Turn on "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader" (7 p.m. CST) -- the game contestant is 8 1/2 months pregnant, bouncing her nasty stomach everywhere, rubbing it, playing with it -- and I put this on for dinner??
AHHH! I am watching that too! Did you see the part where they showed her friends in the audience...all pregnant too??!!
Seriously, this is one of my problems....and I know it's weird, but I really get nervous/freaked out when I see a pregnant woman. It is terrible!! How can she be so happy when she is so blown up and waiting to give birth??
I am changing the channel.
i already changed it -- ewwww.
wow. Sometimes the people on this forum surprise me. A pregnant woman on tv bothers you that much. Just because we are CF (by choice or not) doesn't mean it still doesn't exsist. Sometimes I think we tend to overreact.
So she's pregnant. So she's on tv and proud of her soon to be child. We should be happy for her that she's pregnant and we are not ;0)
Well OUCH Jase... I won't apologize for offending; as I've said many times before, I come to what I perceived to be a safe (from getting flamed) forum for several reasons. Sometimes it's to share exciting news with virtual friends, sometimes it's to offer advice to people asking for it, sometimes it's to pose a question.
In that post which "surprised" you, it was more to vent and commiserate. I simply pointed out a woman so pregnant (and with several pregnant friends in tow) they had an EMT standing by, and who was all about feeling her stomach throughout the entire show. I don't know about where you live, Jase, but in my neighborhood, pregnant women don't go around constantly rubbing and groping their big bellies as she was on national television. I found it to be rather freakish, not bothersome.
For the record, I have no problem with pregnant women. But if I did, I'd really like to know I can come here and commiserate with others, regardless if they share the same POV.
Angela... sorry if I may have overreacted. I guess I read what you said wrong. I guess I just couldn't see what would be so wrong with her celebrating her pregnant-ness but then I have to remember, we all react to things in different ways.
Not a prob.
Think of it this way: Imagine that it was some OTHER body part she was jiggling around and groping, like say, an elbow. Wouldn't that strike you as kinda freaky?
my first thought would be that it was a signal to someone at home who was watching that she was thinking of them LOL
My first thought would be "WTF is that woman doing on a game show that close to delivery time? Go home and put your feet up, you moron!"
But that's just me. Also, jiggling and rubbing an enormous pregnant belly in public -let alone on national television- is just tacky and gross. It's THISCLOSE to massaging her breasts with regard to manners. It's rude of her to think other people want to see that and stupid of her to be doing anything that requires having EMTs on hand this far into a pregnancy. If you need to have emergency medics standing guard over you and your unborn child, you probably shouldn't be there. The answer to the question posed by the title of the show is obviously a resounding NO!
Sounds to me like they chose her for the ratings with the EMTs on hand. Why else would they show that they were there? It would be behind the scenes stuff.
wow. Sometimes the people on this forum surprise me. A pregnant woman on tv bothers you that much. Just because we are CF (by choice or not) doesn't mean it still doesn't exsist. Sometimes I think we tend to overreact.
So she's pregnant. So she's on tv and proud of her soon to be child. We should be happy for her that she's pregnant and we are not ;0)
Thank you Angela P for pointing out (again) that we come here in part to be able to say things that we can't say in public without being harshly criticized.
I don't 'dislike' pregnant women, and I am indeed happy for them if they are happy about it themselves. I've had friends and family go through pregnancies, and I suck up what I am feeling and try to be as supportive as I can be.
But I can't help it - I feel very anxious when I see pregnant women. Maybe deep down it scares me because theoretically it could happen to me and I don't want it to. I know I can prevent it but with the societal pressure to consider doing that to myself as well as the biological reality that accidents do happen (although I would never go through with it), it just gives me the chills to see it.
I know this is a little abnormal, and that is why I would never say it to anyone but the fine people on this forum, and I thank you all for not jumping down my throat about it!
I DO dislike pregnant women. It is more evidence of what will more than likely be unruly, uncontrolled spawn, getting ready to enter the world.
Ewww...glad I missed that show last night! But, I'm imagining that this is the same kind of lady who will whip out her giant boob at the restaurant table to feed the baby once it arrives...
double ewww!!!
I don't dislike pregnant women either. Two very good friends had babies in the last 2 weeks and I'm very happy for them. I do dislike when women wear formfitting clothing when they're 8 months pregnant. I do not want to see the baby moving or your belly button beneath your tight sweater any more than I want to see the outline of a woman's nipples under a tank top when she's not wearing a bra. Gross. You're about to be someone's mother. Show a little class.
Cherry - that is what I wanted to say.
I also see young pregnant women wearing half-shirts - the belly is exposed. It is distasteful.
Modesty is important no matter what. A pregnant women that dresses in a respectful way is fine - one that looks like an immoral teenager is ridiculous.
Exactly, Billiecat,
You can't have it both ways. When you are pregnant, you should't dress like miss hip young thang. And before anyone accuses me of being a prude...I have a pieced belly button, a lower back tattoo (and one on my hip) and wear low rise jeans (not the over-exaggerated kind that show my butt, but low), platform heels, have long, crazy curly red hair, etc. If you saw me, you'd know I'm not advocating for people to "dress their age." But I am advoacating for people to wear more appropriate clothes for the situation. I do not wear low rise pants to the office, but on weekends, that's another story. And if I was pregnant, I would not be wearing my typical weekend clothes.
There is a woman in our street almost ready to pop - she walks around in exercise three quarter pants and a skin tight top - she is very slim so this huge ball almost appears to be stapled to her front...its so strange looking...
I also, don't like seeing pregnant women with their stomachs exposed...
Pregnant women don't worry me but sometimes it looks awfully uncomfortable to me...
i actually feel sorry when i see a pregnant woman b/c i think about what they're going through being pregnant and then to have to go through childbirth! wow! i have a friend who is due in may and she's already thinking about that day. what really boggles my mind and i've actually heard this is that some women say that they look forward to the experience of labor. now that i really can't understand.i can understand being excited about the end result of course but labor itself! why?
indigo
My cousin brags that she had her 4 kids naturally. No drugs. It's like badge of honor to her. Shows her superwoman strength or something. Me, I don't get it. Modern medicine is a wonderful thing. If you can alleviate a lot of that pain, why go through it if you don't have to?
When I was young, pregnant women dressed in regular, large clothes. Nowadays,they have to look sexy & fashionable. There are all these expensive maternity boutiques - it has become a fashion show! All the women at work wore high heels during their late pregnancy!
Sexy is not ok. You are pregnant. The only one who should find you sexy is the person who put that baby in your belly. Sexy and pregnant in the same sentence makes me cringe.
Fashionable is ok. And if you have to work, I uunderstand that, but you don't have to show your body in tight clothes or overexposed (crop tops, low rise) clothes. I mean, I don't want to look like a nerd now, so I wouldn't want to look like one if I was pregnant (gak! perish the thought) but I wouldn't want people being able to see the outline of my huge belly either. SOme people think it's beautiful, some people think it's gross, but I think most people agree it's private. Don't they?
Or maybe I'm just crazily affected by being CF since I was a kid...
One of my cousins wore overall-shorts when she was nine months pregnant - there was no reason for her to wear overalls - it was so strange looking with the pinched up shorts.... a sweatsuit would have been a better choice!
Sexy and pregnant do not go together! You can be sexy at home with your husband but not in public!