Am I being too sensitive?

...and am I supposed to capitalize every word in my title?

Anyhoo, here is Owen at nearly 34 weeks:
(and yeah, I love my pajamas- sock monkeys!)


At work I wear scrubs and scrubs can be very good at hiding fat, bloat and babies. It's no secret to most of my coworkers that I'm pregnant, and fairly far along at that. I started working at this rehab hospital right out of school, quit, and then decided to come back because it was a pretty sweet job to have during pregnancy. I often hear the following comments:

"Are you sure you're pregnant?!"
"Is there really a baby in there?!"

It also doesn't help that there are two other girls at the hospital that are pregnant- one two weeks behind me and the other two weeks ahead- both are HUGE. In the past I've even lifted up my scrubs (and I now cringe at the thought of actually doing that...)to reveal a little baby bump. Once a nurse I work with even asked to feel, and I said sure....and she says "Wow...it's really hard, I guess you really are pregnant!". Ugh! Two weeks ago, while passing in the hall, this same nurse also said to me "You're just pretending you're pregnant for the maternity leave..!". OK. That did it, that pissed me way off.

Those comments really hurt given the fact that I have lost a baby in the past and feel crazy lucky to be pregnant at all. I myself still find it hard to believe that I was lucky enough to get pregnant. The fact that I feel my pregnancy is being questioned, even if in a humorous way, really really bothers me. And to be quite honest, I'm glad I haven't used the pregnancy to binge on every little treat I see. I'm overweight to begin with and my weight gain has been moderate, any extreme weight gain would be just plain unhealthy. My OB assures me he is growing right on target, if the OB is happy, I'm happy.

UGH! So what should I do? Should I become a mega bitch the next time I hear such things?