If your pregnant do you count as a mother on mother's day?
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I sorta figured that's where the OP was going with it, and was surprised it hadn't come up. So I figured I'd help it along.
It's actually an interesting question.
it's a child if she wants it, it's "her body, she can do with it what she likes" if not...
can we not get past this?
WWJD??0 -
I don't think you're a mother yet. Enjoy the sweet, sweet freedom you have now and celebrate being a slave to another once it happens, ok?
I can't drink booze. I can't do my long runs. Or bike. I constantly need to pee. I'm already a slave :laugh:
I guess I'm going to have to change my answer now.0 -
I don't think you're a mother yet. Enjoy the sweet, sweet freedom you have now and celebrate being a slave to another once it happens, ok?
I'd say that qualifies. It was more difficult for me being pregnant than actually raising my child.
Same here for me... hyperemesis is a BISH!0 -
I don't think you're a mother yet. Enjoy the sweet, sweet freedom you have now and celebrate being a slave to another once it happens, ok?
I'd say that qualifies. It was more difficult for me being pregnant than actually raising my child.
Same here for me... hyperemesis is a BISH!
Back the hell off! lol But because of the constant barfing, the lack of exercise did not result in significant weight gain, so silver lining?0 -
Of course. Happy early Mother's Day! and Congrats
Except OP is a guy.0 -
I don't think you're a mother yet. Enjoy the sweet, sweet freedom you have now and celebrate being a slave to another once it happens, ok?
I'd say that qualifies. It was more difficult for me being pregnant than actually raising my child.
Same here for me... hyperemesis is a BISH!
Back the hell off! lol But because of the constant barfing, the lack of exercise did not result in significant weight gain, so silver lining?
Definitely a silver lining, I gained no weight all of my pregnancies. However, I always wanted one of those "eating for 2" pregnancies, where there is 3AM Taco Bell mixed with a gallon of ice cream.0 -
If I'm pregnant I count as a scientific curiousity on Mother's Day :laugh:0
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Well I hope so because I'm not taking that damned oven mitt back!
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Does she count as a mother? - Well, do you believe that child is alive and is hers? Or are you one that believes the child technically isn't alive until it is born? I say, yes, she is a mother?
Does she deserve to be celebrated in all she has done thus far to become a mother? Heck yes! Do you know how bloody hard it is being pregnant?
Should every husband celebrate his pregnant wife on Mother's Day, regardless of whether she has had children yet or not? If he knows what is good for him - yes!0 -
I don't think you're a mother yet. Enjoy the sweet, sweet freedom you have now and celebrate being a slave to another once it happens, ok?
I'd say that qualifies. It was more difficult for me being pregnant than actually raising my child.
I had hyperemesis gravidarum for 7 solid months, you're friends with my baby daddy on here, so you can ask him to confirm that. I weighed 147 pounds before getting pregnant, weighed 143 the day I came home. Suffice to say, I know all about pregnancy being a drain.
Any woman carrying a child who wants the recognition, fiiiine. But this post is moving in another direction and my point is, I am 100% willing to say all that suffering I experienced didn't make me an actual mother --- it was nice emotionally, but it didn't make me a mom.0 -
I don't think you're a mother yet. Enjoy the sweet, sweet freedom you have now and celebrate being a slave to another once it happens, ok?
I'd say that qualifies. It was more difficult for me being pregnant than actually raising my child.
I had hyperemesis gravidarum for 7 solid months, you're friends with my baby daddy on here, so you can ask him to confirm that. I weighed 147 pounds before getting pregnant, weighed 143 the day I came home. Suffice to say, I know all about pregnancy being a drain.
Any woman carrying a child who wants the recognition, fiiiine. But this post is moving in another direction and my point is, I am 100% willing to say all that suffering I experienced didn't make me an actual mother --- it was nice emotionally, but it didn't make me a mom.
This is a good point here. Giving birth doesn't necessarily make one a mother.
But, if she is pregnant and she wants a gift for Mother's Day... then the expecting father would be wise to give her something.
I didn't expect anything when I was pregnant. I was surprised with a little something and that was just because the giver loved me enough to do so.0 -
I don't think you're a mother yet. Enjoy the sweet, sweet freedom you have now and celebrate being a slave to another once it happens, ok?
I'd say that qualifies. It was more difficult for me being pregnant than actually raising my child.
Happened to my wife too... I had to stop wearing cologne just because the smell of it was too strong for her to bear while pregnant (or maybe my cologne was really cheap and I was unwilling to admit it) - she also had a hell of a time keeping down food and doing basic daily activities of life. But at the same time, there was no little person around yet and demanding time, energy, nurture, attention, and all the rest. In that respect, being pregnant and being a mother might be slightly different things.0 -
I don't think you're a mother yet. Enjoy the sweet, sweet freedom you have now and celebrate being a slave to another once it happens, ok?
I'd say that qualifies. It was more difficult for me being pregnant than actually raising my child.
Happened to my wife too... I had to stop wearing cologne just because the smell of it was too strong for her to bear while pregnant (or maybe my cologne was really cheap and I was unwilling to admit it) - she also had a hell of a time keeping down food and doing basic daily activities of life. But at the same time, there was no little person around yet and demanding time, energy, nurture, attention, and all the rest. In that respect, being pregnant and being a mother might be slightly different things.
Ohai0 -
I don't think you're a mother yet. Enjoy the sweet, sweet freedom you have now and celebrate being a slave to another once it happens, ok?
I'd say that qualifies. It was more difficult for me being pregnant than actually raising my child.
Happened to my wife too... I had to stop wearing cologne just because the smell of it was too strong for her to bear while pregnant (or maybe my cologne was really cheap and I was unwilling to admit it) - she also had a hell of a time keeping down food and doing basic daily activities of life. But at the same time, there was no little person around yet and demanding time, energy, nurture, attention, and all the rest. In that respect, being pregnant and being a mother might be slightly different things.
Ohai
Hey... do I know you?0 -
I don't think you're a mother yet. Enjoy the sweet, sweet freedom you have now and celebrate being a slave to another once it happens, ok?
I'd say that qualifies. It was more difficult for me being pregnant than actually raising my child.
I had hyperemesis gravidarum for 7 solid months, you're friends with my baby daddy on here, so you can ask him to confirm that. I weighed 147 pounds before getting pregnant, weighed 143 the day I came home. Suffice to say, I know all about pregnancy being a drain.
Any woman carrying a child who wants the recognition, fiiiine. But this post is moving in another direction and my point is, I am 100% willing to say all that suffering I experienced didn't make me an actual mother --- it was nice emotionally, but it didn't make me a mom.
This is a good point here. Giving birth doesn't necessarily make one a mother.
But, if she is pregnant and she wants a gift for Mother's Day... then the expecting father would be wise to give her something.
I didn't expect anything when I was pregnant. I was surprised with a little something and that was just because the giver loved me enough to do so.
QFT!!!!0 -
My dad was going to take his mom and my mom, who was two weeks from her due date, to lunch for Mothers Day.
I decided to be born on Mothers Day instead, and spoiled their lunch plans.
Take your lunches while you can!0 -
Um, your keeping a human alive in your stomach, thats motherhood right there!0
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yes, your a mom to be. I think my husband got me flowers or something. My first son was due shortly after mother's day0
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Yes.0
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I don't think you're a mother yet. Enjoy the sweet, sweet freedom you have now and celebrate being a slave to another once it happens, ok?
I'd say that qualifies. It was more difficult for me being pregnant than actually raising my child.
I had hyperemesis gravidarum for 7 solid months, you're friends with my baby daddy on here, so you can ask him to confirm that. I weighed 147 pounds before getting pregnant, weighed 143 the day I came home. Suffice to say, I know all about pregnancy being a drain.
Any woman carrying a child who wants the recognition, fiiiine. But this post is moving in another direction and my point is, I am 100% willing to say all that suffering I experienced didn't make me an actual mother --- it was nice emotionally, but it didn't make me a mom.
This is a good point here. Giving birth doesn't necessarily make one a mother.
But, if she is pregnant and she wants a gift for Mother's Day... then the expecting father would be wise to give her something.
I didn't expect anything when I was pregnant. I was surprised with a little something and that was just because the giver loved me enough to do so.
QFT!!!!
I agree, if a pregnant woman wants her man to recognize her on mother's day, he better do it because it IS a sacrifice. However, I am not gonna say that pregnant women are automatically mothers -- even if that means I have to say the absolute hell I wet through didn't make me eligible to get a mother's day gift. Make sense?
And even though I was a sick disaster, it was easier in some ways than mothering a birthed child that can walk, talk, break other things - including themselves and cause havoc in new and unusual ways each and everyday.0
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