Around the Web…

Some stories for your Thursday afternoon:

• HypnoBirthing moms describe their birth experiences as relaxing — New York Post
• Science says your fetus can actually taste what you’re eating and drinking — New Scientist
• A few networks disapprove of the word ‘pooping’ in diaper ads — New York Times
• Yikes: A Sumatran toddler smokes two packs of cigarettes per day — Huffington Post
• The rudest things several pregnant moms have heard from strangers — lilSugar

Comments

I used Hypnobabies through a high risk pregnancy and was able to deliver a full term baby without medication or c-section (which my doctor was absolutely ITCHING to do!). I really do think it saved me a lot of medical intervention.

- Stella Bella on May 27th, 2010

Got to love those rude pregnancy comments, since I’m so tall and only gained 25 lbs during mine everyone insisted I was starving myself to avoid stretch marks and my baby would be sick because of me, genetics people! I also waited tables during pregnancy since I was still in school and you wouldn’t believe the things drunk men will ask you about sex and pregnancy, so inappropriate, but funny at times.

- jessicad on May 27th, 2010

It’s sad but I’ve actually gotten used to the rude pregnancy comments. I was mildly offended during my first pregnancy but have since learned to take them as compliments. I am very thin and all belly while pregnant, so I always look like I’m farther along or carrying twins. It gets a little annoying when people think I’m about to pop and I still have a few months left, but the comments are generally harmless.

- Angela on May 27th, 2010

Sorry, but a lot of those comments didn’t seem rude to me at all . . . it could be she’s just overly sensitive because she’s pregnant?

- dfs on May 28th, 2010