Saturday, February 27, 2010

My least favorite word...

Relax

I hate it.

I hate how people have used it against me.

But they think they're doing me a favor.

While trying to conceive, we would always hear,
"You just have to relax and it will happen."

Then while I was pregnant,
"You need to relax or you're going to hurt your baby with stress."

Then while I was in labor,
"You need to relax so it won't hurt." (Pfft!)

Then while I was learning how to nurse,
"You should relax so the milk will come in to feed your baby."

Then when people were being intrusive,
"You need to relax because you're being overprotective."

And now that things have settled down a little bit,
"You really need to relax so people don't think that you're a crazy mom."

I hate that word.
Really
Really
hate that word.

*Just so you know, none of these statements came from my doctor*
And contrary to the picture that this paints, I'm not a stress case.
I'm actually quite fun!

And I like boardgames.



and long walks on the beach ;)