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Remember? How awesome it is? baby bump proudly showing, no need to tuck in those tummy muscles. Maternity clothes on, comfortable and energetic. Man, the second trimester is so cool!
(I’m writing these words so that in the third trimester when I’m pissed and complain-y, I can come back and read them and remember how awesome it was;o)
I do have one complaint, why is it that everyone says “Hello!” like you’re a normal person, and then their voice drops a bit and “How are you feeling?” like you’ve just escaped from the sick ward of the local hospital? What is that? As if you’re going to tell them about your excessive gas and your tender nipples. As if! Instead I answer, “Oh, great!” and then the next person walks up and it starts all over again, 30 times a day! I swear that from now on I’m going to ask pregnant women “how’s the weather?” and give them a break!
xox,
Heather
Once the cow goddess got on a roof and said a bunch of things through a megaphone and one of the things she said was something like:
YOUR NOT BROKEN!
Those words have stuck with me. I’ve used them again and again.. I’ve told them to pregnant women and I’ve used them on myself when I’ve had health issues. It saved me when I learned about a malformation I was apparently born with.
That would be my answer to the low voices of concern: I’m pregnant, not broken.
Yeah, my favorite is when the cow goddess’ partner looks at the gift bag the hospital gives them with baby ducks or something else stupid on it, and he’s like, “we’re having a baby, not a lobotomy, right?”
I’m in my third trimester and I always say loud and proud “I feel FANTASTIC!” if anyone dares to approach me like that. . .and I have been telling everyone that says I shouldn’t be doing something “I’m pregnant, not disabled or diseased”
Sounds like you feel pretty well. Good for you. I always ask how pg moms feel, especially as the enter the 2nd trimester because I feel like crap for four full months when pregnany and wonder why I willingly made the sacrifice, so concern was really touching for me. But I’ll know now to just pound pg women on the back.
JUST kidding.
The comic Julie mentions is my all-time favorite!
You are strong!
Your body was made to give birth!
You aren’t broken!
You aren’t incapable!
And you arent’ special!
Your grandmother did it.
Your great great great grandmother did it.
And you can too!!!!
http://www.thecowgoddess.com/category/comics/resolutions/page/2/
LOVE IT!
Of course, I know all too well that pregnancy can sure make ya FEEL broken sometimes, lol, but under the aches and pains that some of us experience (and I’m sticking my tongue out at those of you who are comfortable and glowing the whole time, you lucky women!) there is a perfect miracle happening. Kudos, Heather, on the new comic. And blessings to you and your family, and the miracle you are building.
i usually greet pregnant women with “how are you feeling? you look awesome!” am i still guilty, or forgiven?
by “how are you feeling” btw, i mean “if you’re feeling pukey, go ahead and say so”. sometimes i don’t feel great during pregnancy, and it’s a burden to always have to pretend that i’m bright and chipper when all i want to do is fall asleep while hugging a toilet.
I actually kept the “2008 Resolution: Homebirth” comic as my desktop wallpaper for a good few months before having my DD.
We AREN’T broken! Woo hoo!
Exactly!
Love the comic too BTW. 6 moons… very nice.
LOL I’m 8 weeks pregnant and I had some dude ask me about 2 weeks ago when I was due!!! I’ve got a bump, but it’s mostly left over flab from my first! Who askes someone who looks like I do when they’re due, apart from this guy?!?! Oh well, in any case, I can’t wait to get to the second trimester!! It really is the best one, apart from the fourth trimester, lol!
With my first, one of the guy teachers next door wouldn’t let me carry three teachers’ manuals up the stairs because of my “condition”! It’s about time that we started treating pregnant women as healthy people who are simply experiencing one of the wonderful things that our bodies can do!
I loved ‘how are you feeling?’ because it gave me an excuse to talk about how great I felt, how excited I was, the fabulous singular wonder that was my pregnancy. But that’s just me, and it was my first pregnancy. I can see how in subsequent pregnancies it could get boring.