There are lots of single people who kind of, switch off, when their married friends are talking.
As though nothing they say could pertain to us - all that talk about buying bedsheets and choosing private schools - boring!
However, I think it’s great to listen, as it’s important to honor your friends’ journeys, AND tbh, it could save you lots of time researching things in the future. Sometimes, you hear downright freaky stuff. Take, for example, this weird fact about being pregnant.
My friend Dana* was in the bathroom at a party when she was pregnant, and suddenly she saw cockroaches walking down the walls.
Like ten of them! She jumped up midstream (no small feat when you are pregnant) and was about to go warn the host, when she realized that the roach party stopped about halfway down the wall. …That couldn’t be right. There had to be a reason she was seeing things. She blinked again and saw that they weren’t cockroaches at all, just dark spots that were confined to one part of her eyesight.
Upon consulting the internet, as we do, Dana found out that her pregnancy was affecting her vision.
There are apparently a wide range of really serious to totally casual reasons that you could see things when you are pregnant. Often, you just need to hydrate and sleep, which was the case with Dana. However, if you’re having repeated instances of hallucinations, you could be having symptoms of hypertension or diabetic retinopathy that you should get checked out.
However, I’m sure you’re fine. Just listen to your body, and all your wise mommy friends.
*Names will be changed throughout this blog so that my friends don’t stop saying weird shit in front of me.