You’re pregnant.
I’m happy for you. Really. So happy. I’ve been pregnant. I know you feel special. I know you feel like the whole world revolves around your expert procreation skills and the miracle that is growing inside you. This is a significant moment for you. I get that.
Just please, don’t invite me to your ultrasound party.
Because here’s the thing: To everyone except you, your Ultrasound looks like every other.
Like this:
Okay, if you have a 3D scan, yours looks different. It looks like a playdough monster.
When we heard that wombwithaview.com.au started offering ultrasound parties, I rolled my eyes so far back it would require an ultrasound to see the pupils in the back of my head.
What’s an Ultrasound party? Listen to This Glorious Mess to find out:
Also on this week’s podcast, Millennial mums – they document everything online, they dress their babies up, they give their children instagram accounts. Gen X mums secretly think they’re silly, but today, excellent mum blogger Melissa Hugzilla admits she wishes she was more like the young ones.
And remember gymbaroo? That’s old school – now there’s a new wave of new toddler activities that parents are planking over. Baby Pilates. Daddo almost choked, but I think there’s a good reason for it.
And, best of all, Nailed and Failed, where you can laugh at me for what one woman said AFTER she tapped me on the shoulder at the playground and said, “Excuse me, have you seen what your son is DOING?”
Podcasts are free and they’re the best way to catch up on things while you’re going about your Gloriously Messy life.
Here’s the easy way to get them on your phone. Or, watch this video:
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Top Comments
I'm happy when people who want to get pregnant manage to do so. It's not easy sometimes, so it's nice that it happens for them. As such I'm happy to go along to any celebration of the news where we can all be happy for them together - but I'm not giving them any gifts for it, especially not if they're having one of those stupid baby showers as well. It's not an achievement. You don't earn anything. Raising a good child sure as hell is an achievement. Making it through pregnancy takes stamina. Merely getting pregnant is a biological process over which we have minimal control - like beating a cold.
Hey - maybe I should have an 'I didn't get sick this week' party every week where people give me gifts and I lord it over them about what a successful human I am.
What happens if the ultrasound reveals a problem with the baby? It's a medical procedure that's done for a reason! Just post your ultrasound pic on FB like everyone else.