Several weeks ago, I randomly received a copy of "American Baby" magazine in the mail. I'd only just gone off the pill, so I found the timing to be pretty coincidental (and of course pretty cool because, hey, free magazine). A couple of days later, the Gerber coupons arrived. I couldn't quite tell if husband found this to be amusing or utterly disturbing - even after my insistence that I hadn't gone completely psycho baby-crazy and started signing up for random baby things online. He put it down to data mining and internet cookies.
Then, yesterday, the final whammy arrived in the mail. I got a nice little postcard from my health insurance company telling me about their new program for expectant mothers. It's a free program with a 24-hour hotline to speak with a nurse during the course of the pregnancy, in addition to reading materials for various stages of pregnancy, an immunization calendar and a host of other things to promote a healthy pregnancy. It said to give them a call to enroll as soon as I'm pregnant. I personally think the program sounds great, but how did my health insurance know? Granted, I saw my doctor for my annual exam, and pregnancy was discussed at the time, but did she give them a full report, or are they just making assumptions based on my age and the blood tests she ran?
I'm starting to think that somebody implanted a bug in my brain that's transmitting signals to third parties indicating that it's baby time...
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