Can I Touch Yours?

I think I've officially reached the time in my life where my weekend and vacation plans no longer revolve around bridal showers, bachelorette parties and weddings. Now, I celebrate mommas to be and BABIES. If you know me, you know I love babies. If you don't know me and are reading this, you now know that I LUB me some babies!

Now, babies are funny little nuggets because before they even get here life changes for the mommas. It's one of the most exciting and scary things in your life and yet most keep it a secret for WEEKS which often feels like a lifetime in itself. When I found out I was pregnant with our daughter I was new to my job. So, on top of not feeling so great most days I had to figure out how to put on a happy face and pretend like all was normal. Important point to note, I loved being pregnant. LOVED it!

Having said that, another part of this change was hearing how others reacted to your pregnancy and your changing body. Of recent, I have a number of friends who are pregnant and due to some comments they have shared or I have heard/ remember hearing I thought it would be fun to share a list of things to NOT say to pregnant women. This list is in no particular order of rank and is a rare even number list because...well because I love even numbers and this is my blog so I can do what I want :) Hope you enjoy!

1. "You look tired." Why, thank you. Thank you for calling that to my attention, especially, since I felt great today. I'm glad to know that you think I look tired. That's helpful. The more I think about this one, you really shouldn't say this to anybody...pregnant or not. I mean how does one make themselves not look tired? Be a part of the solution people. Just sayin.

2. "Wow! Look how pregnant you look." or "You are really showing." or my personal favorite "You look like you could explode at any second." I'm not even sure how to react to these. Or do you just not react? When I overhear anyone of these it takes everything out of me to not say, "Wow! Look how dumb and insensitive YOU look for saying that." Would that be ok? Maybe that's what we should start doing.

3. "What are you going to wear." Please, please don't ask a pregnant person this. Even as much as someone may love being pregnant, getting dressed at times is one of the hardest things to do. Things you love just don't fit the same, or fit at all. It's often hard to justify buying things that you can only wear for a limited time (aka things you wouldn't be caught dead in post baby) and your body has the potential to change every single day which makes it hard to put outfits together. My favorite answer to this question? Whatever fits. Side note to maternity clothing makers...why do you insist on making maternity clothes with horizontal stripes? Why?

Last, but certainly not least...

4. "Can I touch your belly?" To this, all I can say is - can I touch yours?

Until next time...