# Holy Smoke! I’m pregnant! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842 "2007-01-21T16:07:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/41 "2007-01-22T00:34:28Z")
[QUOTE=Mouse\_Maven] (Looks like cutting back on sugar is recommended. That’s going to be _tough_.) Do ya think it would help or hurt if we went with **mousekateer** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/42 "2007-01-22T00:46:41Z")
Hey, congrats, **MM**! [sub]Really grateful it’s her and not me…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/43 "2007-01-22T02:38:44Z")
[QUOTE=Mouse\_Maven] My current worry is that Mouse\_Spouse is a BIG man. He’s about 5 feet 10 inches and built like a tank. (His nickname is PolarGrizz.) I border on petite: 5’ 4". [/QUOTE] My sister’s husband is built like a tank, and she’s 5’5". She had to have a C-section, but she and the baby were perfectly fine. And, in the end, that’s all that really matters. Congrats, and best of luck with everything! ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/44 "2007-01-22T02:46:08Z")
Congratulations. I am surprised nobody has given you the standard pregnancy advise, so allow me to be the first one (but certainly not the last one): Sleep. Sleep while you can. A lot. ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/45 "2007-01-22T02:46:49Z")
[QUOTE=Apricot] Do you know whose car it is? She/he might be just the person to talk to. In the absence of local information, I suggest that you look for a group of CNMs (certified nurse midwives) that are aligned with a group of OBs. In my area, there are several groups where the CNMs take the low risk deliveries and the OBs take the high risk ones, like twins. If your pregnancy goes swimmingly (as most do), you stay with the midwives. If you chose the other type of midwife, a licensed midwife, or a CNM in a midwife-only group, you still get the same care (testing, ultrasounds, even thyroid testing) but you’d have to switch to a new provider if something came up. [/QUOTE] I don’t know who this person is. I’m friendly with the clinical staff, so I’ll ask around. When I see our regular doctor, I’ll tell him about my interest in using a mid-wife and ask for resources. The Colorado Midwife Association link **WhyNot** provided is also very helpful. [Quote=] My sister’s husband is built like a tank, and she’s 5’5". She had to have a C-section, but she and the baby were perfectly fine. And, in the end, that’s all that really matters. [/Quote] Mouse\_Spouse and I have discused my concern. All this afternoon, Spouse has been flexing his arm muscles and I’ve been shouting, “Ceasarean!” Yep, we’re real mature. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/46 "2007-01-22T02:51:26Z")
Woohooo! Congrats! You’re seriously in for the ride of your life :D. (Honestly, in about a year, you will find yourself saying these words no less than four times a day: “Damn, we have the cutest kid in the world. I bet all of the other parents are jealous because our kid is so freakin’ adorable.” 😛 ) E. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/47 "2007-01-22T03:08:07Z")
Oh, congratulations hon! I’m so glad for you and your husband! I agree with your skepticism, those “What to Expect” books are helpful in a way, but can also make you crazy with all of their rigidity and rules and could go wrongs. Great reference material when you have a specific question, but TMI otherwise. I liked Vicki Iovine a whole lot better - she speaks the truth, she’s mellow and she’s funny. psssst— what, you wanna blow our cover? don’t your DARE let on about the toxo! he’ll go telling his friends and pretty soon, hugely pregnant women all over this country will be fishing out turds! you let HIM do the cat box for 9 months - it’s only fair, given what you’ll be going through (trust me) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Perro_Fumando)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/48 "2007-01-22T03:13:29Z")
[QUOTE=Mouse\_Maven] My current worry is that Mouse\_Spouse is a BIG man. He’s about 5 feet 10 inches and built like a tank. (His nickname is PolarGrizz.) I border on petite: 5’ 4". [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t worry too much about this one, as my mom and dad are both average-sized humans, yet my currently petite (5’2") self was an almost-10-lb.-wonder at birth. Mom had to have a C-Section with me and my sister because of our giant heads. And because I haven’t chimed in yet, Congrats! And I’m another poster who’s glad it’s her and not me. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/49 "2007-01-22T03:22:08Z")
[QUOTE=Mouse\_Maven] Yep. My lab studies the immunological process of organ rejection. We open up a donor mouse’s thorax, tie off the major vessels of the heart, and then attach the donor heart to the lumbar aorta of a recipient mouse. Basically, the recipient mouse ends up with two hearts: the native one in its chest, and the tranplanted organ in its abdomen. We use very, very small stitches. [/QUOTE] Yet another wonder of the wide world that I was completely unaware of. If your kid(s) ever get hamsters, I expect interesting things. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/50 "2007-01-22T03:37:58Z")
Two books I can recomond if you can find them. [Baby Taming](http://www.amazon.ca/Baby-Taming-Peter-Mayle/dp/0517535343/sr=1-2/qid=1169436852/ref=sr_1_2/701-1556864-0749958?ie=UTF8&s=books) a very funny guide to what to expect when you bring the new mouse home, and [What not to Name the Baby](http://www.amazon.ca/What-Name-Baby-Roger-Price/dp/0843100478/sr=8-1/qid=1169436827/ref=sr_1_1/701-1556864-0749958?ie=UTF8&s=books). This is a very funny look at different names and their “effect” on the child. Congrats, and best of luck. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/51 "2007-01-22T04:38:44Z")
[Aw, who couldn’t love a Mouseling?](http://www.grandrivertoys.com/images/products/W519_sm.jpg) Congrats Mama Mouse! ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/52 "2007-01-22T04:44:56Z")
Another book recommendation. Obviously, we Dopers all Believe In Books. I am not now, nor have I ever been pregnant, but I did read and enjoy Kaz Cooke’s Up The Duff, or as its known over there, [Bun In The Oven](http://www.amazon.com/Bun-Oven-Real-Guide-Pregnancy/dp/1580085318/sr=1-1/qid=1169440688/ref=sr_1_1/102-2927978-5568954?ie=UTF8&s=books). She’s a cartoonist and columnist and a bit of a femmo, and just talks good sense. And, of course, congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/53 "2007-01-22T05:16:34Z")
This is probably a good place to share my theory: People who wonder if they will be good parents will probably make better parents than those who never even consider that question. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/54 "2007-01-22T05:49:54Z")
[QUOTE=Mouse\_Maven] My current worry is that Mouse\_Spouse is a BIG man. He’s about 5 feet 10 inches and built like a tank. (His nickname is PolarGrizz.) I border on petite: 5’ 4". [/QUOTE] Want the horror stories now, or shall I wait? I’m a hefty 5’8", **badkittypriestess** is a delicate 4’11" and the boys were big even tho… No, no. Where’re my manners? Congratulations first, stories later :smack: Congratulations! Woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/55 "2007-01-22T06:37:25Z")
Mazel tov! (Or maybe Mousel tov?) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/56 "2007-01-22T07:27:42Z")
After the Hormones Set in: I’m remembering that far side cartoon with the farmers wife in the backround with a psycho knife and in the foreground the 3 blind mice are saying “sounds like the farmer wife has really flipped out this time.” Substitute lab setting as appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/57 "2007-01-22T07:37:23Z")
Did the **MouseSpouse** have a more logical reaction than Middlebro? As I’ve recounted around here several times, SiL didn’t want to believe that they’d gotten pregnant “so early”; she’d read statistics that “on average” couples take two years from when they start trying, so she actually expected to take two years; it was a hole in one instead. Once she finally got it through her mind that “if you’re not pregnant, I’m a guy” (said by a female ObGyn), she called Middlebro, aka The Proud Daddy. He was at work, he’s a construction site manager, giving instructions to two of the guys. _Bzzz bzzz bzzz_, seeing it’s from The Wife, he answers: “yes honey?” … “NO FUCKIN WAY!” … “But that’s impossible!” … “Really? Oh wow” … “OK! See you tonight!” And hangs up. At which point the other two say “congratulations, Daddy, what are you going to call it?” One of my mother’s cousins has hypothiroidism and had to spend her pregnancy in bed rest (which doctors are a lot less likely to order nowadays); the result is now in her tweinties. Both my bros were summoned, the Catholic way: I told God I wasn’t talking to Him again until He sent me that li’l sibling I’d been asking for for two years, apparently He figured he’d send two just in case. He sent them two years apart and they aren’t any weirder than the rest of the family 😃 So, what are you going to call it? No misspelled names, please! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/58 "2007-01-22T07:39:00Z")
[QUOTE=Anne Neville] This is probably a good place to share my theory: People who wonder if they will be good parents will probably make better parents than those who never even consider that question. [/QUOTE] Can we get that embroidered, in bumper stickers and carved in wood? ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/59 "2007-01-22T08:28:55Z")
First us, now you! Congrats! You done got knocked up real good, kid! heh… Congrats! Brendon ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842/60 "2007-01-22T08:33:57Z")
Congrats. So will you be calling mouselet “Mr Jingles?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smoke-i-m-pregnant/388842.md?page=4)