Andrea’s Weblog

It must be the heat down here (mid-upper 90’s) that makes pregnant
chicks appear more miserable. Several times in the last week I have
gotten comments from people indicating that they don’t think I’ll make
it to July 21st. The cashier at Lowes said I’m “gonna pop” to which my
response was “I hope not.” The hot dog vendor […]

As the weeks tick away I feel I’m beginning to get used to my
limitations. I’ve trained myself to carefully squat to pick things up
off the floor (I’m not saying it still doesn’t take several swipes to
grab something). I’ve learned the steps for getting out of bed: roll
over on side to face the edge of bed, […]

We had our second childbirth class last night. The men, or rather,
coaches got to model the sympathy belly. It’s a 30 pound jacket
complete with belly and boobs, tight straps to constrict breathing and
some moving balls to simulate kicks. I could barely pick up this thing
off the table, but Frank was a good sport and tried […]

Men are trained from a very young age not to comment on a woman’s weight. When confronted with an obviously pregnant woman, this seems to cause a social dilemma. Do you ogle the belly, ignore it, comment on how large it is, comment on how large the woman is? What do you do? It has […]