tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post8080922210424227934..comments2023-10-12T11:37:47.156-04:00Comments on ABSURDIST PARADISE: Certified and Certifiable, with a Rant on the Pregnancy IndustryEarnest Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01947000435270263070noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-55305344609490394232008-03-30T13:41:00.000-04:002008-03-30T13:41:00.000-04:00"I saw myself in a full-length mirror this morning..."I saw myself in a full-length mirror this morning -- and I kind of thought I looked fecund and beautiful. Beautiful like a very full rose, not a bud. Sort of brimming with hormones. I can't describe it."<BR/><BR/>But you have described it. Beautifully. This reader is all choked up over you in front of that mirror and the image of your already one-inch baby growing inside! <BR/><BR/>So sorry to hear that things are hard right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-69771025804593738932008-03-23T14:24:00.000-04:002008-03-23T14:24:00.000-04:00I vote society remove the word "bad" from being al...I vote society remove the word "bad" from being allowed to be near "mother" for anyone who is not, like, leaving their children in the car for days. <BR/><BR/>You are allowed to be a human while you are pregnant. Don't let all that "advice" freak you out. (Here I am, offering advice). But you're right; women can have babies and not turn them into mutants without all the books & websites et al. My personal preference was for MUCHO Ben & Jerry's, and cheese (with real cheddar) sandwiches, with real mayo & wheat (that 7 grain stuff. MMMM) and a big glass of milk every night. It made me feel wonderful, and I probably needed all that calcium, seeing as how I was forming two whole babies at once. If you think it's fun being pregnant, imagine people going "wow, you're huge! How many babies are you having, anyway!" Yeah. Thanks. :) <BR/><BR/>The breastfeeding and baby advice will make you crazy. Try to find someplace sane that you trust and then block out everyone else. :) (Again. Sorry about the advice-- but it's advice about not listening to advice, right?) :) <BR/><BR/>They will NEVER take chocolate away. Or else. (And some people will try. But screw 'em. They can keep their own shame spiral. I ate as much of it as I wanted and my babies are just fine. If a little chocolate crazy.)zombieswanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16526552785759161988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-75580865453751817272008-03-22T14:39:00.000-04:002008-03-22T14:39:00.000-04:00Thanks everyone. You make me feel like I'm not to...Thanks everyone. You make me feel like I'm not totally insane. Marcia and all, you are totally right. Of course society preaches at us -- at everyone. I think I'm just super-vulnerable right now. It's hard when looking for information to get so much alarmist crap. <BR/><BR/>Sis: chocolate is my friend. so is ice cream. i will be one fat mama. i don't care.Earnest Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947000435270263070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-59514724177945761882008-03-22T09:29:00.000-04:002008-03-22T09:29:00.000-04:00hey, p.s. i tagged you for a meme.hey, p.s. i tagged you for a meme.Maudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918488082176862598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-75599709476922030352008-03-18T14:21:00.000-04:002008-03-18T14:21:00.000-04:00Congratulations! You probably remember more geomet...Congratulations! You probably remember more geometry than I do now. <BR/><BR/>Here's my take the onslaught of advice--this is one of the few times the otherwise powerful 'make you feel bad about the way you look' beauty industry can't get at you, so this is filling an insecurity-generation vacuum. Substitue 'look fat' for 'bad mother' as you wish.Marcia Feitelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14640633301645165197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-74916424447643567262008-03-17T10:58:00.000-04:002008-03-17T10:58:00.000-04:00Congrats on getting certified! And I hope you fee...Congrats on getting certified! And I hope you feel better soon - it's nice that you're *not* throwing up everything in the first trimester! <BR/><BR/>I once saw a billboard with a picture of Mary breastfeeding the baby Jesus on it. The caption read: "If it was good enough for Him, it's good enough for your baby" or something like that. It was from the breastfeeding Nazis who think that if the baby drinks formula instead of breast milk it will become a serial killer or something. I know it's *better* for the baby, but jeez. No pressure!medieval womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457130525946143002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-11317057151254399672008-03-17T08:58:00.000-04:002008-03-17T08:58:00.000-04:00it's funny to read this (in a good way, not "i'm l...it's funny to read this (in a good way, not "i'm laughing at you" way) because last night SB was on his way to the store and I said, "okay, get wine, cheese dip, and donuts." his response, "oh my god. are you pregnant?"<BR/><BR/>"uh, no, just dissertating, and they were eating donuts in Monk."<BR/><BR/>he must be secretly reading your blog. he talks about kids a lot lately.<BR/><BR/>congrats on being certified!/certifiable! (hee-hee) and congratulations on employment and everything! yea you!!<BR/><BR/>and don't worry. i offer you no pregnancy advice, only support. just save all the things you learned, contrary or not to all the "perfectionists" and save it for me. i should probably follow it now--just to take care of myself!Maudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918488082176862598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-30258728552911276312008-03-17T02:52:00.000-04:002008-03-17T02:52:00.000-04:00Hooray for a job!!!! And ... huh, I was going to s...Hooray for a job!!!! <BR/><BR/>And ... huh, I was going to say, get well soon? But that doesn't really work. I'm sorry that the pregnancy industry attacks everyone as "bad mothers," but you know, everyone keeps right on doing it after the kid is born, too, from blaming helicopter parents to child spoilers to "momism," my favorite. Maybe it's jealousy (and fear) because they can't actually produce miniature human beings...<BR/><BR/>At least they haven't made you give up chocolate ... have they?Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.com