u/gradstudent1234

Obviously going to make a giant salad but there's only so much salad I can eat.

I'm having some symptoms that I think would qualify but I don't want to use the wrong words.

I have long drives and I can't sit in the car so long and as I get bigger it's harder. But I don't know if that's going to work for them to write me out before

Obv work in healthcare and these are the comments so far:

by patients (almost in a row like an interrogation):

starts off with either telling me i'm pregnant (the more polite ones will actually ask) and then

1. when are you due?

2. boy or girl? twins?

3. are your excited?

4. are you going to do an epidural or natural (followed by a list of reasons i should do what they tell me)

5. how many kids do I want? (and being called selfish preemptively if i say i want 1)

by coworkers:

1. same epidural/when are you due/gender nonsense

2. asking me names

3. asking me how much i'm going to take off (i mistakenly said potentially 6 months and then being told thats too much and the state only pays 3) and then if i'm going to come back part or full time

4. my fav one, as i was just sitting silenty "oh you think you're big now, just wait til you get bigger" (me: ok??) coworker: oh its a good thing x 2 (me....ok???)

5. oh i knew you were pregnant you've gained weight/were eating doordashed breakfast

i dread the post birth questions. when i tell patients i don't share that, they get offended and complain to my manager about other things (that are false)

how do i handle these comments, but also protect my pregnancy and privacy while staying professional?

No allergies, but just don't like the taste of large amounts of sour cream or greek yogurt.

I happen to be vegetarian

Just about 11 weeks with my baby boy today! Every time I ask someone who has recently had kids I feel like they're in their own world. Don't want to make this an isolating journey!

I have pickled garlic, okra, chayote, and theres only so much a girl can eat standing in front of the fridge. Is there some sort of bean salad, chickpea/tuna salad vibe in which these can get used up?