In article
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Dan Abel > wrote:

> In article >,
> Kathleen > wrote:
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> > 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?

A good idea. Even better would be to have your groceries home
delivered, or at least use the pickup facility where they will load your
stuff into your car for you. No sweat.

Before I thought of getting a Handicap Parking sticker, I used to just
ask the checkout person to get one of their staff to wheel my shopping
cart to my car for me - they always cheerfully obliged, and loaded all
my stuff into the car.

BTW since I lived 50km from the supermarket home delivery was not an
option

david