The Nigerian press definitely is.

You men tend to be so insensitive.

Because of all of the idiots that keep patting me.

I don’t know how that started but it’s so strange. I’d love it if they made it funny. “The baby is now the size of Kim Kardashian’s engagement ring (the third one)” “The baby is now the size of one of those yankee candles you buy you mom every year for Christmas” “the baby is now the size of Jupiter or at least it…

In a recent conversation/gossip catch-up with my college friends, one of them earnestly said “Guys...is anyone else getting really sick of people comparing their babies to fruit on Facebook?”

When I was pregnant I felt tremendous pressure to constantly express how I was oh so ecstatic to be fulfilling my feminine destiny. :P To be honest, I didn’t really feel much of a real connection with the kid until they started talking. Before that, I loved my baby in a sort of matter-of-fact way, but I faked a whole…

Look at it this way, you are probably inspiring the hell out of someone and don’t even know it. I remember in grad school the professor that I TA’d for was pregnant and was like you. She was flat out like, “yeah, well this wasn’t really in the plan but we’re rolling with it.” or “actually I’m mostly just really…

“Why didn’t you post sooner??”

I love her take on this.

Wait til you graduate and people start asking you: “are you in debt?” “How much?” “Are your parent’s helping?” “Do you have a job?” “Are they paying some?” like do you want to see my tax return too? Can I see your mortgage payment?

Since Adichie *was* pregnant in public (at least I assume, or why would the Quartz be reporting that she sported a baby bump during her pregnancy? They link to a site that spotted her baby bump in July of 2015), I doubt she considers being pregnant in public a performance. She probably just didn’t want to go through…

I know I’m just mad because I’m in college right now and every discussion with people outside my close friends and family is “So what’s your major? When are you going to graduate? Oh there’s a ton of jobs you get can with writing! The big jobs are in technical writing! Do you know what you’re going to do after you…

It’s not so much being pregnant in public as being forced to perform the script of pregnant woman in public if you don’t want it.

Oh yeah and people expect you to suddenly be the Earth Mother type just because you are “heavy with child”. (I stormed out of a meeting because someone said that and refused to come back in until the offending person apologized.) And the patting. Oh so much patting.

And let’s not forget the advice people love to give to pregnant women! I swear every stage of life is just people asking about your life and then telling you what to do about it.

Side note: With my first pregnancy I was shouting it from the rooftops at 8 weeks, only to hear no heartbeart at 12 weeks, so there may be some sort of unintentional superstition at play.

Yea and how you’re forced to have the same convo again and again. “Are you excited” “Omg so excited! Chubby cheeks and little shoes! I love them already!” and God forbid you say “not yet, I’m actually terrified and don’t feel any emotional connection yet”. It’s not so much being pregnant in public as being forced to…

CONFESSION: I am 20 weeks pregnant and still haven’t told my grandmother (whom I love dearly) or the majority of my closest friends (who do not live in my city). I am truly, genuinely excited about this baby, but something about calling people up to say that I’m pregnant just feels weird to me.

I thought the same thing until they mentioned she made no effort to hide her pregnancy either. She just kinda existed while pregnant. Everyone is entitled to do pregnancy their way (mostly) and if this worked for her then more power to her. If someone wants to take 8 million pregnant nudies in a cornfield and put them…

If she’s half as good at baby-making as she is at writing stuff look out for that baby.