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lemongirl 
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Posted: 19 August 2009 at 10:04pm |
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Ok ladies fess up,
Have you played the pregnancy card to get out of something /get special treatment.
DP was the first to use ours. Got us out of a massive customs queue the other day by having a word to the man. To be honest I was embarrassed because I just look fat, not pregnant right now!
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hannibal
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Posted: 19 August 2009 at 10:06pm |
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Carrying the photocopy paper was all I ever played the card for ... nothing too exciting.
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Posted: 20 August 2009 at 9:20am |
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lifting the 50kg dumbells off the floor at work. valid i think. lol. i would life anything up to 25kg and slide the heavier weights but once i go to the 50's i couldnt even drag them in case i hurt my back
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Posted: 20 August 2009 at 9:31am |
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I got taken off vacuuming and was told NOT to lift anymore boxes at work.
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Posted: 20 August 2009 at 11:08am |
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Cleaning the oven!!!!! Those chemicals are too strong for me to use lol!
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Posted: 20 August 2009 at 11:30am |
Also cleaning the oven. I made DF do it - although he did a terrible job
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Posted: 20 August 2009 at 11:57am |
Cleaning the cat litter box - but hey, it's legitamate. 
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Posted: 20 August 2009 at 1:08pm |
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me too re the oven..he did a brilliant job he's an awesome cleaner..might use it again soon though atm he's just as sore with teeth etc!
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monikah
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Posted: 20 August 2009 at 1:35pm |
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haha ive never cleaned an oven in my life. DH does most of the duties in our house anyway :D
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Posted: 20 August 2009 at 3:23pm |
Cleaning the oven, and the cat litter box. I stopped my volunteer job because of morning sickness (cat food made me feel so ill, as well as the poop smells) and cat litter boxes.
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Posted: 20 August 2009 at 3:32pm |
I've got out of cleaning the cats pooey bum haha and when I got placed at a school for practicum at the other end of Auckland I well and truly used it and got changed to one 5 mins up the road. Embarrassingly though I bawled my eyes out and not even on purpose!!
I also use it sometimes to go home early when we're out when I'm bored rather than tired 
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Posted: 20 August 2009 at 3:47pm |
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monikah me too:)
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lisa85
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Posted: 20 August 2009 at 3:47pm |
Haha I just cleaned the oven today 
I got out of painting the babies room. Actually come to think of it I got out of EVERYTHING! I loved that part
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Posted: 20 August 2009 at 4:02pm |
erm... yeah
I wanted to head from France to the UK earlier than I'd planned but my tickets were booked and paid for. I told them I needed to see my doctor urgently about something pregnancy related and they let me go earlier.
Flying was easier too - people helped lift my bags into the storage and I was able to get on and off first.
I got out of gardening entirely because of the whole cat poo thing - you know, "just in case" 
And got away with odd requests in restaurants and cafe's.
Would do it all again too!
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Posted: 20 August 2009 at 4:26pm |
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I never used it for anything but I should have. If anybody knows Wellington, there is a 'lane' called Plimmer Steps (has a statue of a man and dog at the bottom). Well they don't call it Steps for nothing and they had escalators and lifts to use if you didn't want to use the steps. Of course working in that building (Plimmer Tower) and being heavily pregnant, I didn't want to use the steps. Well, whaddya know - they decided to take the lifts AND the escalators out of commission to do work on them about six weeks from my due date.
Suffice to say I only ventured out of the office if I was feeling fit. BUT I should have called someone and complained and pulled the pregnancy card.......
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Posted: 20 August 2009 at 8:53pm |
A colleague pulled the card for me a few weeks ago (when I was hardly showing!) - I was flying to Queenstown with my boss and another colleague and we got the free sweets. Then when they came around to do drinks my colleague said, excuse me but my pregnant friend here is still really hungry, are there any more snacks available? (they were for him not me!!) and the lady was so sweet, she leaned over and whispered to me, you know what, I think we have some extra muffins left over from the breakfast run, would you like one? It was so embarrassing! She then returned with enough snacks to feed any army! 
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Posted: 20 August 2009 at 9:43pm |
I played it all the time....especially in cafes / restaurants. At work I got lots of special treatment, although I didnt play the card that often. I used to do yoga stretches on the floor by my desk which people thought was funny, and I used to walk around barefoot when my feet got swollen.
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 5:14pm |
 Hannahbil wrote:
Cleaning the oven!!!!! Those chemicals are too strong for me to use lol! |
Totally!!!! cant risk inhaling anything....LOL........but im sure car exhaust fumes around the world are worse.......but i wont tell if you dont!!!
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Posted: 22 August 2009 at 6:13pm |
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So far I have been banned from (note the banned, I actually attempted to do some of these things but was royally told off by DH)
Cleaning the oven
Cleaning the shower
Vacuuming
Gardening
Painting babys furniture
I am playing the pregnant card tonight, because I don't want to go and watch the rugby, I will be in bed before 10pm!
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LouD
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Posted: 22 August 2009 at 10:26pm |
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My DH has been quite diligent about the things im not supposed to have or be doing........one of which is sanding the drawers
I am gonna have to get him to take over the shower soon cos i really am struggling with the bending down thing
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