"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> 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
>

So you're saying "it had to be a difficult pregnancy" because "she's a
shrimp of a woman"? Since when does being diminutive in stature mean you
have a lesser ability to carry and bear children?

Jinx