Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Advice

I'm used to getting little tid bits of advice from people about being pregnant and how to be a mother which is fine, most of it has actually been helpful. However, there is one person that gives advice/lectures on almost a daily basis about what I should and should not be doing. Yesterday, for example, I was lectured on three different subjects:

1) I should not be out in the sun.
Advice giver: You shouldn't lay out in the sun, you will fry your baby. My pregnant friends used to lay out on the beach and I'd tell them that if they wanted to kill their baby they should've just got an abortion.
Me: I was in and out of the sun for only a few hours and made sure that I kept my body cool by either shade or soaking myself in water. I stayed hydrated and only got a little pink. No harm done.

2) I should not be taking motrin.
Advice giver: I feel so sick today.
Me: I have motrin if you'd like some.
Advice giver: You're not supposed to take that when you're pregnant.
Me: I don't, I've had that bottle since before I got pregnant.
Advice giver: Well, you shouldn't take anyway, your liver can't break it down.

3) I should not be working overtime.
Advice giver: You look tired.
Me: I'm pregnant and it's 11pm
Advice giver: You shouldn't work overtime when you're pregnant. You should be home resting.
Me: I'm tired because it's 11pm, not from working OT. I sit at a desk most of the day, it's hard to get tired from that.

4) I should not get angry.
Me: (I can't remember how the conversation started but I mentioned something that pissed me off)
Advice giver: You shouldn't get angry when your pregnant or your baby will have a bad temper.

Other topics include ultrasounds, my diet, exercise, labor, etc...

I want to say that I would NEVER put my baby or myself in danger. I know that I'm more relaxed about the pregnancy this time but that does not mean I'm harming the baby in anyway. Anything that I do that's questionable I talk to the doctors first to make sure I'm not doing anything wrong. She's driving me crazy! The down side is that other than this annoying advice she gives me I really like her so I can't tell her to shut up. But I've got to look on the bright side... only to more weeks of listening to her!

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