In case you've been under a rock for the past 6 months or so, I feel I should come right out and say it. "Everyone is pregnant". This is, of course, a slight exaggeration, but I assure you - not by much. It might be more like 1 out of 3.
I run into other preggos everywhere. Everywhere except work, that is. I'm definitely the only one there - at least the only one that's been "outed". And now I'm so big that I couldn't hide it even if I wanted to (which I don't).
But back to my first point - preggos are everywhere. Maybe it's just Chicago... but I'm not so sure. I think it's a National epidemic. When we picked up my prenatal vitamins, the pharmacist said "been fillin' a lot of these lately". Um yeah - that's your job. And I heard the hospital where I'm supposed to deliver Baby has broken the 'birthing record' every month for the past few months - meaning they birth a record number of babies every month than from the month before. Wow! That's a lot of babies!
You have to wonder - why all the babies? I heard someone mention snarkily that it was the recession to blame. I'm not sure about all that. It really didn't have a lot to do with our Baby - Don and I are both employed full-time and hadn't really stopped going out when Baby came to be. I heard another theory that it's the boomlet's having babies. That's right - that Baby Boomer's kids are now having kids. That makes a little more sense to me - but what really explains this?
I guess it doesn't really matter in the long run - but it's great for those like me and the preggos coming after us - we've going to have so much maternity clothes for them to borrow/buy from consignment shops! Speaking of consignment shops - I heard a recommendation for a great kid's clothes/maternity wear consignment shop in Chicago - called The Second Child. I'll have to check it out and write a review.
In the meantime - i'll leave you with my deep thought for the day - "preggos are everwhere". Except my apartment. I'm the only one in here right now...
I run into other preggos everywhere. Everywhere except work, that is. I'm definitely the only one there - at least the only one that's been "outed". And now I'm so big that I couldn't hide it even if I wanted to (which I don't).
But back to my first point - preggos are everywhere. Maybe it's just Chicago... but I'm not so sure. I think it's a National epidemic. When we picked up my prenatal vitamins, the pharmacist said "been fillin' a lot of these lately". Um yeah - that's your job. And I heard the hospital where I'm supposed to deliver Baby has broken the 'birthing record' every month for the past few months - meaning they birth a record number of babies every month than from the month before. Wow! That's a lot of babies!
You have to wonder - why all the babies? I heard someone mention snarkily that it was the recession to blame. I'm not sure about all that. It really didn't have a lot to do with our Baby - Don and I are both employed full-time and hadn't really stopped going out when Baby came to be. I heard another theory that it's the boomlet's having babies. That's right - that Baby Boomer's kids are now having kids. That makes a little more sense to me - but what really explains this?
I guess it doesn't really matter in the long run - but it's great for those like me and the preggos coming after us - we've going to have so much maternity clothes for them to borrow/buy from consignment shops! Speaking of consignment shops - I heard a recommendation for a great kid's clothes/maternity wear consignment shop in Chicago - called The Second Child. I'll have to check it out and write a review.
In the meantime - i'll leave you with my deep thought for the day - "preggos are everwhere". Except my apartment. I'm the only one in here right now...
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