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Bridex100
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Unwanted Advice: What is the most absurd pregnancy "advice" you've received?
I feel like people are constantly giving me advice that I do not want. Most of the advice comes from people who have never had a baby! It's just random things they've heard here and there.
Actually most of the advice comes from my mom. She calls me every other day giving me new advice. I think she will hear something from a friend or read an article and tell me. She is driving me crazy.
Message edited 10/21/2008 1:13:05 PM.
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mia818
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Re: Unwanted Advice: What is the most absurd pregnancy "advice" you've received?
Wait until you have the baby...my SIL, my 44 year old childless sister in love loves to tell me how I am rasing my son wrong....I can't even tell you some of the horrible things she has said to me. So just tell these people to beat it. Remember what they say, opinions are like coolies...everyone has one!
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| Posted 10/21/08 1:13 PM |
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pickles16
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Re: Unwanted Advice: What is the most absurd pregnancy "advice" you've received?
um i love my grandmother telling me that I need to have lots of milk and dairy, and then proceed to ask me if I'm excercising, since that will obviously make the baby fall right out of me, and my labor painless and fast...
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| Posted 10/21/08 1:16 PM |
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MarisaK
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Re: Unwanted Advice: What is the most absurd pregnancy "advice" you've received?
 Please, the list is already endless and I'm only 15 weeks !!!
The most ridiculous to me is .......'You're going to continue to COMMUTE into MANHATTAN? - You CAN'T do that while you're pregnant, you'll have to stop working very early ........"
Ummmm, hello, I get on the train, I sit my a$$ down for an hour nap, I get off the train and I get that a$$ some exercise by walking to the office ...........what about this is bad for me or the baby??
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| Posted 10/21/08 1:19 PM |
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isabelle2137
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Re: Unwanted Advice: What is the most absurd pregnancy "advice" you've received?
Posted by MarisaK
Please, the list is already endless and I'm only 15 weeks !!!
The most ridiculous to me is .......'You're going to continue to COMMUTE into MANHATTAN? - You CAN'T do that while you're pregnant, you'll have to stop working very early ........"
Ummmm, hello, I get on the train, I sit my a$$ down for an hour nap, I get off the train and I get that a$$ some exercise by walking to the office ...........what about this is bad for me or the baby??
Ugh, me too. I love the people who comment on my daily commute - 99% of them have never even worked in Manhattan. Be quiet!
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| Posted 10/21/08 1:36 PM |
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SweetTooth
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Re: Unwanted Advice: What is the most absurd pregnancy "advice" you've received?
Posted by isabelle2137
Posted by MarisaK
Please, the list is already endless and I'm only 15 weeks !!!
The most ridiculous to me is .......'You're going to continue to COMMUTE into MANHATTAN? - You CAN'T do that while you're pregnant, you'll have to stop working very early ........"
Ummmm, hello, I get on the train, I sit my a$$ down for an hour nap, I get off the train and I get that a$$ some exercise by walking to the office ...........what about this is bad for me or the baby??
Ugh, me too. I love the people who comment on my daily commute - 99% of them have never even worked in Manhattan. Be quiet!
Just wait another month or two... then you'll understand  .
I was fine with it in the beginning, now I am so uncomfortable on the train I can't take it anymore. It adds an extra level of exhaustion to my day.
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| Posted 10/21/08 1:39 PM |
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jerseypanda
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Re: Unwanted Advice: What is the most absurd pregnancy "advice" you've received?
I was constantly yelled at by my mom and MIL about reaching for things above my head. Apparently there was an old wives tale that if you stretched and reached above your head, the umbilical cord would wrap around the baby's neck.
(for the record, I still reached above my head and DS was born with the cord around his neck twice, but I firmly believe that reaching for things had nothing to do with it)
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| Posted 10/21/08 1:40 PM |
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MarisaK
HELLO Manolo !!
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Re: Unwanted Advice: What is the most absurd pregnancy "advice" you've received?
Posted by SweetTooth
Posted by isabelle2137
Posted by MarisaK
Please, the list is already endless and I'm only 15 weeks !!!
The most ridiculous to me is .......'You're going to continue to COMMUTE into MANHATTAN? - You CAN'T do that while you're pregnant, you'll have to stop working very early ........"
Ummmm, hello, I get on the train, I sit my a$$ down for an hour nap, I get off the train and I get that a$$ some exercise by walking to the office ...........what about this is bad for me or the baby??
Ugh, me too. I love the people who comment on my daily commute - 99% of them have never even worked in Manhattan. Be quiet!
Just wait another month or two... then you'll understand .
I was fine with it in the beginning, now I am so uncomfortable on the train I can't take it anymore. It adds an extra level of exhaustion to my day.
Oh I'm not saying I won't end up being uncomfortable .......but really? I'm going to stop working at 6 or 7 months b/c it's uncomfortable to get to work ?? Please I'm sure by that time EVERYTHING will be uncomfortable !!! And really, 'the big bad city' is not as dangerous as everyone makes it out to be - Pregnant women do it every single day - they all survive ..........what ? I"m special or something !!!
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| Posted 10/21/08 1:46 PM |
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SweetTooth
I'm a tired mommy!
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Re: Unwanted Advice: What is the most absurd pregnancy "advice" you've received?
Posted by MarisaK
Oh I'm not saying I won't end up being uncomfortable .......but really? I'm going to stop working at 6 or 7 months b/c it's uncomfortable to get to work ?? Please I'm sure by that time EVERYTHING will be uncomfortable !!! And really, 'the big bad city' is not as dangerous as everyone makes it out to be - Pregnant women do it every single day - they all survive ..........what ? I"m special or something !!!
Yes, pretty much everything will be uncomfortable, lol!!!
I think its the commute itself more than the train or the city for me. 2 hours each way adding an extra 4 hrs to my day 
But you're right, its done all the time and most do not stop working that early unless there is a medical issue!!
People love to give unsolicited advice, I think its a hobby for some.
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| Posted 10/21/08 1:53 PM |
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smdl
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Re: Unwanted Advice: What is the most absurd pregnancy "advice" you've received?
When I was PG with DS I got so swollen that I had elephant feet. I did not have preeclampsia. I was being checked all the time.
So at around 36 weeks, a woman in my old job told me that I should really have a Dr. check it out.
Geez, I am going to the doc every week. Don't you think they know about it?
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| Posted 10/21/08 2:17 PM |
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My4GirlsMyLife
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Re: Unwanted Advice: What is the most absurd pregnancy "advice" you've received?
Posted by jerseypanda
I was constantly yelled at by my mom and MIL about reaching for things above my head. Apparently there was an old wives tale that if you stretched and reached above your head, the umbilical cord would wrap around the baby's neck.
(for the record, I still reached above my head and DS was born with the cord around his neck twice, but I firmly believe that reaching for things had nothing to do with it)
same here !!
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| Posted 10/21/08 2:20 PM |
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josie919
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Re: Unwanted Advice: What is the most absurd pregnancy "advice" you've received?
here is the most recent....
DD has had the hiccups like crazy. Dr says its completely normal and she's just getting rid of extra gas and to just let it be. Not to give water bc it can throw off her electrolytes and such. DH and I say 'OK' and that was that.
WELL...... MIL hears her hiccups over the phone and says 'you should give her a few ounces of water'. We tell her, very politely, that the DR said not to and her response was ' well who knows more about this? some MAN? or a woman who has had 4 children??' UMM.... HELLO???!!! THE DR KNOWS MORE!!!!!!!!
God she's going to put me in a nut house! 
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MsMBV
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Re: Unwanted Advice: What is the most absurd pregnancy "advice" you've received?
Oh I hear the most insane crap. People become "experts." I think it is just to have something to say most of the time, but I still want to smack them
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smdl
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Re: Unwanted Advice: What is the most absurd pregnancy "advice" you've received?
Posted by vmystique33
Posted by jerseypanda
I was constantly yelled at by my mom and MIL about reaching for things above my head. Apparently there was an old wives tale that if you stretched and reached above your head, the umbilical cord would wrap around the baby's neck.
(for the record, I still reached above my head and DS was born with the cord around his neck twice, but I firmly believe that reaching for things had nothing to do with it)
same here !!
I actually had a co-worker telling me that when I was "stretching" a PG client. I was
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| Posted 10/21/08 2:35 PM |
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pickles16
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Re: Unwanted Advice: What is the most absurd pregnancy "advice" you've received?
Posted by SweetTooth
Posted by isabelle2137
Posted by MarisaK
Please, the list is already endless and I'm only 15 weeks !!!
The most ridiculous to me is .......'You're going to continue to COMMUTE into MANHATTAN? - You CAN'T do that while you're pregnant, you'll have to stop working very early ........"
Ummmm, hello, I get on the train, I sit my a$$ down for an hour nap, I get off the train and I get that a$$ some exercise by walking to the office ...........what about this is bad for me or the baby??
Ugh, me too. I love the people who comment on my daily commute - 99% of them have never even worked in Manhattan. Be quiet!
Just wait another month or two... then you'll understand .
I was fine with it in the beginning, now I am so uncomfortable on the train I can't take it anymore. It adds an extra level of exhaustion to my day.
Ditto, I would roll my eyes at ppl saying how you're going to do the commute, at 31 weeks, I'm over it...I'm getting out of breath just walking half an inch and then the walk to the office is just grueling, by the time I get in I feel like a truck has hit me a few times over!!!
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| Posted 10/21/08 2:47 PM |
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bonitachyc
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Re: Unwanted Advice: What is the most absurd pregnancy "advice" you've received?
i heard the best one this weekend:
if you get scared, slap your belly so the baby won't be scared as well
you can't make this sh*t up!!!!
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