Since being pregnant I have received advice from all kinds of people. Advice from people you would expect; like family and close friends and advice from random strangers. I'm still caught off guard when the lady at the grocery store wants to "prep" me on things to expect or the woman walking her dog who wants to "enlighten me" with parenting tips. It's like people look at me and think, oh this poor girl she has no idea what she's doing, i must rescue her! Please don't get me wrong, all the advice has either been good or good for a laugh. Here is today's advice from a lady at the mall. I think it wins the most absurd advice award. I definitely goes in the good for a laugh category. I loved it! Enjoy........
As I'm at the mall the lady behind the counter asked if anyone had given me post-pardom advice. And I honestly (first mistake) replied, "ummm, not really." I'm thinking she going to tell me about Lanolin or something like that. No....better. She told me that I need to make sure to stay off my feet for 4-5 days after I deliver the baby. She said the more I walk around the more air bubbles get inside me making look fat. She said that is why after you have the baby the nurses push on your stomach, they are trying to get all the extra air out. She also recommended wearing a girdle to compress the belly and keep air out as well. She also said the girdle would help get all the organs back into place as an added bennefit. She very honestly told me how much she regretted not following this advice after her mother told her becuase now she can't get rid of all the extra "baby weight". She said is was due to air bubbles and misplaced organs.
Welcome to my world. The world of crazy advice.
6 comments:
That is one of the funniest things I've ever heard of in my entire life! Certainly never heard anything about air bubbles or misplaced organs on my OB/gyn rotation. Maybe I'm missing out on vital info. Thanks for sharing the laugh!
That is spectacular advice and you should totally follow it. And make sure you don't sit under a flame or you might fly into the sky.
Hahaha I dont know how you could keep a straight face while hearing that!
that is hilarious..maybe thats why i still can't lose all this baby weight...it must be air bubbles! :)
i check your little blog everyday to see if your little girl has made her appearance, can't wait to hear how things go. I am so excited for blair and you!!!
Oh just wait...it gets even better when you have the baby. People will feel like its their job to tell you what your child needs or wants. Yes...even complete strangers. Especially if your baby is crying. Some of its good, but many times its annoying...especially in the heat of the moment when your baby is crying and you're scrambling to make her happy.
You'll get the, "what's wrong with her?"...ummm yeah...working on that right now. If I knew she probably wouldn't be crying. Or the "she's hungry - you should feed her." Actually - she just finished eating but thanks.
Your patience will be tried, and you will learn a humility that is all together new. Take it with a grain of salt and tune in to Avila's cues and all will be well...
haha...here I go - giving you advice!
haha - so I wrote out my comment and somehow it didn't work. Anyhow, at the end I realized I was giving a lot of advice...ironically!
The gist was - take it all with a grain of salt, it gets worse when you actually have the baby, know your child, and it teaches you a bit of patience and humility like never before. Some advice is helpful, but you'll find you know your kid best. So when they ask, "why is she crying?" in the midst of you figuring that out - which can be very frustrating - you'll learn to come up with clever responses seasoned with humor and grace.
Sorry - it doesn't get easier. For some reason when you have a baby you've entered into the club to receive unsolicited advice. It just comes with the territory.
Thanks for the humorous post!
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