Playing the pregnancy card
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Topic: Playing the pregnancy card
Posted By: lemongirl
Subject: Playing the pregnancy card
Date 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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Posted By: hannibal
Date Posted: 19 August 2009 at 10:06pm
| Carrying the photocopy paper was all I ever played the card for ... nothing too exciting. |
Posted By: monikah
Date 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 By: fallen
Date 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. ------------- |
Posted By: Mum_mum
Date Posted: 20 August 2009 at 11:08am
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Cleaning the oven!!!!! Those chemicals are too strong for me to use lol! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 20 August 2009 at 11:30am
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Also cleaning the oven. I made DF do it - although he did a terrible job -------------  
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 20 August 2009 at 11:57am
Cleaning the cat litter box - but hey, it's legitamate.  -------------  
 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date 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! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: monikah
Date 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 By: shadowfeet
Date Posted: 20 August 2009 at 3:23pm
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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 By: tiptoes
Date Posted: 20 August 2009 at 3:32pm
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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  ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 20 August 2009 at 3:47pm
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monikah me too:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: lisa85
Date 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 By: AzzaNZ
Date Posted: 20 August 2009 at 4:02pm
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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! |
Posted By: MrsH
Date 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....... ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: monkey33
Date 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!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 20 August 2009 at 9:43pm
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: LouD
Date Posted: 21 August 2009 at 5:14pm
Totally!!!! cant risk inhaling anything....LOL........but im sure car exhaust fumes around the world are worse.......but i wont tell if you dont!!! |
Hannahbil wrote:Posted By: LadyLizard
Date 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! ------------- http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: LouD
Date 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 |
Posted By: SquishysMum
Date Posted: 23 August 2009 at 8:23am
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I have to admit - I was REALLY pedantic about NOT using the pregnancy card! I would get royally p***ed off if people dared tell me not to do something. I cried at work in December (6 months preg) cos people were telling me off for climbing a step ladder to hang decorations!
I'm just so stubborn, I didn't want to be coddled at all. Wish I had, though... |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 23 August 2009 at 5:15pm
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I used it a lot when I was pregnant with the gremlins - lifting suitcases at the airport, boxes etc. when we moved house... by the end I couldn't even drive, but that was on legitimate medical instruction lol.
With lil miss I tried, but no one cared - apparently by baby #4 you just need to man up -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Febgirl
Date Posted: 24 August 2009 at 9:53am
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I have to sometimes deal with the grumpy public at public meetings and the like, so plan on wearing tight fitting tops so it's glaringly obvious that I'm pregnant - people generally don't yell at pregnant women ------------- Two little girls under 2! 
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 24 August 2009 at 10:03am
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LOL febgirl!!!
I used it to get out of dishes when the dishwasher was broken but kinda legit coz the hot water on my hands made me pass out  other than that I don't like to be babied much.-------------   
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Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 01 September 2009 at 9:35pm
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DP doesnt let me do anything. I'm only 12 weeks preggers, not exactly much in my way or anything, but he is so gorgeously worried about me. if i do a load of washing while he is at work, he comes home and asks me if i felt dizzy or anything, if i had to throw up while standing etc. (i have really bad ms and can get quite dizzy randomly, even while sitting or lying down) then he does dinner and cleans up and does what needs done with not a bad word about it.
he bought us kfc for dinner (i got chips and asked him to get me a pottle of mayo to dip the chips in). he got there and asked for his burger and the chips and a pottle of mayo. chick says "there is mayo on the burger" and he said "nah in a pottle. missus is pregnant and i dont want to know what will happen if i go home without it" then she asked her supervisor and eventually gave it to him (most kfcs will give you some if you ask... that chick apparently hadnt passed 6th form...) lol |
Posted By: HeyJude
Date Posted: 03 September 2009 at 11:18pm
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I have a really naughty one to confess.
I told DH that 'they' say that you shouldn't change toddlers nappies whilst pregnant (for the same reasons as kitty litter). I have barely changed a nappy in 3 months. It was totally worth all the bad karma when my DS had the runs in the middle of the night ------------- http://ticker.7910.org/eng"> 
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Posted By: monkey33
Date Posted: 06 September 2009 at 5:58pm
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I think I have accidentally played the card! A guest at the hotel was complaining - one of my team members offered them something and they were pushing for more and being very grumpy. When I came out he was all smiles and agreed to take what we first offered - it may have been the fact that a manager had come out and he realised that was all he was going to get but my colleague swears he was like a different person! I guess, who really is going to get all angry with a pregnant lady ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: oscarboo
Date Posted: 06 September 2009 at 6:42pm
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Only did it when flying to Oz. They gave us three seats for the two of us so that I had more room ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: colee25
Date Posted: 15 September 2009 at 5:57pm
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LOL HeyJude!!! that is classic - i love it!
i do and i dont... depends what kind of mood i am in... which could be anything at any given moment right now  mainly when i am tired though...
works pretty well too i have to admit, and now that i am getting so much bigger i dont even have to try which is even better!  ------------- http://www.TickerFactory.com/"> 
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 16 September 2009 at 1:51pm
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I used to explain my forgetfullness at work towards the end... I felt it was valid.
I did use it at a cafe too, I had ordered a lasagne but it out cold in the middle. I asked them to heat it properly explaining I was pg and meat had to be heated really hot to kill off bacteria. I didnt want them to spit in my food.... I used to throw " I am carrying your child around all day " to DH when I was tired and didnt want to do anything at home. He was happy to oblige -------------   
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