I actually got some pretty good advice. What bothered me was unsolicited advice/comments from strangers.

No advice, really, but I seemed to meet every woman that had a grisly birthing experience. I can't count how many horror stories I heard.

We heard from Thai women that in the 4th month you have to eat a lot of coconut.

Just in the 4th month, tho'.

I wouldn't dare try to give advice. I have some anecdotal stuff from my mom and my grandmothers, but trying to tell someone else what to do is like, the height of crazydom.

the way in which all alcohol drinks in ALL stages of pregnancy are shunned by pregnant women borders on magical thinking/superstition.

anyone who says fiber will help with the constipation caused by two beings laying down on your intestines til they're two dimensional is likewise full of kaka.

Dont cross your legs, dont eat spicy food, dont exercise (ya, rly) ... I dont know, I work with people from all over the globe so I got a lot of odd suggestions.

and I happily ignored them all

If you fall down the stairs, you don't have to have a baby.

Mrs.Sharpier: I happily ignored them all

I am imagining you doing jumping jacks with your legs crossed, eating a burrito with habanero sauce.


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logophile: the way in which all alcohol drinks in ALL stages of pregnancy are shunned by pregnant women borders on magical thinking/superstition.



someone tried to physically remove a glass of wine from my hand once.

SO unreal how some americans are about that.

"I didn't vaccinate MY child."

Mrs.Sharpier: logophile: the way in which all alcohol drinks in ALL stages of pregnancy are shunned by pregnant women borders on magical thinking/superstition.



someone tried to physically remove a glass of wine from my hand once.

SO unreal how some americans are about that.

At a party we went to last week, my wife was drinking non alcoholic wine and getting dirty looks from the women there.

posthocergoetc: I got tons of crappy advice, but the worst thing of all was when total strangers would just come up to me and touch my belly. Sweet Jesus,ever hear of personal space??

I hated that so much. At least it didn't happen a ton of times.

I heard that you can tap a pregnant women like a melon to see if the baby is ripe.

A few people told us we had to have our kid in a hospital. Newfangled kids!

Mrs.Sharpier: logophile: the way in which all alcohol drinks in ALL stages of pregnancy are shunned by pregnant women borders on magical thinking/superstition.



someone tried to physically remove a glass of wine from my hand once.

SO unreal how some americans are about that.

My wife had an occasional glass of wine when she was pregnant with our son. We think it was either that or the fall down the stairs that she had that made him turn out like he has.

i've never been pregnant and so i have no way of knowing how i'd react but i have a feeling it would be with hostility to any stranger who thought it was ok to just walk up and touch me.

posthocergoetc: I got tons of crappy advice, but the worst thing of all was when total strangers would just come up to me and touch my belly. Sweet Jesus,ever hear of personal space??

weirdness alert: i actually liked it when people did it to me. like these old mexican ladies would just come up at the mall and stuff.. and kind of croon to my tummy. i dunno. i liked it. it's like some deep magic, this pregnancy thing, and we all know it deep in our spirits.

I like folk wisdom.

AbbeySomeone: Mrs.Sharpier: logophile:

If the hysterics over alcohol were true most countries outside the US would have FAS but this is America and it is OK to impose your phobias on others.


It's also interesting to me that the person who didn't know me very well, apparently is SO CONCERNED about my unborn baby ... really?

And then they go ahead and not give a shiat about the thousands of homeless kids in their city. Oh but STOP MARIA from getting her fetus drunk!*


*had one glass maybe 3 times a week in 9th month, okay'd by (European) Dr...

THIS is green? What the fark

AbbeySomeone:

That's why they're all socialist in Europe. All those smoothbrains running around.

MissFeasance: THIS is green? What the fark

I'm pretty sure this entire week has been 'Random TFD Green Week'...

I was told that drinking cod liver oil would cause labor. All it did was cause vomit.

MissFeasance: THIS is green? What the fark

I think one of Drew's newyears resolutions was to tone down TFD by greening at least one thread per day.

Aarontology: I heard that you can tap a pregnant women like a melon to see if the baby is ripe.

That's not true. You have to smell the navel to really know.

They do not allow you to bring in your own cutlery for snipping the cord. However acting like its a Grand Opening ceremony seems acceptable.

My aunt is sure she tell the sex of a baby by holding a needle on a thread over a pregnant ladies wrist. If the needle swings back and forth like a pendulum, it's a boy, if it has a circular trajectory, it's a girl.

I like that TFD threads go green, but sometimes I question which ones get this honor. This one? Really?

/The 90's hot chick thread would have been a good one.

My mom had 8 kids and suggested I spend as much of my labor as possible at home. Turns out my labors were much shorter than hers, though. And she wasn't a fan of pain management either. I fell pretty far from that tree. I always advice perfect strangers to get to the hospital as soon as they feel a twinge...get that IV dripping, baby!

swaniefrmreddeer: My aunt is sure she tell the sex of a baby by holding a needle on a thread over a pregnant ladies wrist. If the needle swings back and forth like a pendulum, it's a boy, if it has a circular trajectory, it's a girl.

I know an old man who swears he can determine the sex of a baby duck that way. Only he uses a gold ring on a string or something.

Ponzholio: MissFeasance: THIS is green? What the fark

I'm pretty sure this entire week has been 'Random TFD Green Week'...

I don't like how when they go green that they're removed from the TFD queue.

the_rev: swaniefrmreddeer: My aunt is sure she tell the sex of a baby by holding a needle on a thread over a pregnant ladies wrist. If the needle swings back and forth like a pendulum, it's a boy, if it has a circular trajectory, it's a girl.

I know an old man who swears he can determine the sex of a baby duck that way. Only he uses a gold ring on a string or something.

He sounds like a real quack.

My wife and I took all the birthing classes available at the air base I was stationed at in Germany. All the films and lectures ended after the baby was born, though, and forgot to mention something that I had completely forgotten about.

So, after our son was born, and the German nurses took him off to clean him up, the doctor began to deliver ... the AFTERBIRTH. OMG, it was the weirdest looking stuff, all strange colors without shape or form. Looked like some alien monster falling out of my wife.

AirForceVet:
So, after our son was born, and the German nurses took him off to clean him up, the doctor began to deliver ... the AFTERBIRTH. OMG, it was the weirdest looking stuff, all strange colors without shape or form. Looked like some alien monster falling out of my wife.

When the baby was whisked off for cleaning and whatnot, I sent my Hubby with the tyke. I had seen too many news stories about babies switched at birth. I wanted continual visual confirmation.
Hubby got to avoid the placenta part.

posthocergoetc: logophile: posthocergoetc: I got tons of crappy advice, but the worst thing of all was when total strangers would just come up to me and touch my belly. Sweet Jesus,ever hear of personal space??

weirdness alert: i actually liked it when people did it to me. like these old mexican ladies would just come up at the mall and stuff.. and kind of croon to my tummy. i dunno. i liked it. it's like some deep magic, this pregnancy thing, and we all know it deep in our spirits.

wtf?! Yes, weirdness alert was appropriate. Weirdo.

Oh, and babies are not magic. >:(

oh, i didnt say babies were magic. anyway, i wasnt even pregnant.. i just think those mexican women have a thing for beer bellies.

basemetal: I like that TFD threads go green, but sometimes I question which ones get this honor. This one? Really?

/The 90's hot chick thread would have been a good one.

This was clearly an effort to get women who put out to out themselves, and the modmins caught on.