Co-Worker Pregnant?

So, one of the big topics of conversation today at work was, "Is Cathy pregnant?!"

Cathy works as an administrative assistant in our firm. She isn't the most pleasant person, and she isn't well liked. Cathy tends to be a very jealous sort of person and loves to make cutting remarks anytime she gets the chance. One of the other reasons she isn't liked is that she's a complete attention whore. She has one young child currently, and believe me, everyone knew every single detail of THAT pregnancy. And honestly, nobody really cared.

It's been rumored that she got sick of people fawning over all of the other pregnant women within the firm (we had a rash of them), and she did everything she could to get pregnant during that same time....and she succeeded. She was completely pissed off when nobody cared. Yeah, we ended up having a shower for her (which nobody really wanted to attend). And she (being her normal bad-mannered, low-class self) complained that she didn't get certain gifts she registered for ("What am I going to do with all of these diapers?!") and waited about 2 months to bother sending thank you cards.

So, after her baby was born she mentioned that they were going to try for another one. This is the person who is always complaining about the fact that they are just scraping by. This is also the person that complains anytime she hears that I (or any of the other childfree people in the office) am/are going to Hawaii, Cancun, a cruise, etc. Her favorite words are "must be nice!" Yeah, sweetheart, it IS! Choices, baby, choices.

The great thing is that she mentioned that if they have another baby, she wants to come back and work only four days a week. Because of the nature of her position, this simply isn't an option. So she said she would probably have to quit. We were fine with that and have eagerly been awaiting a baby bump!

It's been almost two years of trying, and we think they finally succeeded. Unbelievably, she hasn't announced it to the world. Yet, we know she has doctors appointments lined up, she stopped smoking, and she's stopped drinking coffee. She' a large girl, so you might not notice a bump for awhile. In fact the last time she said she was pregnant, I didn't believe it because she never looked it. She carries a lot of weight in her gut, so it was never obvious.

This is probably one of the first times I'm glad to hear that somebody is pregnant. And it's because I really don't like her. What does that tell you about my thoughts on pregnancy/child-rearing? I guess I'd only wish it on my enemies!