a person who thinks these things! I am uncomfortable with strong expressions of femininity and these things to me are pretty much the most feminine expressions I can think of…
....sorry to babble, hopefully I won’t generate any hate mail from this comment (wait, that only happens if I say I breastfeed in public without a blanket, right??) :)
Cheers to all of you—you have obviously figured out something I haven’t, to have embraced this procreation process! :)
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You are so funny… seeing as you seem to make the cutest offspring EVER, I vote for you to get knocked up again as soon as possible :)
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Okay, NOBODY HATE ON AMBER.
Amber - Before I decided to have children, I felt much the same way, so don’t worry, I understand =) Even now, it astounds me that I hold pregnancy in such high regard, but I guess I just changed my tune somewhere along the road. Just because it’s how I feel doesn’t mean that it’s how I’ve always felt, how I will always feel, or how I think anybody else should feel. So you’re in good company here, I promise!!
That said, if it makes you feel better, when I look at pictures of myself pregnant, not only does it seem like it never happened, but it also looks completely unnatural. It sort of grosses me out a bit. So obviously I want more children and I have turned into a pregnant-woman stalker, but I’ve not fully embraced every aspect of my own procreation. Maybe there is no rhyme or reason in these things?
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First time commenter, long time lurker! I so know what you mean! I have been ‘noticing’ the sheer number of pregnant women around me for a while now. I can’t wait to join them although I don’t think it will happen anytime soon (fertility problems). I used to escape to the Internet, but now all the bloggers I love to read have just annouced they are pregnant, about to give birth or have a newborn….. And real life is just as bad!
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You could totally rub my belly :) I’m 19 weeks with my first—a boy!!—and I spot the bellies everywhere. I’ve yet to go up to a woman and offer the Secret Club Handshake to her, but I always feel like I’m part of a special group of women.
Yay bellies!
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Saranissa - Hang in there! The doctor told me I’d never get pregnant, but I did. So you never know!
Molly - I’m sending Internet belly rubs!!! Ha, isn’t it funny how when you’re pregnant, you totally want to talk to all the other pregnant women? What’s weird is I saw this pregnant woman the other day who, seriously, she must have been diue a week prior, she looked so uncomfortable, poor thing, and I wanted so badly to go up to her and be like “I promise it’s almost over!“ Lol.
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Well, I am having my first child in t minus 5weeks and I am completely annoyed with those questions. I know people are just showing their concern and interest, but if I have to answer the question “How are you feeling?“ one more time, I might want to scream.
I think now I just do an automated “Fine” because really, do people really want to hear “Well my hips are dislodged, my back hurts, I may topple over right now, I am starving, you’re annoying the shit out of me and my husband STILL hasn’t put up those damn shelves!“- No, I don’t think people want to hear it. So I feel so fake when I just say “fine”, even though I’m sure the fake smile I put on tells them all they need to know.
But I think I will be a stalker too once this one is out and about!
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I swear there are way more pregnant now then there has been before. I always think that because of the “recession” that instead of going out and spending money,people were staying home and doing the deed! But it could also be because that like you, I’m obsessed with pregnant ladies. I’m totally jealous. My sister in-law is pregnant and every time I see her she is bigger (sigh) , she is getting all the baby stuff ready (sigh), and she shows me him moving…..(sigh) totally jealous. I might be crazy admitting this but, I had ANOTHER friend who just had her baby and I was even jealous of the labor part of it. Yes, I just said that. It even sounds crazy reading it.
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Oh Sarah, I wasn’t aware that you were told that you couldn’t have children! Was it because of your Crohn’s disease? My husband and I have been trying for a year and so far, no luck, but we are getting to the point that we can’t put off going to the doctor about it for much longer.
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Just go to Ikea on a weekend. It’s little tyke/pregnant woman central. I spotted 15 when I was there last time. I informed my husband that if this is where they congregate, I was NOT drinking the water (yet). It was really crazy! I had to be extra careful walking around because I did not want to be the person that bonked the poor pregnant woman with some funkily-named Ikea furniture piece.
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I think I’m done for because I already think pregnancy is amazing and fantastic and I don’t have any kids. Maybe I haven’t always felt that way. I mean, I’ve always loved babies but no, I’m pretty sure I’ve always that pregnancy was a miracle.
But I don’t ever think that I’ll use the words “Miracle Belly”.
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Thank you Sarah <3
I have done some more thinking about this “Miracle Belly” concept, and I have come up with one way I may use it—if someone escapes without stretch marks, THAT is a MIRACLE BELLY! ;P
Unfortunately I didn’t have to get pregnant to have those, so I guess I am ahead of the game. ;-)
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Dandy - You’re letting me down. Say it with me: MIRACLE BELLY.
Lol. I’m kidding =P
Miss joules - More specifically, it was because of the steroids I had to take to get my Crohn’s under control. It took over a year of trying for us to get pregnant the first time, then I miscarried. If nothing else, that miscarriage did give us hope of conceiving again. Honestly, it seemed like when we gave up was when we finally got pregnant.
Amber - I have a miracle belly! Not so much a miracle butt…
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At the risk of divulging TMI, I had my IUD taken out on Tuesday. So, yeah. TOTALLY noticing all the preggos around.
Also, I fully embraced my first pregnancy enough to LOVE being questioned about it, and even having the MIRACLE BELLY rubbed by strangers. I thought ‘What the hell? My daughter is a gift to the world - they’re allowed to shake the package a little and try to guess what’s inside.‘
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I thought I was just noticing more pregnant women because I am pregnant, but I guess not! Since becoming pregnant, at least 5 of my friends have also found out they are expecting! It’s insane!
I’m a high-risk pregnancy (incompetent cervix, 75% effaced and 2 cm dilated at 31 weeks…eek!) so I have people calling me all the time asking how I’m doing or if we need any help. I’ve never felt more loved in my whole life! I love people asking questions because I love talking about Harper! I could talk about her and this pregnancy all day. I know I think about it and her all day being on bed rest with nothing else to do! I’ve not had any strangers touch my stomach, only family members, so I can’t comment on that one. I do get a lot of sympathetic looks when I’m out in public, though, because I have to use a wheelchair! (Or maybe everyone thinks I’m the lazy pregnant chick?)
This has been a very hard pregnancy and I haven’t enjoyed it, really. I LOVE feeling Harper move and seeing my belly twitch, but everything else sucks. And even though I haven’t delivered yet, I know I’ll do this again. I totally get what you mean about the Miracle Belly. I love seeing other pregnant women. It really does feel like a secret club! How silly is that!
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I loved getting belly rubs. It even got to the point where I would sidle up to the people I worked with and present them with my belly the way a dog would. Complete with drool and limpid eyes. ;)
Maybe that is why Jude SO loves his backrubs. :)
I call preggo bellies “bubble bellies”. Bubbles are miracles, too.
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I felt before pregnancy that the whole “miracle of life, pregnancy is magical” thing was eye-rollingly gooey; I feel that way after pregnancy. What I did feel during pregnancy that surprised me was that for the first time in my life I was 100% totally pleased with my body and felt no self-consciousness about it at all, because it was doing something that it was made to do: grow a healthy baby. I still think that’s pretty neat, but I don’t stalk pregnant women to tell them so. ;-)
Also, I had to comment on your assertion that no one ever gushed about their boyfriend being SO LOGICAL. I’ve been gushing about my husband’s practicality and logical mind only half-jokingly since before we were dating. My ex-boyfriend was a drama queen and highly emotional and it was exhausting. So I greatly appreciate that Troy is even-keeled and logical, and I tell him so all the time!
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Bethany - I’ll make an exception for you. But don’t go making this a trend. If Donald gets wind of this whole logic-appreciation thing, he might expect me to act rational from time to time. And, quite frankly, if I went and did that, what would he make fun of me for?
Courtney - OH MY GOODNESS, you poor thing. Come on, Harper baby, hang in there a little longer!
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I’ve never been pregnant (though we are officially in our 2nd month of trying), and I’ve noticed that I rarely see pregnant women out and about… but see babies everywhere. That doesn’t really make sense though. The only deduction I’ve made is that pregnant women must not go out much???
Also, though I’ve never experienced pregnancy, I find it incredibly amazing and miraculous. I just can’t imagine what it will be like to feel a baby moving inside of me, and to know it’s MINE and it’s an actual person. Agh, that must be so cool. :)
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Am I the only one out here who detests the expression “Knocked-Up”? It’s so crude and vulgar to use for something so miraculous and precious!
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Lynn - Sorry! Lol, I use all sorts of terms for pregnancy. I just don’t like saying pregnant five billion times in a row, that’s all, I never really felt “knocked up” was more or less vulgar than any other reference to pregnancy (i.e. bun in the oven, preggers, whatever else).
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Baaaahhhahaha. Evil laughter.
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I’m glad I’m not the only one who has noticed that everyone in the world seems to be expecting. Between the five schools that I work at there must be 10 to 12 teachers who are ready to pop!
While I am excited for my friends and family members who are expecting I am downright jealous! I want to be in the Mommy club.
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Lynn: Would you prefer “in the family way?“
By Jenny on February 05, 2010
Between Facebook and real life, I found out that THREE different friends are expecting babies. THREE in ONE day. That was a new record for me. The previous record was three in three days.
I think a lot that has to do with the age that I am. Because I know five years ago, my friends weren’t multiplying at such a rapid pace. And I didn’t have FB five years ago either, so I would have been out of the loop on two of those announcements.