Let me rephrase myself...

Ok, if you couldn't already tell from my last post, I've been having a hard time. Although my due date is not for 1 more week, I am about 3 weeks mentally overdue. My last post was a little heated and I probably didn't state things as *nicely* as I should have. I honestly have no hard feelings towards any of those who have made those sorts of comments. I understand that when people make the "big" comments they don't mean it in a rude way, but when you've been size conscious most of your life and then you are faced with people not being able to look past your size and see the person (and the feelings they have), it just really wears on you (referring to the whole more people making size comments than actually even saying "Hi" to me). Not everyone is the same or reacts the same. I'm sure to some people hearing those things it doesn't matter. But to me it does and I've always been one to wear my emotions on my sleeve.

However, let me say that I do love my baby bump. I feel so beautiful and my husband lets me know that I am on a regular basis. He has been so loving, respectful and uplifting through this whole thing. He has been really sensitive to my insecurities and really is the most amazing friend/companion/husband/father. And this is probably kind of weird, but I really like going into the OB office too. Everyone there makes you feel beautiful and amazing as well!

PS I promise I would never ever intentionally harm anyone.

Pregnancy comments aren't always welcome...

Most of you who read this blog are friends with me on facebook and you probably saw this post from Monday...

The comments just keep coming... Thanks for the supportive words!

I'll tell you what stemmed this... I am almost 39 weeks pregnant but mentally I am 3 weeks overdue. In the past couple weeks I have had more people say things like "Wow you're huge" or "Oh my gosh you've gotten so big!" or "You are so big!" than I've had say "hello" to me. No joke. These comments have come from my mother, siblings, siblings in law, friends, and complete strangers. When my BIL welcomed me with "Wow! You're huge!"  I *politely* informed him that he should never say things like that to pregnant women and he needs to learn that before he has a wife who is pregnant. That was the nicer way of saying how I really felt which was "You better not say that to your wife when she's big and pregnant or she might want to chop off your little ding a ling." I kept that inside.

Most people wouldn't *DARE* say those things to a woman who isn't pregnant. So what gives people the right to say things like that now to a woman who is at her whits end and thanks to all those extra hormones, emotionally unstable? Most women have absolutely no control over how much weight they've gained or how big their tummy gets. It's all genetics. And it's pretty hard work making a baby.

Pregnancy is a beautiful miracle that women are blessed to be co-creators with God. So if you must say something, why don't you comment on how beautiful the mom looks or how healthy or something?

Like your momma taught you, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all."

PS As of today I can count on my fingers how many days are left until my due date!