I'm pregnant, not disabled!

I understand that the girls in my younger daughter’s GS troop are only 7 and that some may not be ready for some activities—such as overnights.  I also understand that it’s not actually the GIRLS in many of those circumstances who are not ready—it’s their parents.  I guess I am trying too much too soon as I want to take the girls on activities that THEY want to do, and I just thought as a leader I would try to make it happen.  And if the parent is too uncertain about a sleepover, then the parent can also come.  Or we can arrange the girl to be picked up before the actual sleepover.  BUT what kills me is having not one but TWO people (and one as an envoy of other moms) say to me that I need to keep in mind that I’m also PREGNANT and maybe should take a step back and not push myself so much.  Um...?  Are you telling me now that your excuse for not wanting your daughter to do any of the fun stuff I’m trying to plan is MY pregnancy?  I feel FINE.  In fact, I feel GREAT.  I am still at the edge of the honeymoon phase of pregnancy.  I’m not too huge yet.  I am getting plenty of sleep (when I make the effort to go to bed at a decent hour).  I’m breezing right through my tummy, urine, and ankle checks at the doctor’s.  Really, the only difference between me now and last year (besides the ginormous belly) is that yes, I do get tired a bit more easily—especially if I have to stand/walk for really long periods of time.  But, hello! I’m pregnant, NOT disabled!  (And what are we teaching our girls anyway if we have a dull, no activities year because the leader just can’t handle a NORMAL pregnancy.  Girls!  When you get pregnant, don’t do ANYTHING extra!  Stay home and put your feet up, you just can’t handle the fun stuff!  You don't want to push yourself!)  Mom, if you are unsure about overnights for your daughters yet, then that’s fine—perfectly understandable.  But telling me to slow down due to my pregnancy, even if not intended that way, is actually kind of insulting.

(Then there was the veiled insult from one mom that she would prefer the “organized” sleepovers [which are highly overpriced] to a simple pajama party that I’m trying to put together [with projects and badges worked in—just like those organized ones!].  Basically what you’re telling me here is that you don’t trust ME and how I can keep 13 girls entertained for more than an hour and a half.  This despite the really well-run meetings we’ve had this year.  Not to mention my experience with several sleepovers with my older daughter’s troop.  Not to mention the town-wide fun day I’ve planned for younger girls for the last two years.  And not to mention the training that I was required to take as a leader just so that I would know how to do those things.  Grrrr….)

Hmmm...maybe this pregnancy IS making me just a tad too cranky?