My husband and I have a friend who had a baby a couple of years ago, and she told us about one of the things people say to pregnant women and young mothers all the time:
"Just you wait."
This statement is used to refute anything positive a pregnant woman can say about how she's feeling. Your heartburn isn't that bad? "Just you wait - it'll get worse." You're sleeping okay? "Just you wait - you won't get any sleep once the baby is here." You aren't too uncomfortable? "Just you wait."
I think it's ridiculous that people (especially women) can't be more supportive of each other. I think there's a bit of a "hazing" mentality for pregnancy. It seems in some way to be like a fraternity. I suffered through a rough pregnancy, so you should, too. I think some people think pregnancy is a right of passage.
I'm sure I'll be hearing that soon.
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