Dan Abel wrote:
> In article >,
> Kathleen > wrote:
>
>
>> And that's great. But not every pregnancy is easy. I had horrible
>> sciatica in the third trimester with both of my pregnancies. Walking
>> more than a few steps felt like having lightning run to ground through
>> my right leg. I mostly tried not to shop at all - my husband really
>> stepped up - but when I absolutely had to, I was incredibly grateful for
>> things like preferential parking, and the option of having the bagger at
>> the grocery store help me load my purchases into the van.
>
> That's why they have handicapped spots. Did you ask your doctor for a
> handicapped placard?

Pregnancy isn't a disability unless there's a medical condition during
or related to it that doesn't allow the pregnant woman to work.
Pregnancy is a generally obvious condition with generally obvious
effects, the most obvious of which is the significant growth of a second
person inside the body of the first. There are both advantages and
disadvantages to that, and it is usually during the third trimester that
the disadvantages become the most pressing. I've always believed that
widely held beliefs and mythologies about pregnancy and childbirth would
vanish instantly if men were also expected to carry pregnancies
uncomplainingly to term.

But seriously, Dan, you are either winding us up or the most unfeeling
person in the group.