Walking home from an ultrasound (I’m only 21 weeks but feeling absolutely huge). I developed SPD at 18 weeks and I’ve been in complete agony ever since (had it with my first and was dreading having it again
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I got halfway home and had to sit down on a bench, I’m really struggling with walking anywhere atm and the hospital is only 15 minutes from mine but it feels like a marathon. Anyway I’m sitting on this bench, minding my own business when I hear “she needs to sit down”. I looked over and saw a man and a woman, the woman had a walking stick.
It’s a long bench, there would be over 1m but not quite 2m between us if the lady had sat down at the other end. And I had a mask on. As did this lady. I was more than happy for her to sit at the other end of the bench, after all were out in the fresh air. So I said to them “that’s fine” with a smile and gestured to her to sit.
To which the man replied “no you’ll have to get up there’s not enough space)
I apologised, explained that I’m pregnant and having difficulty walking and I needed to sit down for a while. To which the woman then scoffed, “you’re pregnant, not disabled. I need to sit down. Can you move?”
I said “sorry I need to sit for a while” and the man tutted and called me a selfish cow. (I absolutely hate myself for this but that comment made me tear up and I didn’t want to cry in front of these people so I got up and started walking, and they both sat down only for a car to pull up (and I’m not kidding, about a minute later) and they both got in.
Please tell me I wasn’t unreasonable for wanting to stay sat down, even if it meant this lady had to be less than 2m distance (while outside) from me. They’ve made me feel so horrible (and pathetic).