Posts tagged i have opinions

kitcater:

Did you really just return my call to tell me you’d call me back in 10 minutes!?

this is something I HATE second only to people who answer the phone and hurriedly say “i can’t talk right now, i’ll call you back” and then hang up on your face. IF YOU CAN’T TALK RIGHT NOW DON’T ANSWER THE PHONE!  i’m pretty sure that’s why we all have voicemail

i’m currently juding the new (unseen) neighbors by the car in their driveway

seriously, i don’t know why i’m allowed on here. i am always reading things and realizing i couldn’t possibly feel more opposite. beyond my not having seen or having any desire to see a single episode of Glee i’m just not really sure why i’m qualified to have Tumblr.

this is especially true when it comes to pregnancy and childbirth in general.

i have so many things i feel could be posted as “Unpopular Opinion” and i just can’t relate to so many of the decisions that Tumblr moms i follow and those i don’t make.

• you will never see my naked preggo belly. NEVER. in fact it hasn’t even been captured on film to end up somewhere for all of eternity. i’m sorry, i don’t care if you’re miranda kerr (bloom?), the naked extended stretched out abdomen is just not what i consider attractive. i don’t care how much airbrushing you apply, it’s scary and not something i want to look at
• i think newborns all look the same and i don’t find that look to be a good one. everyone says i’ll feel differently about mine, and great if i do, but i’m not counting on it. you will not see any photos of my little man until he’s had a week or so to go from that puckered mess to a plumped up little cutie
• i’m all about the epidural. i’ll leave “natural” childbirth for everyone else. i don’t see anything wrong with taking advantage of the medical advances we’ve made as a people and i’m pretty sure the folks who give birth without a drop of anesthesia in the bush of africa would give their left leg for such comforts
• i have zero desire to soak in a tub, naked, while my insides seep out, with my husband, while nurses check on us. sorry i’m not sorry. it’s gross.
• i also have ZERO desire to see anything happening below my beltline during the childbirth process. you can catch that shit on YouTube any given day, i just feel like there’s something mentally scarring about watching your own body split in half that i would like to avoid and my husband will not be seeing it either. he’s fully onboard with this.
• i’m not having a doula or midwife. i trust my Dr and her years and years of medical training, her degree, and her entire practice that she’s built her life upon. it’s why i pay her the big bucks
• the “organic” label on baby stuff only means one thing to me - it’s more expensive. with all the crap food i eat i’m not that worried about non-organic things touching my baby. we’ve all lived this long with over processed everything, my child will not be the first to break from this
• an $800 stroller is just not in my budget, neither are $300+ diaper bags, or $200+ maternity dresses. i could see splurging on one of these things but so many Tumblr moms are doing all of this and it just blows my mind. i know i’ve made decisions that i felt were worth stretching for ($100 diaper bag and spending more on a stroller than we’d originally planned) and i’m sure it just comes down to lifestyle but i guess i just can’t relate to so many of these ladies. no one is right or wrong in what they choose to spend i just can’t fathom the life that these ladies have that allows them to make these kinds of purchases.

so i read all this stuff and i’m always thinking “wow, i guess i don’t feel like anyone else out there when it comes to this process.” and it makes me feel, i dunno, prude? non-progressive? too conservative? 

but being exposed to real live people again at the hospital and friends’ showers, hearing their views, what they’re doing, it’s made me realize that i AM normal. the same way Tumblr can make you think that spending $400 on a clutch purse is a good idea it can totally make you think that your views on having a baby are out of touch. don’t believe it. just step outside of Tumblr for a minute and you’ll be reassured that you are in fact normal for your world.