Complaints

I hope this blog has portrayed how happy I am being pregnant 98 percent of the time. But it would be wrong of me to give you all the impression that it's great 100% of the time. Here are some of my pregnancy pet peeves.

1. Rude people on the Metro. People on our line hardly ever get up to give me their seat. Today I had a guy give me a dirty look because I asked him to move his feet off the THIRD seat he was taking up so I could sit down. I couldn't believe how rude he was. So I said "sorry" and rubbed my belly.

2. The Metro escalators are almost always out. This is nothing new. The Washington Post even ran a story about it. And most of the time, I walk up the escalators anyway (If I still exercise, I can walk up the escalator)...but those times I just want to ride or want to be able to stop if I get tired, that's always when the stupid escalator is out.

3. When I got to be about 3 months pregnant, they put up a sign next to the security at our building that said to notify guards if you were pregnant or had a medical device. This annoyed me because I hadn't known about possible radiation effects during the time that the baby's brain was developing. So I decided not to walk through the scanner anymore. Generally they let me walk around and didn't care. But recently almost all of the guards (they rotate daily) have started wanding me, INCLUDING MY BUMP. Hello! This completely defeats the purpose. So now I'm basically running through the big scanner, figuring that has less radiation than the wand against my bump. UGH.


4. All of my clothes are black. So many maternity clothes are black...or dark brown. THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING TIME OF MY LIFE, I DON'T WANT TO WEAR BLACK. How about some hot pink and red and yellow??? Sure, I'll probably look like a big piece of fruit (literally), but I'm not depressed so I should not be wearing black. For the record, Baby L will not be dressed in black for as long as I can hold out (hopefully age 5).

5. 99% of the store emails I get are for clothes I don't fit into. This is a minor complaint and something I knew would happen, but it's still sad. Plus I don't know what size I'll be after the baby's born so I can't pre-buy anything. Guess I'll miss out on this season...Luckily I'm not a huge fan of skinny jeans and oversized tops so I'm really not missing much.

Okay, vent over! After looking at this list, I realize that these are complaints I would normally have, they're just magnified by the fact that I'm preg. Back to the 98% great!