Comments | estherchaya: Just Layin' Around

estherchaya

Just Layin' Around

Mar 23, 2010 11:06

So here's a hypthetical for you: Suppose you told a healthy, non-pregnant woman (or man for that matter) that she may not get out of bed for four months with the exception of trips to the bathroom and doctor's appointments. Would she think of that four months as being a mini spa vacation? I think not. And would her friends say "oh how relaxing this ( Read more... )

#5, pregnancy, bed rest

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jadesymb March 23 2010, 15:37:15 UTC

**hugs**

estherchaya March 23 2010, 20:35:03 UTC

thanks!

mrn613 March 23 2010, 15:56:59 UTC

one of my guilty pleasures is watching the Real Housewives of NY on Bravo (doesn't hurt that they replay it about 10x week late at night when I am cooking). On this past week's episode, the "housewife" Alex said about another "housewife" Jill's parenting advice: 'this is why I have a chapter in my book called 'Ignore the well-intentioned morons.' " It doesn't sound so funny when I am retyping it (and Alex herself is a well-intentioned moron, at least on the show) but imho well-intentioned morons will always have something to say about anything in life but ignore ignore ignore, getting worked up about it only raises your blood pressure not theirs.

estherchaya March 23 2010, 20:06:49 UTC

I'm not losing sleep over it (and my blood pressure is about 90/50 right now, so nto to worry about my BP, figuratively or literally).

osewalrus March 23 2010, 16:03:19 UTC

Actually, I could use a few months of sleep -- but it ain't worth all the utter misery you are going through. Still, there are days I fantasize about falling anvils so I can spend a few months in a coma. Probably wouldn't work out as well in real life.

estherchaya March 23 2010, 20:12:52 UTC

yeah - well, if bed rest were about sleeping in general, I'd be all for it. But if you'd ever been pregnant (I mean, after all, you WERE a woman for a couple weeks/months, right?) you'd know that sleep is elusive in pregnancy.

But yeah - I can understand the liberating power of a few months in a coma.

eyelid March 23 2010, 16:37:31 UTC

lol, the things people say.

I honestly don't know how you deal with it all, myself.

estherchaya March 23 2010, 20:15:31 UTC

I get it a lot. "Enjoy that mini-vacation of yours." Hah!

Truthfully, the comment wouldn't have bothered me nearly so much had it not come from a particular person who grates on my nerves anyway. But it makes for good blogging fodder anyway, so it's worth it. :)

As for how I deal with it - I deal with it poorly, haven't you been following along? :)

eyelid March 23 2010, 22:00:12 UTC

"Enjoy that mini-vacation of yours." Hah!

On my next vacation, I'm totally getting a PIC line! It's like scuba diving, only even more exotic.

As for how I deal with it - I deal with it poorly, haven't you been following along? :)

lol. You deal with it a heck of a lot better than I would.

estherchaya March 24 2010, 00:27:31 UTC

You haven't truly lived until you've had a PICC line. Or a "Mag Holiday" for that matter.

Admittedly, I could have survived knowing that I hadn't truly lived. :)

Sigh lynsaurus March 23 2010, 17:15:40 UTC

I'm sorry you have to deal with well-intentioned but not-well-thought-out comments on top of everything else. Sending warm thoughts and wishing I could send you some relief.

Re: Sigh estherchaya March 23 2010, 18:48:17 UTC

Honestly, I'm probably over-sensitive to it. But it's just annoying. I know no one has anything but the best intentions. But we all know which road is paved with good intentions.

Re: Sigh sethcohen March 24 2010, 00:59:13 UTC

The road to hell is actually paved with frozen door-to-door salesmen. In the winter, the younger demons ice-skate on it. - Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

Hrm. I wonder if it's now paved with frozen telemarketers?