Apparently, next month marks the second annual Pregnancy Awareness Month — complete with a “Motherhood Begins Now” kick-off event in my own city Santa Monica, of all places. (via Treehugger)
Having recently been called a “mommy blogger” by one Edward who seems to be very confused as to what mommy means, I thought I’d celebrate by linking you “Pregnant Woman are Smug,” a hilarious song by Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci with sure-to-become-classic lyrics like “You’re just giving birth now / You’re not Mother Earth now.” (via Broadsheet)
I’m not sure whether the pregnancy month being in May has to do anything with May being “traditionally devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Roman Catholic traditions,” according to Wikipedia. May is also Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (yay Koreans!) and Mental Health Awareness Month (yay depressives!) — and also, National Military Appreciation Month — Did you see the L.A. Times article about how the military’s embracing green tech? May’s also apparently Older Americans Month. How old is older?
I’m sure everyone dealing with miscarriages, loss of a child, or any number of other related experiences is thrilled to learn that there is a “Pregnancy Awareness Month.”
Comment by KateNonymous — April 27, 2009 @ 3:59 pm
First off to the above there are awareness days/weeks/months for all those things.
Pretty sure we are all aware of pregnancy lol. Also it kind of makes me mad because I have Fibromyaglia which is not well known (other than because of lyrica) and is hard to treat and we only get one day! What the hell?!
I have been called a mommy blogger as well. People just seem to think if you are green, a woman and blogging you must have kids.
Lisa’s last blog post..Live Green Expo
Comment by Lisa — April 27, 2009 @ 8:57 pm
Ha! Glad to know I’m not the only one with virtual kids imagined up by others!
Comment by Siel — April 27, 2009 @ 9:04 pm
Sorry. Those days don’t resonate the same way. But really, when is miscarriage awareness month?
Comment by KateNonymous — April 27, 2009 @ 10:21 pm