Its not nice to stare.

More interesting things that happen when you are pregnant and standing naked in a semi-public place.
By semi-public I mean the locker room at the gym. It's not like I am naked in the middle of downtown or anything but the locker room is not exactly private either.
Grown women who probably have manners are blowing my mind with there lack of restraint when it comes to staring and commenting. I have no choice by the way other than to be naked when I change after my shower. I can't wrap a towel around my waist and slip on my underwear or slyly get my bra and shirt on with just a few seconds of boob showing. No, when you are 33 weeks pregnant putting on underwear feels like a scary balancing act that takes concentration and focus and dedication. So I am open to be viewed in the most unflattering light ever and in the most unflattering positions ever. Struggling to get dressed as fast as possible with out tipping over or hurting myself. By the way the light in the locker room is so bad, I look like I have gobs of cellulite AND I feel the lights make me look trollish or like a midget with insane bloating.

This is a blow by blow of one conversation.

Strange Lady: (after much staring) My you are big. Very big. You must be having that baby soon.
Me: I'm only 33 weeks.
Strange Lady: Well you sure are big.....ummmm....big.
Me: Yeah, I guess so.
Strange Lady: Well do you know what you are having?
Me: A girl
Strange Lady: Well your life is about to change! (then she laughs and walks away)

Another lady just keep drilling me about working out after the baby comes. Of course she prefaced the conversation with mentioning how big I am and how I must be having the baby soon. This lady wanted to know if I was going to work out till the end and what I was going to do after the baby arrives, am I still going to work out?? She was more obsessed with my exercise habits than I am.

Of course I know that people don't mean to be so ill and annoying and I know that I am more easily annoyed now than before. But seriously would people like it if I stood around the locker room after I have my baby and am back with a killer body pointing out to complete strangers how big they are or noticing other things about their body?

My fave is when people say don't worry you'll lose the weight after the baby comes. Now when I am wearing my clothes and obsessing to a friend or family member I like to hear this, when I am naked with a complete strange surveying my body, not so much.

Anyway don't forget about the contest we are having, you can win a bunch of free cases of Crispy Cats just for guessing on the baby's due date and height and weight. Just scroll down a few blogs for the details!