1. “You miss a lot of work for appointments” ?Hillary M.
2. “You will start seeing other pregnant women everywhere” ?Raina D.
3. “Strangers will talk about your body and all its changes. It felt almost like going through puberty, but this time everyone is commenting and asking about it!” ?Ellen O.
4. “How often complete strangers with give you advice or comment on the large coffee you are slurping or how big your bump is. (‘Are you sure your due date is right" Is there more than one baby in there"’)” ?Laura C.
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5. “The way your body becomes public property…like you’re a vessel. And everyone feels like they can touch you without asking permission.” ?Lucy B. 6. “How annoying it is to be called ‘cute.'” ?Vieve V.
7. “Don’t buy any shoes with laces. They have to be slip-on. Because once your bump gets big enough, you can’t bend over, in any kind of graceful way, to tie them. Then once you have the baby and start using a carrier, the inevitable moment comes when you have FINALLY gotten all your sh*t together and the baby has stopped crying and you feel like Wonder Woman, ready to go out the door…and then you realize you don’t have your shoes on and you can’t bend down to tie them.” ?Jenn G.
8. “Be ready to answer the same series of questions multiple times a day.” ?Leah D.
9. “How real-...