Family & Parenting Humor

The Laughing Stork Asks: What’s the Best Part of Being Pregnant in the Summer?

Published on Jul 17, 2012

Pregnancy and summertime: they go as comfortably together as skinny jeans and Thanksgiving. Having been pregnant in the summer, with both of my kids, I know firsthand just how unpleasant it can be to waddle around in 80-to-90 degree temps with a nearly 10-pound butterball attached to your middle. However, contrary to popular opinion, there are advantages to being pregnant in the warmer months. So the cats and I made up answers, er… I mean, conducted a very serious and scientific pregnant-woman-on-the-street survey about the benefits of being pregnant in the summer:

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Candy Kirby

Candy Kirby is the founder of The Laughing Stork and a professional fun-maker who will never stop chasing her lifelong dream: to find the Pomeranian or porn star after whom her parents must have named her. A humor columnist for Disney, Nickelodeon, Scary Mommy, Reductress and Redbook, she also used to be a staff writer for the soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful, where she penned many scripts featuring prolonged heated stares and countless “Who’s the Daddy?” story lines. Candy lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two young kids and three rescue Persian cats, the latter of whom are the real brains behind this operation (so send all complaints to them).