dOn'T sTrESs, iT's bAD fOR tHe BaBY

[parnellj83]

I know a lot of people mean well when they say this and believe me, I'm doing my best to chill.

Being afraid of negative feelings has the opposite effect though, I've never met a person who relaxed when you tell them tell "relax"

It's been medically proven that you need to be under a metric ton of stress to affect the baby so we can relax about our normal pregnancy stress

 

[jrob09bhs]

@parnellj83 if someone besides my doctor told me something was bad for my baby i would tell them to fuck off lmao i have zero patience for anyone anymore. this is MY baby, mind ur own shitty ass kids

 

[parnellj83]

@jrob09bhs Patience does run thin during pregnancy lol

 

[soblessednc]

@parnellj83 Omg I work in retail and LET ME TELL YOU customers have me on my ROPES lately

 

[katrina2017]

@soblessednc Oh my god. I work in customer service and the only thing that saves me is that i work remotely so no one can see my face or hear me cussing everyone out between calls

 

[monica26]

@katrina2017 i work in a salon. customers can fuck right off. right along with the people who think it’s cute or funny to ask me if i’m sure it’s not twins.

 

[bookwyrm]

@soblessednc I feel this deep inside every time I have a meeting with my sales team.

 

[muireach]

@parnellj83 I've been reeeeeal direct with my coworkers/supervisors. And I'm not interested in working overtime. If they make me stay late, you best believe I'm billing for every OT minute.

 

[noel25]

@jrob09bhs Shitty ass kids

 

[jrob09bhs]

@noel25 its always the people with absolute goblins trying to hand out unsolicited parenting advice!! like lady i want my kids to be the opposite of urs so im gonna do the opposite of whatever u tell me

 

[noel25]

@jrob09bhs They can shove their advice where the sun don't shine

 

[dollface92]

@jrob09bhs I felt your comment in my SOUL!!! People annoyed the absolute fuck out of me while I was pregnant and now at 5 weeks postpartum I still get annoyed af with the unnecessary comments and old outdated “advice.” Since having my son I just straight up snap back when people say dumb shit.

 

[lionstigersbears]

@parnellj83 Every time I call my mom to vent about anything (work, home, baby, etc.) she tells me the stress isn’t good for the baby. I know she means well but it makes me feel so guilty for feeling these feelings. Which is ridiculous! Ugh.

 

[parnellj83]

@lionstigersbears I started responding that it's medically proven that you need to be under insane stress to harm the baby. I tried the argument that bottling up emotions is negative but they don't get it.

 

[robertarmerding]

@parnellj83 Exactly. And expressing these feelings is a way of RELIEVING that stress! It’d be so much better if people would just listen without judgement.

 

[puddintain]

@parnellj83 There's actually some evidence that a small amount of stress is even good for the baby

 

[salvatore_sunset]

@lionstigersbears Have you noticed that answers like that actually make it worse? I have. If you let me vent I'll be okay afterwards. If you try and make me shut up the pressure will just keep building. Just let me vent..

 

[jeanjin]

@salvatore_sunset It's like telling someone who is upset to "just calm down"...9 times out of 10 just hearing that makes me more upset lol

 

[salvatore_sunset]

@jeanjin That saying is just designed to make someone more upset while you can pretend that you meant well.

 

[kimmiemae]

@lionstigersbears This is my mom too lol. Unhelpful.