A plea from the pregnant woman:

You know the old no-no about asking a woman if she is pregnant in case she isn't, she's just chubby? Well, I have a new one, one that has been repeated endless times this whole pregnancy from friends, neighbors, even complete strangers almost daily. Do not tell a pregnant woman, "Wow, you're big!" or "Are you having twins?" or "someone just asked me if you are due now because you're so big" or, in response to me saying I am due in February: "Oh, you have a loooong way to go." Why people say these things are beyond me. For one, I am not big! I am totally normal for 7 months pregnant and following the same weight gain as with Kezia and Ivy, but I never got this much grief with those pregnancies. And I have only 2 months longer. Does that seem like a loooong way away to you? I don't know, maybe this is just the curse of this pregnancy. But even still, if a pregnant woman looked as though she was hiding an elephant under her shirt, you still don't tell her she's big or ask if there's more than one in there! And if she is even only 2 weeks pregnant, you tell her those 9 months will pass so quickly, and not anything to the effect of "Dang, Gina!! You're gonna have to carry that load for that long!?!"