People say the darndest things

Here are some exchanges with co-workers that I've had during pregnancy. It's almost worse than strangers because you'll see this person the next day.

Oriental lady: *rubbing my belly and back at the same time* "Wha you 5 mons now?"
Me: "No going on 7"
Oriental lady: "Geh owh! How muh you gain ligh fih-tee pouns?"
Me: *hoping she said fifteen and not fifty*

Random new lady: "Oh my $@! you are huge!"
Me: *awkward laugh* ya I know right? (what do you say to that?)
Random new lady: "Are there twins in there? Oh my #@!."

Same random new lady different day: "I was at my friends baby shower and she is due the same time as you and she is tiny!"
Me: "Oh really is she having a girl? Maybe she is carrying differently" *trying to act interested and not think of swear words*
Same random lady: "I don't know but I told her there is a girl at work that is double her size! I mean I was telling her I don't know how you walk!"
- side note: my boss was so upset at this exchange that she told one of the Vice Presidents of the company - I don't know if anything came of it. I just had to laugh it off. I had my co-worker roll me to the kitchen and to the copy machine just for fun.

Last one:
Co-worker in different dept: "Look at your cheeks getting chubby!" *as she makes the squeezing-the-cheeks motion at me*

Of course with every comment like this there is always a complimentary or wise one to balance it out. Some of the ones that have touched me...

"Having a child is the most beautiful thing. Your heart grows bigger than you ever thought it could"
"There is no sacrifice not worth going through for your children"

So now the short hand version of why I switched doctors:

I was borderline for my glucose test and my doctor wanted to diagnose me with gestational diabetes and have me go straight to a specialist based on my family history of adult diabetes (un-related to gestational by the way). So I see the specialist and she doesn't want to have me diagnosed until I have my 3 hour glucose test...which is normal to do if your 1 hour glucose test is borderline. I take the test and waited for 10 days to get the results! In the meantime I get a call from the hospital saying they want to have me come every 3 days for ultrasounds and a biophysical profile until the baby is born (which is technically called a high risk pregnancy)...each of these appointments being 500$ each. I schedule all these appointments and then call my doctor trying to get someone to explain to me why I am having to have these appointments if I don't even have my blood results back. I could never get anyone to give me an answer. Ben called and nothing. No one could understand why my blood results weren't there but they still wanted me to go to these appointments. I even went in to the doctor's office before work because I couldn't get anyone on the phone. They tell me they are still waiting for the glucose results and that it's "procedure" to have these appointments scheduled with the hospital. I tell her as much as I want this baby to be checked on and make sure everything is okay, I cannot afford 500$ each AND you don't even have my blood results yet. I wasn't a crazy first time pregnant mom I just needed someone to explain this to me or at least tell me "yes we messed up". As I'm leaving there the front desk lady tells me to "just breathe." Thanks lady. So I finally get my results 10ish days later, not only am I okay but I am under and looking really good. So with all this and the emotional wave I had thinking I was doing something bad as a mom by having "fake" gestational diabetes I really had it with my doctor's office. I thought I should just stick it out and change with the next baby. Everyone was telling me to switch and Alisha pushed and even called her old doctor and got me an appointment. I am with that new doctor now and I'm so happy. The staff at the front desk make such a difference. They aren't just girls who are getting their medical assistant degree, they are women who have been in the business for years and one is even an RN. I'm not the type to be reserved when I have a question but I'm also not high-maintenance so when no one was listening to my simple inquires I felt crazy.

My doctor is a spunky 100 lb tan little lady and she is awesome. She has gone through all my tests (old doctor never did) and talks to my baby and in the 2 times I've met with her I feel closer then I EVER was at the last place. She is not taking appointments until May so I am grateful I got in and that Alisha pushed me to do it. I know it was meant to happen.

So that was wasn't really short hand but I did leave a lot out to get the point across.