# Holy OMG, I preggers! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198 "2013-02-23T20:46:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/41 "2013-02-24T03:00:40Z")
Congratulations on all of the above! ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/42 "2013-02-24T03:18:16Z")
Wonderful news even sven! May the rest of your pregnancy and the birth go smooth as silk. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/43 "2013-02-24T03:35:56Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > I adore spicy food and have never had a sweet tooth. With the pregnancy, I have come to enjoy sweets a little more, though spicy food is always my go-to. Luckily, I haven’t had much morning sickness, just the crazy fatigue. I’m nursing my nine month old and never stopped eating obscenely spicy food. I’m still craving Frank’s Extra hot sauce, Siracha, jalapenos, and wasabi. My favorite is Indian, and I order “Indian hot”, and the baby hasn’t had any complaints or discouraged by anything I’ve eaten. The jury seems split on whether or not capsaicin, the sulfur in cruciferous vegetables, or soy can cause intestinal distress in breastfed infants, but I eat like a starving goat and we’ve had no problems at all. Hope you continue to have the same good fortune 🙂 Also, lost the baby weight in three months, she’s yet to catch a cold. If you are interested in nursing, I recommend it. It’s made our lives easier. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/44 "2013-02-24T04:06:57Z")
Congrats on all your happy news! ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/45 "2013-02-24T04:18:26Z")
Count me as another one who was like, “Wait, **even sven** got married? Without telling us?” Your joy shines through every post in this thread, and I am thrilled for you and your newly-minted spouse and the miniature human you’re making. Mazel tov! ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/46 "2013-02-24T05:27:55Z")
Congratulations, **sven**! So, a story about names. Good friends of mine were expecting, and they knew the child was a boy. They talked, conferred, argued, sought advice, and eventually drew up a list of possible names. When they met the new person, both instantly knew that none of the names on the list fit him. It took them (collectively) no time at all to realize that his name was meant to be Oliver\*, though the name wasn’t even on their radar beforehand. \*the boys (father’s friends) collectively decided he should be named Tiberius Thunderfist, and thus address him as ‘Tibs’ when cooing at him. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/47 "2013-02-24T05:36:28Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > It’s a good time. I’ve got a great newly-minted husband who is a family man through and through, a newly stable job, health insurance, and great family support. I know I’m going to be grounded from my wanderings for a while, but I’m sure baby will be spending plenty of time in CA and Brazil. Wait, you got married? Where are the pics? Gratz on everything, best wishes for appropriate numbers of fingers, toes and all those body parts in between. I’m assuming the husband is Brazilian, from what you say about names? I like that you’re picking names that sound good in both languages. > [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > Wait, Vitoria is a name? For a town in Spain, as an irregular spelling of _victoria_ (in this case, Spanish for “victory”). Nicknamed Siberia for being gifted with surprisingly low temperatures (it’s usually 10-20ºC colder than areas barely 20km away). In Basque it’s called Gasteiz (which does not mean victory, it was already the name of the place when the city got founded). ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/48 "2013-02-24T05:45:57Z")
Wait, you have gotten engaged, married and pregnant? You do realize under the Doper Procedure Rules (DPR) each is a separate thread 😉 So here goes my attempts \*Congratulations on your engagement \*May you have a long and happy married life. Court marriages rock. \*Will hold wishes for the last until it’s a living breathing defecating baby doper. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/49 "2013-02-24T05:46:27Z")
Congratulations! Obviously, I have not been keeping up with the happenings in Sven-ville. Exciting news on many fronts. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/50 "2013-02-24T05:51:10Z")
Wow, I didn’t even know you got married! :o congratulations 😃 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/51 "2013-02-24T05:52:11Z")
congrats **even sven**! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/52 "2013-02-24T05:53:46Z")
Congratulations, **even sven**! ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/53 "2013-02-24T07:18:50Z")
Mazel Tov! ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/54 "2013-02-24T08:46:22Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > Wait, Vitoria is a name? It’s the Portuguese version of Victoria. Portuguese is a language obsessed with leaving out letters: Pessoa = person (hey, where’d the “R” & “N” go?) vôo = flight (there should be an “L” in there somewhere) sô = only (not solo, which would make sense? nah, too many letters) vulcão = volcano (who needs an “N”?!) Brazilian Portuguese works like this: you take Spanish. Get rid of grammar, that’s just annoying. Then you scrap all those pesky letters. You add fun squiggles on the left-over letters to make it look nice. BOOM. Portuguese. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/55 "2013-02-24T10:56:26Z")
Congratulations! > [@even\_sven](#): > > I adore spicy food and have never had a sweet tooth. With the pregnancy, I have come to enjoy sweets a little more, though spicy food is always my go-to. Luckily, I haven’t had much morning sickness, just the crazy fatigue. FWIW, this was totally me when pregnant - I was absolutely whacked from about week seven, even getting out of bed was an effort. In my case, this mostly went away about week 12, so thinking good thoughts that you have the same pattern 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/56 "2013-02-24T12:25:12Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Yay! Congratulations. Don’t worry about being grounded yet. Newborns are awesomely portable (as I’m sure you’ve observed in your travels) as long as you feed from the boob and find a sling you like. > > It’s \*toddlers \*that make travel…uh…special! 😃 - 1. Babies really require so little. Toddlers need to not learn the letters N and O. Otherwise, they’re fun too !!! Wonderful news- yay babies !!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/57 "2013-02-24T12:53:46Z")
Congratulations! Count me as another who has missed all the news. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/58 "2013-02-24T13:21:45Z")
> [@gracer](#): > > It’s the Portuguese version of Victoria. Portuguese is a language obsessed with leaving out letters: > > Pessoa = person (hey, where’d the “R” & “N” go?) > vôo = flight (there should be an “L” in there somewhere) > sô = only (not solo, which would make sense? nah, too many letters) > vulcão = volcano (who needs an “N”?!) > > Brazilian Portuguese works like this: you take Spanish. Get rid of grammar, that’s just annoying. Then you scrap all those pesky letters. You add fun squiggles on the left-over letters to make it look nice. BOOM. Portuguese. Well, they’re economic! They took letters off in pronunciation and they took them off in spelling too. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/59 "2013-02-24T13:29:52Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Well, they’re economic! They took letters off in pronunciation and they took them off in spelling too. And generous, too! I hear they donated all those excess letters to Ireland. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-omg-i-preggers/651198/60 "2013-02-24T13:51:06Z")
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