Things not to do:
1. Pluck your eyebrows in the perinatologist’s waiting room.
It doesn’t seem like that one needs to be said aloud, and yet last week there was a woman sitting there plucking away. Completely reshaped one whole eye while we were waiting to be shown in for the amniocentesis.
2. Text message while driving your car.
Again, didn’t think this actually needed listing, but if you’re text messaging you’re not doing the speed limit and you’re swerving all of the road and mostly, you’re pissing me off. I get the allure of text messaging and I’m a texter myself, but dial the freaking phone and speak to the person. Just remember come January next year you’ll need a handsfree in the car. Of course, it still won’t be against the law to text and drive, but it will still piss me off.
3. Don’t insist a pregnant woman drink 36 ounces of water, not let her use the bathroom, and then tell her that her appointment is going to be delayed forty-five minutes.
This makes us uncomfortable. And cranky. And did I mention it’s uncomfortable?
4. A sonographer shouldn’t tell you it’s a boy unless he is positive it’s going to be a boy.
Last Wednesday we were having a boy. According to the gentleman with the transducer if he were a betting man, he’d put money on a boy. This morning the woman handling my ultrasound said, “Well, those look like girl parts and that looks just like an umbilical cord to me.” Huh. I guess we’ll wait until a week from Wednesday to find out from the amniocentesis results.
Things to do:
1. Consume vast quantities of Trader Joe’s Swiss Chocolate.
Seriously. Made from actual cane sugar and not corn syrup. Yummy. Yummy. Yummy. And the quality of chocolate? Awesome. Tastes like European chocolate, without having to go to Europe.
2. Make plans to go to an Oscar Party.
It’s been far too long since I’ve sat in jammies on the floor of Jessika’s house. February 25th will find me in Denver, wearing my jammies and as big as a house. I can’t wait.
3. Cruise through the dollar section at Target.
They have the cutest ever office supplies! Need I say more? I think not.
4. Ship out your Secret Pal 9 package.
I can’t wait for my spoilee to get her package. I filled it with yarn and chocolate – two of my favorite things. Oh, and maybe a couple office supplies.
January 23rd, 2007 at 7:05 am
Of all of the things not to do, the one about making a pregnant woman drink all that water, not pee and then have to wait … that is unspeakable cruelty. You poor thing.
The chocolate does sound awfully good though. I miss Trader Joe’s so much.
Best,
firefly
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January 23rd, 2007 at 8:44 am
Uh, I’d actually change the comment about the texting to “don’t use your phone while you drive at all”. The most dangerous time for a person talking and driving is the time right before and right after the call. Not actually during the call. Because your mind is on the call and not the road. You need to talk to someone? Call them. You need to get somewhere? Drive.
and you’re right, it’s cruel to make a woman wait that long with a full bladder. Thank heaven I never had to do that, my doctor seemed to think that he could see Ella jut fine without a full bladder.
Altough he was always chronically late. We’d routinely get seen at 6:00 for our 4:00 appointment. I’ve started cheating on him and seeing his partner for my post-baby IUD appointment and for my annual exam this year.
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January 26th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
I would never do anything to my eyebrows in a situation where I will be interrupted before finishing. Because, what if I did one and then forgot to do the other? Because that would be just like me to do something like that.
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February 1st, 2007 at 12:11 pm
What about plucking my eyebrows while I drive and text messaging while I wait?
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February 3rd, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Now I really need me some TJ’s Swiss Chocolate! And I’m not even pregnant!
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