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Pregnancy

Date: Nov 28 2008

Themes: Family, Health

Grammar: Present Progressive Tense

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It’s hard to imagine anyone saying to herself, “Hey, I feel like gaining 30 pounds, throwing up all the time, and being bloated for nine months.” And yet, millions of women happily get pregnant, or try to get pregnant, every day.

Most women start to feel the urge to have a baby in their late twenties or early thirties. But pregnancy may not be for everybody. Beren and Amanda have very different feelings about it. Listen to what they think.

Dialog

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Beren

Amanda

Beren: All the women I know, their biological clocks are ticking. They’re all early thirties. They want kids!

Amanda: Yep, that’s the age. All of my friends are pregnant right now.

Beren: Really?

Amanda: Yeah with their second and third children.

Beren: Are you serious?

Amanda: Yeah. I’ve been pregnant. You know my son, he’s six.

Beren: Oh yeah. You must have been pregnant at some point. You have a kid.

Amanda: I would highly recommend it.

Beren: Well not to me. No. I’ll recommend it to my friends. I don’t want to…

Amanda: OK, well I was just…

Beren: I couldn’t deal with morning sickness.

Amanda: It’s not too bad. And it’s so weird, ‘cause it’s called morning sickness, but it’s so not. It’s morning, noon, night, midnight…

Beren: Yeah.

Amanda: Yeah, that queasy, nauseated, bloated feeling.

Beren: Like a hangover?

Amanda: Kind of. But then you get to your second trimester and you’re kind of back to your old self, except for the little football belly. It’s pretty good. You have no idea. I think you should just get on that train.

Beren: I don’t think it’s for me.

Amanda: Really? OK.

Beren: Multiple reasons why, but…

Amanda: To each their own.

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Discussion

Often, when a woman reaches her late twenties or early thirties, her body starts telling her that it’s time to have a baby. Beren says that a lot of her friends’ biological clocks are ticking. They want to get pregnant.

Amanda already has one child, and now many of her friends are pregnant for a second or third time. Although Amanda says being pregnant is amazing, Beren isn’t interested. For one thing, she couldn’t stand the morning sickness that most women experience in the first trimester of pregnancy. But she has other reasons, too.

Do you have kids or would you like to one day? Is someone you’re close to pregnant right now?

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6261041

Germany

Pam, she was blessed girl, don't ever think anything different. Most mothers love their children and when the day comes for you, you also will love your daughter or son, I promise. I don't have any children but hey Life is bittersweet. Go for life Pam and don't let anyone say you didn't try!

6261041

Germany

Pregnancy, WHAT!?! you guy sound lik its a sin. Yes in some cases it is. but in most it isn't and we as a people shouldn't judge, remember we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for those pregnant mothers!! it really is that simple. God or Allah gave us a choice and we make them every day sometimes we make the right ones and a beautiful thing happens, sometimes we make the wrong one and a beautiful thing happens. Either way guys listen Up!!! If you get the lady pregnant, LOVE HER and be there for her, YES it's scary and life gives you a lot of lemons to suck on but hey Lemonaide is a fantastic drink. What I am saying is STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT WHAT MISTAKES YOU MAKE AND FESS UP OWN THE MISTAKE OR IT WILL OWN YOU.

natali1977

Russian Federation

I have had a morning noon night midnight sickness through 3 months. by the forth month it was coming up to the end and the rest six months i felt wonderful i lived in my waiting for wonder and now my wonder is 8 years old he is my little sun i agree to feel that sickness again just to have one more baby children are so sweet

Dannie-sunny

China

I don't know, that is far away from me at least not recently.

Rah_

Brazil

I might agree it's an amazing thing to get pregnant but not too young as I am now.

I'm just 19 and I think it's time to study and have fun…not to become mother but I think it's a lovely acction to get pregnant and gave the oportunity to a new little person to see the world!!

seylan22

Turkey

every children is a present from god to us. ı see womens they dont wish to be pregnant one day. what the womens thınks. where dıd they come from. ? they mothers were pregnant for yourselves.

seylan22

Turkey

ı wısh to be a dad one day. ı will have been survıvıng for my baby. until ı dead

Ruilong

China

wow,kids sound wonderful to me,and make me exciment,i want a kid ,but im not planing to have a gf,maybe at my 30 or older age,i know nothing about pregnancy near me,because all of my friends are not married.

Pampie

Malaysia

it must be hard for a pregnant woman

since they throw up most of the time,

aren't they?? i wonder what my mother

feel when she gave born of me…

maylinizumi

Peru

good

zeus2006

Turkey

to be a mom and a dad is wonderful feeling on the world :)

TiMa-Bird

Algeria

great lesson..ty :D

Mr.Lee

Egypt

I'm not gonna try this feeling but all i know that i feel much tenderness when i look to a face of a knocked up woman… that was so nice conversation, Thank you ^_

vanz_jaf

Philippines

... I think am now a bachelor good in making baby..so I like to have a baby with lovely wife!

vanz_jaf

Philippines

..I am looking for a gorgeous girl who wanted to have a baby with me and its always my very pleasure/..can you be that one ladies?

vanz_jaf

Philippines

...I want to have a girlfriend so that we will make a babyjaf baby so cute and intelligent..hehehe..can you be my girlfriend then baby?

RISEPEARL

Afghanistan

Very good topic and lovly converstaion between amanda and beren.. very funy i didn't have a child nor wife, But i love to child coz i m still single…

hi huyn

South Korea

As a single, I can't imagine to be a pregnant woman. But I can understand their pain during a prehnancy period from my indirect experiences. So I have an uneasy feeling to be a mother. Nevertheless, If I have a very lovely husband, I'll be happy to get a baby of us. ^^