Dimitri said...

>
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> 5.247...
>> On Tue 31 Mar 2009 02:35:28p, Pennyaline told us...
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> Many women are unhindered by their pregnancies and continue to work
>> right up until the last several days before giving birth. AFAIC, if
>> they can work and move about in an office complex with no difficulty,
>
> And just how do you tell if they are move without difficulty? Not all
> women complain about being pregnant that does not mean they are not
> having difficulty. Some women work because they can't sit at home & go
> nuts. Working is a great diversion and some people simply need the money
> so they put up with their discomfort....
>
> Come on you're smarter than that...
>
> Dimitri


One of the morning news talking heads worked till Friday and there were baby
pictures on Monday! She's a shrimp of a woman and I can guess that start to
finish it had to be a difficult pregnancy but on camera she was as vibrant
and perky as ever. FOX did do her a favor by stopping her field reporting,
letting her sit at the news desk.

Andy