I think the term "pregnancy scare" is hilarious. Here's an example of it used in a sentence, in case you aren't familiar with it: "So-and-so[guy] and I had a pregnancy scare last month."
I feel like the only people who should be allowed to use it are those of us who already have children, and can fully identify with the gravity of the having-kids-ness. You can't really be scared of it if you don't even know what you might be getting into in the first place. Nervous, maybe. Unprepared, usually. Scared? No, that comes AFTER you've already put in your hours at the "Newborn" party, and you imagine someone pressing the "replay" button on the whole "no-safe-zone-of-sleep-typing-with-one-hand-bottle-holding-with-the-other-sleeping-with-radio-set-to-white-noise-because-that-is-the-only-way-the-little-creature-will-rest-and-you-stop-changing-clothes-because-you-run-out-of-clothes-after-spit-up-change-number-6...but maybe that was just me, haha.
And no, there isn't any secret behind this train of thought. Just something that was rattling around in my brain after a conversation with a friend today.
I hope you all are soaking up this brief Northwest sunshine. :)
-B
