The world is not made for pregnant ladies!!! Grr!!

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Just needed to vent a little...I have been to Boots to buy my antenatal vitamins, to find them on the bottom shelf and behind a column With my 31 week bump it was pretty damned uncomfortable/difficult just trying to reach the buggers. Grrrr!!! Come on Boots- just a little thought please!! Also, it is mean to make a pregnant lady stand for 15 minutes to wait for a prescription. Couldn't they just have a chair? It wouldn't be difficult.

Am also finding that toilet cubicles are increasingly difficult to squeeze my bump into. Disabled toilets beckon...

And parking at the supermarket- am always worried that someone will park really close to me and I won't be able to get back into my car!! At what point is it OK to park in the parent and child spaces?!

These days, all the above are enough to make me weep. Literally!! Any one else like to share their tales of woe? It would make me feel better :)

I agree! (although my Boots has chairs.. you're right though, now that I think about it putting the Pregnacare on the lower shelves is a bit mean!)

Bump plus toddler means that it's all but impossible to get in a standard cubicle without whacking bump, toddler head, or dropping something down the toilet (why do they make them so small? And why can't they offset the toilet itself so you're not virtually kissing the toilet paper dispenser with your thigh squeezed up to the sanitary towel bin?

We have a standard garage, there is going to come a day, very soon, when I will no-longer be able to park and exit the vehicle - DP will have to move it into a guest space before he goes to work and put it away again at night!

I think if your showing its fine to go into the mother and bb spaces - we don't have them at my supermarket so I'll just have to straddle 2 places when the time comes

If your bump is nice and big -take advantage I say - ask for help, for a seat, to queue jump etc - its not often in life you can be so cheeky and get away with it.

I've only be showing for a couple of weeks, and am still in my normal jacket (its a bit cooler over here), but intend to take full advantage when the time comes.

Park in the parent & baby spaces- I did when I got big! Only a few weeks until baby is on the outside!

I was in a toysrus with my sister & her baby & couldn't look at the baby stuff with a pram as aisles were too narrow.
I complained to the manager! He agreed it was daft. Bloomin heck it's not rocket science people!

I feel your pain. I'm struggling to get washing into the machine as it involves both squatting AND bending, and there's a corner cupboard in my kitchen I can no longer use.

I'm only 26 weeks.

I also sit at every opportunity now, and am getting very good at barging onto trains first to ensure I get a seat.

Every single time I went into Boots when pregnant, I would ask to see the manager, ask him to show him where the pregnancy vitamins are, and when he did I would point to my enormous stomach and ask him if he could see what the problem might be with that.

I hoped if I made enough of a nuisance of myself about it they might change their policy, sorry to hear I failed!

I also parked in the parent and baby space the other day - 34 weeks. And what really grinds my gears about those spaces is people who park in them with older children - a ten year old can walk fine! - and people who park in them because they have a childs car seat in the car - BUT NO CHILD with them on that trip - I have seen this loads near me, women after doing the nursery drop etc. mmmm.

Nice tactics TheBookofRuth! Well done for trying- you've inspired me to email them about it. Doesn't sound like they're likely to change anything but I might feel better about it at least!

Maybe I will start to make use of the parent and child spaces. Very good points Teaandflapjacks- how frustrating! If people are doing that, then a bump must entitle us to a space.

I'm 35 weeks and hate every little thing right now completely agree about things on bottom shelves, I've taken to waddling round tescos/other stores to find a member of staff to get things of shelfs for me as I just can't do it plus the other day I dropped so much shopping through daftness and had to leave it on the floor, I had to there was no chance I'd manage picking it up :(

I feel your pain. I put a post on here recently asking aibu to use parent parking at 32 weeks. Most said use it. Those that said no got a good flaming from others :)
also only use disabled loos now. Will ask shop assistant to get things from lower shelves. now at 38 weeks my toes are like second hand for picking the many dropped things from the floor.

Ah yes, disabled loos :) love them, I can fit me plus huge bump plus toddler ds plus shopping bags plus trolley and everything else in the next 5 weeks had better go quick - I've never enjoyed pregnancy less :(

At least we're only pregnant for a short while. Gives you a new respect for people who are permanently disabled doesn't it, imagine never being able to reach things on the bottom shelf or use normal loos. Yes it's a pain having a big bump but really we're the lucky ones, you get a baby out of it too

I do agree about the toilets. I was queuing at the theatre last week in the interval for a toilet to become free. It was my turn when one came up and I went to step forward but clearly not fast enough for a woman who was several women behind me in the queue. Normally I would grumble quietly to myself about bad manners but I turned around in front of the queue and said 'you have got to be joking, pushing in in front of a pregnant woman who is bursting!' Few others behind voiced their discontent so I figure I wasn't alone.

Then returned to seat before second half and the couple next to us, one gets up to go so my husband gets up and I get up. The man in the couple clearly saw me struggle (bit like a beetle on its back!) to get up, waited until I had sat down and then decided he too wanted out! I realise I am being massively unreasonable but in my defence I was achey, tired and comfy sat down!