Things I hate about pregnancy

1 - Getting fat (and knowing that I may never lose all the weight because let's face it, I haven't loss all my weight from any pregnancy so far).

2 - Having inconsiderate people comment on how "big" (a.k.a. fat) I am. For some inexplicable reason people seem to think it's okay to comment on my size. I don't tell my friends, family, and acquaintances how big they look to me, I don't know why they feel compelled to tell me how big I look to them. Today I was making copies at church and the librarian looked at my stomach and asked when I was I due. September. "Wow, that's still a long way away, is it twins?" Nope. Still, looking at my stomach she says, "you're just so big already." Not cool.

3 - Along the same lines of people saying and doing inappropriate things, I don't like people touching my stomach. I don't know why they feel compelled to do so. I mean, I don't go up to other people and ask to touch their stomachs. And it's not like they are going to feel anything. About half the time the baby is kicking near the bottom of my belly which is too near the groin area for anyone to put their hand, so really they are just touching my big fat stomach. What's the appeal of that?

4 - Growing out of my clothes. It's depressing. So are the constant weigh-ins at the doctor's office. I really don't like the constant reminders that I'm swelling to absurd proportions.

5 - General physical discomfort. Aches, pains, light-headedness, the awkwardness of movement that used to be second nature, enough said.

6 - Sleeping on my side. I'm a back sleeper. I hate sleeping on my side. It is SO uncomfortable to me and I have 13 weeks to go.

7 - Frequent urination and on a related note, occasionally peeing when I cough or sneeze. Not fun.

8 - Unsolicited advice on a myriad of topics, including baby names. When I was pregnant with a boy last year a friend asked if we were going to circumcise. We were. I didn't mind her asking, but I didn't like the lecture I received on the evils of circumcision. I think baby name advice is more common. I don't mind telling people the names we like, what I don't like is getting a negative response. What ever happened to: if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all? If you don't like a name, you don't have to pretend to like it, just don't say how much you dislike it or try to talk the parent out of using it. Ask something innocuous like: and what would the middle name be, is that a family name, or how did you decide on the name?

9 - Pregnancy and labor horror stories. Pregnancy is scary enough, why add to it by telling me about everything that went wrong when you or your mom or sister or friend or cousin or some random lady you met on the street was pregnant?

10 - The way time slows during the final trimester. I swear that's the longest part.