By pregnantfatty - 19/06/2015 00:58 - Canada - Calgary

Today, I'm five and a half weeks pregnant. One of my coworkers told me that it sucks that I'll have to wait so long to show. I asked her what she meant; she replied, "It's always harder to tell when big girls are pregnant. Can't tell what's fat and what's baby." FML
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OP here. There are two reasons anyone at work knows I'm pregnant at this stage in the game. Background: I stopped taking birth control 2 years ago and have had six periods in that time. I work in a doctor's office-I'm a nurse. My coworkers that work directly with me often convince me to take pregnancy tests because my cycle is so irregular. I was experiencing what I thought were PMs symptoms-breast tenderness (to the point that it was painful to take my bra off at night), much more fatigue than usual, hormonal headaches, and some nausea when trying to eat in the morning but especially at night. I wasn't too concerned because the headaches had me convinced it was my period. My coworkers thought otherwise and told me after about two weeks of these symptoms that I was taking a pregnancy test on a Monday if I didn't start my period over the weekend. Well, I didn't get my period, obviously. I came in to work and that was the first thing the girls asked. I said no and was handed a urine sample cup. At that point, I was still convinced there was no way it was positive, so I did my sample, came back and gave it to the girl who was 100% sure I was pregnant, telling her "I don't even need to watch, I know it's negative!" Well, lo and behold, my pink positive line came up before the control line even showed up and my coworker rushed to my desk and said "congratulations!!!" I took 4 more tests that day and swore my coworkers to secrecy until I could tell my boyfriend-who was shocked because we had unprotected sex literally once and bam. I told one of my other coworkers the next day-she's also a nurse and was one of my preceptors when I was a student. I wanted to know what I should tell our boss. I am currently covering someone's maternity leave at work, which ends in December, and then I theoretically go back to being casual. She told me I had to tell our boss immediately-apparently you have to work a certain number of hours to have maternity leave regardless of whether or not your position is permanent so she said "tell her and get your leave!" I told my boss, who was completely thrilled and told me that whatever I decided, there was a job for me in some capacity at our clinic so it went well. As for telling everyone when it's so early, I spoke with one of the docs I work with regarding prenatal testing because I don't have a doc. I put my name in his schedule so he could bill for it and stupidly thought that nobody would look in my chart. As for my coworker, she's less than 5 feet tall and probably has a good 30 lbs on me. I'm not a stick, but I'm not "plus-sized" either. Before finding out I was pregnant, I had lost 20 lbs in order to help facilitate my boyfriend and I having kids... Down the road. If you stayed with this novel of a follow-up, thanks for reading!

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Well I would say to her, "Fortunately, you can always easily tell when people like you are being a complete twat..." Ignore the nonsense she's spewing and perhaps chalk it up to jealousy. And congratulations (:

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Advice to everyone ever: Never make a comment judging a pregnant womans baby bump. Stop saying "you're so small", "you look like youre about to bust!", "you're definitely showing", and "you're not really showing". Its rude to judge a persons body even when they can help it so its even more rude to judge a person's body when nature decides how youre going to carry a child and you have NO CHOICE in the matter.

My mom has been the worst culprit with me. I have such bad self esteem issues that I don't even like showing my dr. My baby bump let alone my husband or anyone else, but she's constantly talking about it and comparing it to that of hers when she had us and my sisters. People think that because you have a baby growing in you, it gives them a right to make jokes and comments. The advice part is fun, but my favorite is when I get to smack people (mostly my mom) for trying to touch my belly. Drives me mad.

MonstreBelle 28

I guess she doesn't realize that nobody likes a ****. Ignore her rude ass comment and keep your head up, OP. Congratulations on your pregnancy!

Keep in mind in order to get pregnant you had to be laid so don't listen to her because someone sure thought you were beautiful to have your child

I would have just said, "Oh I didn't know you were pregnant."

What a catty thing to say. There's a reason you're pregnant and she's not. Best of luck with your upcoming baby, OP. :)

aelitalyoko 14

I would've slapped her honestly