[HangingInThere]

Pregnant!!! (No Offense to our Expecting Mommies Here) I can't believe the number of women I know that are pregnant. And it's not like I am tuned into and just recognize that they are, it just comes up in conversation with almost everyone I talk to. As you all know both my sisters are pregnant. Well, I work as a volunteer at a ranch where my kids board their pony and the owners dd told me about a month ago that she is pg. Now their is another volunteer working out there and she told me two days ago, she is pg. Then Dh and I go out last night for a work function of Dh's and some friends we haven't seen in a while are pg and Dh's bosses wife is pg. I swear it's like everyone I know but me!!! I told Dh last night if one more woman, walks up to me and says, "I'm pregnant" I'm going to scream! It's like I have a sign on my forehead that says, Please come to me if you are pg, I want to know!! I'm not saying it is a bad thing, it's just hard sometimes. Especially when I think ahead and realize that almost every month for the next 6 months, I know someone who is going to be having a baby.
Sorry for the rant I just had to ask and see if anyone else has experienced the same thing.

[Julia'sMommy]

I completely know where you are coming from. My office is in a mall and the whole front of the office is glass. I swear every 2nd woman that walks by has a bump

And to make it worse, I just found out that a friend (not a close friend, but someone I talk to on occasion) is pregnant and is due right around the time I would have been due... It sucks cuz I'm happy for her, but a bit resentful at the same time. I hate that kind of inner conflict... I'm just glad that it's not someone I see all the time...

Hang in there... your time will come too. I try to keep myself remembering that the all this anticipation will make finally getting that sticky bean that much more sweet! Hard to see right now, but I know in my heart it's going to be true for all of us!!!

oh believe me, I totally understand! You should read my post about the football party I was at last week. Literally of the 12 women there, 10 were pregnant or had a baby in their arms. And yes, for the next 8 months someone I know will be having a baby! It's crazy!

[ShannonMVT]

Good grief, sometimes, yes! Funny thing, I was checked out at Target yesterday and I hear this woman next to me on her cell phone squeal to her husband, "She's having TWINS!" And I'm thinking, ok God, just pile it on.

[HangingInThere]

It's hard to beleive sometimes huh? And it's not that I am noticing bumps, its because I talked to their husband or sat down beside them and they say something to indicate they are pg, but they aren't even showing yet, or a friend says hey guess who is pg, something like that. No if I counted the number of women I see with bumps too, which really hasn't been many lately (but I haven't done my Christmas shopping yet either) I'm sure the numbers would be huge. That's what has really gotten me about this whole thing is that it isn't because I am tuned into it and just happen to notice a pg bump walk by, it is seriously because pg women migrate to me I guess, and showing or not, new accointance or old friend, they think I need to know. Sometimes it's really irritating because they know or I tell them that I just reccently suffered a loss and they just kind of skip over it and go on. The new girl I am working with at the ranch just seems to have to go on and on about how miserable she is and how she popped out over night and she can't believe how big she is, if I knew her better I would just say suck it up and be thankful you still have your baby, but the nice person I am I don't. Let's just hope that pregnancy is as contagious as they say it is and that eventually I catch the bug. I should with the number of pg women I keep running into. Funny if they all had the flu you could bet I would have it by now, LOL!!

And BTW to our pg gals here, this is by no means directed at you. You all have walked in our shoes and understand. I wouldn't wish the losses I have suffered on my worst enemy, but sometimes I just wish some of these girls that have come up to me, could understand better what I have been through and how much it hurts when they continue on about their pg when I should be in their shoes too.

[*Melissa*]

no, SERIOUSLY!!! I Work with all women (about my age, but i am the youngest) I teach at a Christian preschool.
Anyways, I had been trying for a reallly long time, and finally found out i was pg. All my friends were so happy for me, they wanted to jump on the band wagon and get pg too, so we could all go through it together (even though they all already have one little one)
Well, turned out that they ALL got pregnant, so there were 5 of us pregnant together. We made all these plans, and wanted a big baby shower, it was so exciting... then I lost my little one. And they are all still pregnant, and doing perfectly well. I'm so scared to go back to work with my friends- who are all pg with #2 and I lost my #1.... *sigh* it makes it so much harder.

[MelissaT1973]

I understand. My SIL announced she was pregnant about 2 weeks after I did back in July....then I m/c in August and not too long after that she announced that they would have the baby (scheduled C-section) on or about the 15th of March, I should have been due within that same week...it really stung. And while I was happy for her (she continued to send out mass emails to family with pictures of her growing belly each month) it basically made me sick to my tummy to read her emails and see the pics. Now that I am pg again it has eased a bit, except the last email I got from her last week, her belly was real big, and cute, she looked awesome....yet my heart kind of dropped for a minute until my guilt for feeling that way said I needed to buck up, I'll look like that soon enough!
I really don't know anyone else that is pg right now, probably because all my friends my age are done with having kids, and I work in an office alone.

Hang in there all of you, YOU WILL be one of those ladies walking around glowing and showing off your bellies!!

[..Jessica..]

I know what you mean!!!!

My cousin is pregnant, my best friend is pregnant, another friend was due last Sunday, another friend is due sometime this month, another TWO friends are due in April...like...WOW!!!

Sometimes it really does hurt when I hear everyone is having babies. I just want to be able to join another DDC!! Although, I think I'll wait until I'm past the 12 week mark this time. Or until I have the 1st ultrasound.

It's just hard to NOT be pregnant during the holidays!!



ETA - What I just posted has NOTHING to do with the pregnant ladies on here!! I love you all!!