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Good Idea/Bad Idea: A list of things to say -and NOT to say- to a pregnant woman

Summer is drawing to a close and, along with it, so is my second trimester.  I am delighted to say that during the past three months, I have enjoyed (relative) comfort and a renewal of energy.  Granted, I still have some common pregnancy complaints, but the symptoms of this trimester pale in comparison to the violent mayhem of its predecessor. Ever since Habibi and I went public in late June, people began offering unsolicited advice.  Some of this advice is valuable and appreciated, but most of the time, I'm just tired of talking about being pregnant because I'm tired of being pregnant .  With just over three months left in this game, the days can't pass by quickly enough.  Fall is my favorite season of the year but, at this point, I am ready for a frost... ...because a frost means that Baby Hulk/Annyong will be here soon.  (Due date:  December 27!!!) It seems that I am one of the few women on earth who doesn't "just love" this "magical" state...

Something to cool you down during this Midwestern heat wave...

A frozen lake in Switzerland, near the French border