Pregnant Friends

At the moment I have about 6 pregnant friends...it's strange. It was 7 but yesterday one of them had her baby so back to six.

I was at Hailey's house this week with one of my white friends who is pregnant. We were talking about it and Hailey was like...well I'll just put the whole conversation:

Hailey: 'I'm pregnant too'
Me: 'How many months are you?'
Hailey: 'Oh, I don't know, maybe 2?'
Friend: 'I am 2 1/2 and your stomach is way bigger than mine. Why don't you just count back the months?'
Hailey: 'I can't'
Me: 'Well how did you know you were pregnant?'
Hailey: 'My body has just been really tired and my stomach has been hurting for a while so I went to the clinic to get some medicine and they made me take a test. I told them it wasn't possible but they said 'malesh b/c you're pregnant'.
Friend: 'They didn't tell you how far along you were?'
Hailey: 'No, but it's probably just 2 months.'
Friend: 'Lay down on that bed and I'll tell you.' (friend is a doctor)....Hailey, you're at least 5 months along!'
Hailey: 'really? You think? I was sure it was just like 2 months'
Friend: 'well, it's about 5 so get ready.'

Anyways, I just thought it was a little strange. Hailey has 6 kids already so you'd think she would know what being pregnant felt like. But she didn't and 5 months later she goes to the clinic thinking she needs stomach medicine.

But what really gets me is that she goes to the clinic, they tell her she's pregnant and she just leaves. Like being pregnant is a yes or no question...she didn't even ask how far along and she didn't have an exam or anything!! So she's just been going through life without knowing anything. Maybe when you're pregnant you know that the baby is coming eventually so what does the date matter, I've just never known someone who didn't know or care to know their due date but I guess that's Africa for you!!