I wish people had treated me that fragile when I was pregnant! No lifting ANYTHING, no walking up the stairs, no nothin'! They treated her like she was going to break any minute! No one cut me any breaks, harumpf.
Such a cute movie, so much better than the recent one with Steve Martin!
When I was pregnant, if I went to a cafeteria I always had people offering to carry my tray for me, and people really did treat me like I was fragile or something. I loved it! Of course, that was 23 years ago, so things may have changed since then! Or maybe it's now just a hold-over from Southern "chivalry" -- I do, after all, live in the deep south.
Just because I'm distractable doesn't mean I
But then the doctor instructs her to walk 2 - 3 hours a day!!! I thought that was a little nutty
nice socks, man.....
Good point. It does seem somewhat inconsistent that they won't let them carry anything or do any work but they're supposed to walk that long distance every day! Wouldn't that make your legs swell more, especially if you're drinking 8 glasses of water every day?
Just because I'm distractable doesn't mean I
Yeah! When you're pregant even 3 glasses of water will make you run to the bathroom!!! Normally they have you do that much walking when they want to induce labor!! I guess that was the 50's for ya! LOL!
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Really!? That doesn't sound right. Don't they induce labor in the hospital?
"I told you a million times not to talk to me when I'm doing my lashes"!
I was 3 weeks over do and the doc was telling me to walk walk, jump around, take laxatives, other stuff. that was 40 years ago, 1972.
Now of course they would induce! But back then, heck no. Besides being induced is much more painful contractions from what I hear.
My baby was born 3 weeks overdo, my doc was out of town. I guess he thought I'd NEVER have the baby.
And she was NOT overly big, 7 lbs. We decided the doc or I miscalculated.
If anything would make her feet swell, it'd be those strappy little heels she let hubby remove sitting at the bottom of the stairs. I sure hope she didn't intend to walk 2-3 hours in those! Who walks 2-3 hours a day, pregnant or not?!
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I live in the deep south as well and was pregnant over 20 years ago. I loved having doors opened for me, and arms offered when I descended stairs. Once at work, the power went off, leaving the entire floor in complete darkness except for a couple of dinky emergency lights. I was sitting at my desk, perfectly fine, and people kept calling my name and telling me not to move. I ate up all the attention, to be honest.
Me either. I worked up until two weeks before my due date.
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