Well as for the doctor I would ignore him/her-doctors unfortunatly anymore are mainly thoughtless in patient care. My girlfriend when she was pregnant gained close to 90 pounds-she started about 120/30 and was over 200 when she gave birth-in a month it was all gone and she was back to normal. She also gave birth to a strapping 9 pound baby girl and had toxemia!

As for the kids there is no excuse for behavior like that. What ever happened to disapline! God i was sent to my room, the car and ate more bars of soap than I care to remember....but I learned my lessons!

I am sorry about your day-hang in there! Ice cream always cheers me up-hot fudge sundays are even better =)

KB

Kids with no manners drive me nuts. If it was one of mine (and they know better), but if it was they would be eating a bar of soap (but not Anna'a poo that is to good for bad mouths).

Congrats on your new upcoming addition! I am sure everything will be fine with the new baby and your bullie.

Sue

Congratulations on the baby. And I agree with Ce, kick him/her off the rotation. Some doctors seem to forget that they are working for you, not the other way around.

The clerical staff will summon me if somebody's kids are out-of-control and the parent(s) do nothing to correct it.

I won't coo at children who behave badly. They get very direct instructions from me to stay still and stay quiet while the grown-ups talk. The parents won't argue with me about it either. If they don't have the decency or ability to keep their kids under control, I'll do it for them. It works.

When I was pregnant I could eat ANYTHING I wanted and never gain much weight. With my 1st son, I gained 9lbs and he was 7lb9oz -- My 2nd son I gained 4lbs and he was 5lb13oz and with my daughter I gained 10lbs and she was 6lb5oz. And I ate like a horse. So my Dr's never gave me a hard time about the weight gain. (I absolutely loved being pregnant). But my motto being pregnant was "I am fat and lovin' it!!" Now I did have my mother in law announce at a baby shower to my church when a friend commented on how she was envious of me for not gaining weight -- my mother in law said "Well Kim has lots of FAT stored up and doesn't need to gain weight. The baby is living off what she already had!" Talk about want to crawl under a table and die!! Ugh!! I thought I was an okay size before I got pregnant!! Urgh -- Mother in Laws!

As for a baby and a bully -- my daughter was 8mths old when we got Daisy, Daisy was 4 1/2 mths old when we got her. They do find together. I do have to make sure that Daisy doesn't get the Zoomies around Paige, but it is just common sense. Actually, Daisy is Paiges best friend -- she follows Paige all over the house hoping she will drop a piece of food for her!! Don't worry -- it will be fine!



Kim & Daisy

I gained 26 lbs with Zoe and 17 with Mason but I was also running around after a 3 year old so I think that is why I didn't gain as much with my son. I ate like a pig with him too. Dont worry so much about the weight. I was all butt with my girl and all front with the boy. So maybe if those rude kids were telling you your butt was big then maybe they were telling you you are having a girl. lol. There is no excuse for the rudeness of some people and I cant believe the mother did nothing about that. I am sorry you had such a miserable day. Oh another thing this might make you feel a little better. When I was pregnant with my daughter I had to go in for an ultra sound at 3 months because I was soooooo big that they thought I was having twins. Nope just a big baby. It eventually slowed down. Now that I am done babbling Congratulations

bad doctor....they could not stop me i gained 75lbs with both my kids------lost it all but I huge get HUGE:)

of years ago when I was in my 9th month and looking like a blimp, we took our three boys to see Star Wars. DH was in the candy line and I came back from the rest room to join him. A little kid behind us, couldn't have been more than 8 or 9 said to me "you're butting in line, fatso." My husband said a few words to him and the kid started cursing and swinging at him! The manager finally threw him out - the kid not my DH.

I also had to rotate docs when I was pregnant for my son...and one told me about the same thing...and I only ate healthy....even lifted weights till I was 8 months along...and he kept telling me to eat healthy...and gave me all these copies of healthy eating ...I told him three times..I didn't eat junk..and he was patronizing ..and rolled his eyes...and was rude...so to keep my 9 months a time of enchanted joy..I refused to see him again on my rotations...had my doc write in on my file...and I even went so far as to declare if this rude doc was on duty the night I was to birth...I'd duck tape my knees before he was the first person ,my son would meet ....don't let this yoyo get you down...have your doc skip him on the rotation..and if he's on duty insist they call the back up doc...there always is a back up....your birth and nine months should be of your choosing..you do have rights ..and the right also to enjoy your time...it's very special...poohie on anyone who steal even a second of your joy....hugs...ce

and congrats to you and let me tell you 17 pounds No Way have you gained too much. Hell by 5 months I looked like a jersey cow with mine had gained about 30 by then. So in my opinion you are doing great.

What a day you had - you poor thing!!!
Try to laugh it off - go eat a big chocolate bar to make you feel! A pregnant lady is absolutely beautiful in my opinon so your doc can go take a hike!

You guys are GREAT! Thanks for listening! I love being pregnant its just sometimes people are so... mean they don't even realize what effects they can have on someone either vulnerable or sensitive! The mom of those kids didn't even apologize, so it looks like they are in trouble w/ their relationships later on! I hope I am not that insensitive to other people. Thanks for listening and I am going to eat a BIG ICE CREAM SUNDAE WHEN I GET HOME. Hehehe. Just teasing.

I work with the public all day and it's a wonder that we have such rotten kids in this world. The adults are needing some manners training themselves.
People for some reason seem to think that if they are rude then they get whatever they want, they don't seem realize that some of us are not pushovers and basically it works just the opposite.
Maybe your message will make each one of us think about other people and how we treat everyone we come in contact with everyday, not just our family or immediate friends.

too! That is great! Yes, EVERYONE has said the same thing to me about Otis. I think that Otis knows I am having a baby. He seems like now more than ever, he lays his head on my belly and I think or hope he knows that it is a heartbeat. Yeah, he is spoiled, but I have been trying to baby him less and ween him off me. I love him so... much! I have been preparing the house w/ the smells of a baby by using baby powder on certain things like the furniture, etc. The doctor said that I could bring diapers around so he could get used to the smell, etc. When I am in the hospital and the baby is born, to bring something that was on the baby like a receiving blanket and give it to the dog until I get home so he can smell the baby's scent. Good luck and I hope you are feeling well. I was not sick at all...

How rude!

I'm sure you look so beautiful... I just love how pregnant women look, full of life and glowing! Plus it doesn't seem like you've gained too much weight!?!? I'm defnitely no expert but I've known many woman who gain a lot of weight during pregnancy and then go back to their normal self afterwards... don't worry too much about it, enjoy it and eat to you (and the babies') hearts desire! You have a great excuse. LOL!



- Cristina (& Leeloo)
"the greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."

being pregnant can be so great, and so awful, all at the same time. I am already WAY sensitive to begin with, so being pregnant made it pretty bad. I thought for sure I would be divorced before I ever had the baby. I had almost the exact same experience regarding weight gain, and my Dr.. I only gained 26 pounds with my second pregnancy, but they were complaining that I was gaining too much, and that the baby for sure wouldn't be more than 8 lbs. tops, so I would be left with all this un-needed weight, blah,blah,blah. Well, I had toxemia, and was retaining water, which was a big part of my weight gain, and my son was just a few ounces short of 10 lbs. Dr.'s (and most of the world), have these set guidelines that they want to use on everyone, and it just doesn't work. You are unique, and special, and your baby too. You both need things that even the best Dr. can't know, your body is taking care of it for you. So, take a nice relaxing bath, have a tall glass of milk (and some cookies too), and relax. It's not like the pregnacy weight patrol are gonna come for you if you gain a little more than expected. It's all good.

Congrats on your new baby to be. My Husband and I are alos expecting our first! I am 2 months along! I have a question for you: Are people worried about your bullie and the new baby coming. I swear everyone we know has asked: What about Angus?? I answer with "Oh he knows he is going to be a big brother!" They are so worried. I really am not as he is so gentle and sweet. What are your thoughts?? Anyone else out there expecting?? A HUMAN?? LOL LOL

I hope so...Geez! It just started you know...Thanks for letting me vent...This board is great!

you can only imagine where they get that from. That little acorn didn't fall to far from the tree i'll bet.
Hope you have a better week ahead.