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Jaws and the Baby in the Belly: Freaky or Funny?

Posted by JeanneSager

I was a cranky pregnant lady, but there are a few things I miss about the days of baby in belly. Feeling her move around was at first one of the strangest - and later the coolest - experiences of my life. So when a friend passed on this video (it's old, but she said it's appropriate for Halloween), I wasn't sure whether to laugh or be a teeny bit . . insulted?

I mean, I am all for laughing through the tears. When you're pregnant you can't drink them away, so what do you have left? But the soundtrack from Jaws set to your baby moving in your belly?

I think I'm giggling with a hand clamped over my mouth so no one can hear it. What about you - funny or freaky?

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Posted Oct 31 2008, 04:32 PM
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Comments

 

maeby said:

shes got pretty pregnant body.

i dont find it insulting, i think its cute

October 31, 2008 4:43 PM
 

Ashley said:

I'm about that preggers right now and I can NEVER catch him doing that kind of stuff to even show my partner.  At night I make him stare intently at the belly but our little Baby B never moves for anyone but me!!  GARRR!!!  This is HILARIOUS!

October 31, 2008 7:46 PM
 

coolteamblt said:

Ashley, my baby does the same thing! I'm 33 weeks, and my husband just FINALLY felt James move last night. He just about jumped out of his skin it surprized him so much.

I think it's cute. I sometimes feel like I'm about 30 seconds away from re-enacting a scene from Alien.

October 31, 2008 8:30 PM
 

TokyoRose said:

Why on earth would this be insulting in the slightest?  Please don't tell me you think it'll scar the kid for life because its mom did something a little kooky with her pre-partum free time.  Lighten up.  Sheesh.

November 1, 2008 8:24 AM
 

Lucy said:

It would be scary if the end a scary face was pushed up against the skin.  Twice this Halloween season have I jumped outta my seat because I was watching a tutorial about pumpkin carving or something then at the end they had the chick from the exorcist jump out of nowhere.  So no, this video is not freaky but it SO could be for next year.

November 1, 2008 11:37 AM
 

chyna823 said:

This is hilarious. When you see your baby moving like that, it's cool, but also totally weird, so setting it to this music is really funny.

November 1, 2008 10:25 PM
 

leahsmom said:

Does it make me a horrible, horrible person that all I could think was - sheesh, where the heck are her stretch marks? /jealous!

November 3, 2008 8:42 AM

About JeanneSager

Jeanne Sager is a writer who lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, a dog and too many cats. She refuses to believe motherhood comes with pumpkin appliqued sweaters, and she';s not ready to apologize for having only one child. She writes about raising her kid in her own hometown and the mom stuff she's not embarrassed to own at her blog, Inside Out (http://jeannesager.blogspot.com), she's contributing editor of Grand Magazine, and she's a regular essayist here on Babble

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