Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Pregnancy and Anti-Support (from other Pregnant Women!)

So this is my first child and I'm not really the kind to baby (pardon the pun) any personal challenges (ie pregnancy)...so I come on the boards and look out for threads/topics that I relate to, and chime in; but I've noticed something really weird (awful, b*tchy?) about the way pregnant women post: As much support as you get on a subject, you get equal amounts of anti-support. I mean, if a post is about feeling fat in the first trimesters (before you're really showing, but have lost your waistline) then why (oh why) would you go on there and say "i've lost weight and i feel great!". That is not supportive. Start a new thread called "i've lost weight and I feel great" and that way you and the others who share that sentiment can relish, and leave the ones who are feeling crap and want (/need) to moan about it do so on their own thread. The simplest way to look at it is; this thread is about something negative, don't go on and say 'I'm so glad I don't have what you have!'. It's just rude. This really seems so simple to me, but I keep seeing it on the Online Pregnancy Boards. Or the women who go on the 'name poll' boards and say 'I hate that name". Shut up. This isn't your Sister or your Cousin, or even a physical neighbors' 'name poll'; so just let it be. Sure, you can point out that maybe no one noticed the name could easily be mistaken for something awful; that is handy advice...but that's not what I'm referring to here. I guess I'm just one of those women who likes to support other women, rather than break them down. There are enough cultures, historical hang ups, and stereotypes that women have to endure and push through every day...why turn on each other? Why make Pregnancy harder than it already is?