Today, my obnoxious mother-in-law berated me in front of my husband's family for still working while pregnant. She says I'm harming the baby by not quitting. I'm only four months pregnant and I work as a nurse at a hospital. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, at work, someone heard me throw up. I then got called aside and told being hungover at work is unacceptable. I don't drink. I'm pregnant. FML
Today, I'm 8 months pregnant and still waitressing at a local restaurant. There were only 3 of us serving today and things were hectic. One guy bitched me out, saying "Maybe if you lost some weight you'd walk a little faster!" because I wasn't fast enough with his soup. FML
Today, I was at my in-laws' house, and as I was walking to the living room I had my hands on the back of my hips supporting my back. My mother-in-law told me to stop because it makes me look pregnant. I'm 9 months pregnant. FML
Today, I found out that, despite working 4 part-time jobs, that I will not qualify for maternity leave by my due date with the mandatory 600 hours. I can't get full-time work and I'm 8 months pregnant now. This'll be fun! FML
Today, at work my boss told me I have been late, under-productive, and using up a lot of sick days. He says my job is on the line. My reason for barely showing up at work: I've been on maternity leave for 6 weeks. FML
Today, I found out I'm pregnant, after quitting my job because they asked us to work for free due to COVID. So because I quit, I'm no longer eligible for maternity leave. I didn’t know that I was 4 months pregnant. I could've just gotten a doctor's note for medical reasons. FML
Today, my mother-in-law screamed at the top of her lungs in front of our friends and family that I was stealing her baby away from her. I'd only suggested we go home because he had a migraine. Her baby is 24 years-old and has been married to me for a year. FML
Today, I'm pregnant and feeling awful due to all-day-long morning sickness. My doctor suggested that I cancel all my social plans to be able to keep working. My doctor is also my husband, and the father of this child. FML
Today, as usual, I'm stuck working in a brutally hostile work environment under my mother-in-law, who's never forgiven me for marrying her daughter. I only got the job because of family politics. Four months on, I still can't even land so much as a single interview elsewhere. FML
Today, my wife was in seemingly never-ending labor. It got so bad, I overheard a nurse in the doorway mutter to a coworker that she hoped my baby would just die or something, so she could finally go take a smoke break. FML
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JocelynKaulitz 28
Good luck when the baby is born
iAmScrubs 19
If you're working when you go into labour, it will be like nurse's inception.
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Comments (130)
oops_im_fucked 8
What the Hell is wrong with you OP?!?! *sarcasm*
perdix 31
You selfish, materialistic money-grubber. You should be on 9 months of bedrest in order for your baby to turn out OK. That's why so many of us are ****** up.
Moobug 4
I can't work out if this is sarcasm/trolling or not.
perdix 31
You must be new here.
oops_im_fucked 8
... Is sparta...
obviousboy 8
Tell her that if she wants to pay you the wages you'll lose by quitting before necessary, you'll be happy to do so.
cookiemonsterr91 4
I'm being b*tched at by my mother-in-law about me not having a job right at the moment while I'm pregnant! I've worked since I was 14.
hmmmmmmmmmmmm 0
working wont hurt the baby as long as u arent smoking pr drinking the baby will be fine
RedPillSucks 33
What about a pole dancer? What? My strip joint has pregnant pole dancers...
Cyanide03 7
In a way I agree with the mother in law because you're working around sick people all the time and if you get sick so will the baby and that might harm the baby's development. But on the other hand she shouldn't be bitching so much because you still have ways to go and are helping out and making a difference in other people's lives.
thewife5 19
Most people in a hospital don't have the Flu or contagious things unless she works in the ER she is probably ok
monnanon 14
aslo if shes pregnant she has probably been moved to somewhere safer for her in the hospital i.e. away from gastro and infectious wards.
sunlovinmama 1
Again-nurses in hospitals know what can and cannot affect their unborn child and they take assignments to patients based on that. It's common practice that if Joe Blow, the patient in room 304 has the flu then nurse prego will not be assigned to him and never enter his room. Plus he will already be in isolation precautions and all staff entering his room will wear protective gear... Hence she would be highly unlikely to contract the flu even if she did work that room. I'm an RN at a hospital and have a 18 week old baby. Take it from someone who knows
lidemocr 0
Bullshit! She obviously thinks she knows everything even though you are the one in the medical field! My doctor told me to stay active as much as I could because my baby was huge! I ran a goddamn half marathon when I was pregnant and my now three year old hasn't had as much as a diaper rash...thank god!
leadman1989 16
She's wrong if she was being a bitch, which I think sometimes people exaggerate on here to get the audience on their side. But working in a hospital/nursing home can be very stressful and hazardous. I knew someone doing clinicals that got blood in a wound and got hep.
skyeyez9 25
I hope you hubby told his mom to STFU. If he let her talk to you like that, he's a spineless pussy.