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[jaderabbit]

After weeks of getting the run-around from various sources, we finally got me a mercury-free flu shot. I told the NP at the OB's office on Thursday that we just couldn't find one. She called us the next day and said that the pharmacy in the Safeway two towns over was giving them. We got into the car immediately, and I secured one of the last five

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[just_the_ash]

*flail* WHY do PEOple HAVE to HASSle the PREGnant! It's like the belly is a sign that says, "Hi, please say random, rude things to me pertaining to the state of my internal organs, kthx."

[jaderabbit]

I didn't mind the question. I figured she might have been considering helping out in some way--getting me a chair while Sweety got the car, for instance. And if my water broke, it would be one hell of a slipping hazard in their store.

It was the "we" that got me. Am I royalty because I'm huge? Or was she going to take over some of the labor for me? Because you know, that would be nice. If that were the offer, we'd have to go back to that Safeway when labor started for real.

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[drj0402]

I take it that the staffer was not pregnant herself?

How about whispering in a feeble voice, "It's twins..."

Or saying, "Actually, I swallowed two watermelon seeds last month. Some of those old wives tales are true."

Or how about, "I'm not pregnant! I'm just big boned! My mama says I am just big for my age."

Something "jovial?"