Being pregnant is NOT a disability!

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  • Cradles Broken Glass
    Cradles Broken Glass Posts: 1,409
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    justam wrote:
    Not that it's any of your business but actually I DID. My first pregnancy I was working full time and studying for my doctoral exams. It was stupid to try to do so much.

    I was so stressed out that my baby was born a month early. I had got pre-eclampsia and they had to induce him.

    My second pregnancy was much healthier (and my baby did better) because I wasn't trying to work so much.
    Sorry to hear this :oops: hope your story encourages others to take it a bit easier. In this day and age there is a lot of pressure on women to do everything!


    There is a ton of pressure, I think that was one of the reasons my pregnancy was so tough. My husband was talking about having another baby the other day. I told him if he wanted to get another job or two we could. My last baby we left with my mother while we worked. I want to be in a financial position to stay home the next time until the child starts kindergarten. There is daycare, but the cost is so insane on that to the point I would essentially be working to pay for daycare and I don't want to have to depend on relatives this time for childcare. Anyway, I'm thinking I might have another one between 32-35, but we will see. I'm kind of enjoying being a trio right now to be honest.
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  • _
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    I can't help but notice a central theme in many of the threads around here: the logical fallacy that one's personal experience is generalizable to everyone else.
  • Chip McFlennigan
    Chip McFlennigan Posts: 1,162
    _ wrote:
    I can't help but notice a central theme in many of the threads around here: the logical fallacy that one's personal experience is generalizable to everyone else.

    I know! Everybody on the PJ message boards stereotypes people!

    U C WAT I DID THARE?!
    I knew it all along, see?
  • _
    _ Posts: 6,657
    johnny america wrote:
    _ wrote:
    I can't help but notice a central theme in many of the threads around here: the logical fallacy that one's personal experience is generalizable to everyone else.

    I know! Everybody on the PJ message boards stereotypes people!

    U C WAT I DID THARE?!

    Yes, I see what you tried to do anyway.
  • Chip McFlennigan
    Chip McFlennigan Posts: 1,162
    _ wrote:
    johnny america wrote:
    _ wrote:
    I can't help but notice a central theme in many of the threads around here: the logical fallacy that one's personal experience is generalizable to everyone else.

    I know! Everybody on the PJ message boards stereotypes people!

    U C WAT I DID THARE?!

    Yes, I see what you tried to do anyway.

    lulz u mad
    I knew it all along, see?
  • _
    _ Posts: 6,657
    johnny america wrote:
    lulz u mad

    Huh? :?
  • Chip McFlennigan
    Chip McFlennigan Posts: 1,162
    _ wrote:
    johnny america wrote:
    lulz u mad

    Huh? :?

    u mad cuz i'm stylin' on u ot

    *wears pants below waist*
    I knew it all along, see?
  • Loulou
    Loulou Adelaide Posts: 6,247
    +1
    I'm sorry to hear this too. I hope everything is okay now for you. :) I worked at a bakery while I was pregnant and I really got a mixed reception when it came to what I could and couldn't do. My Mum and husband were saying, "Just take it easy and don't lift really heavy stuff" and others at work were saying, "It's fine, I worked right up until the baby came!". You don't want to come across like your a whinger but then again it's a fact that heavy lifting or stress can impact the safety of your baby. I just did what I thought I could do safely, as for anyone that said, "Aaaaah you'll be fine, you can do it" I just ignored them because at the end of the day, I'd rather feel incompetant at work than bitterly regretful if I overdid it and had a miscarriage.
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    justam wrote:
    Not that it's any of your business but actually I DID. My first pregnancy I was working full time and studying for my doctoral exams. It was stupid to try to do so much.

    I was so stressed out that my baby was born a month early. I had got pre-eclampsia and they had to induce him.

    My second pregnancy was much healthier (and my baby did better) because I wasn't trying to work so much.
    Sorry to hear this :oops: hope your story encourages others to take it a bit easier. In this day and age there is a lot of pressure on women to do everything!
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