What is it with pregnant women that make people feel like they can make comments about your appearance, activities and food? Every time I would go out people seem to think it’s proper to tell me what to eat and what not to eat. How fast I should be walking, not to be squatting, not to be crossing your legs, don’t eat in fast food restaurants, etc.
It’s often times annoying. For example, yesterday I was eating halo-halo and I received the comment “You shouldn’t eat using non-disposable utensils”…excuse me? It can go the other extreme as well, you see I don’t eat any deep sea fish as I have read that they are filled with Mercury which can be really really bad for the fetus. When I mention this to people I get comments like “I was pregnant and I ate all the fish in the world and look at my children now…”. I was so tempted to say…”Well maybe if you ate less fish with mercury your children would be less ugly!”…
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October 24, 2006 at 1:13 am
jean
haha thats a good one
wow complete strangers really come up to you and have the gall to give unsolicited advice? i know vaguely about the seafood-mercury being bad when youre expecting but never head of the non-disposable utensils thing. interesting 
October 26, 2006 at 1:48 pm
Marj
Hate getting unsolicited advise as well. That comment about them eating all the fish in the world and look at their children now, my reply would’ve been: Exactly! I see your kids and that just gives me more reason of why not to eat fish while pregnant.
November 6, 2006 at 1:24 pm
Ruy and Olivia
I think people sort of feel protective of pregnant women, don’t you think so? Doesn’t make the unsolicited advice better though…still hate receiving them.