Disabled parking for pregnancy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone gotten a temporary disability parking pass in Virginia for late pregnancy? Apparently third trimester pregnancy is even listed on the form itself for temporary disability passes in some states like Illinois (https://www.wsiltv.com/news/pregnant-women-in-third-trimester-can-park-in-handicapped-parking-spots-starting-in-2022/article_aa1028d2-1ee2-5f2f-8391-0cdac938eca4.html). Is this a thing in Virginia?

I have a real disability. Pregnancy is not a disability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think I got a temporary one when I went on bedrest for DH to use for our hospital visits.

Disabled parking means that the disabled person MUST be in the vehicle. Your husband was not disabled. Too bad he didn't get a $500 ticket.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think I got a temporary one when I went on bedrest for DH to use for our hospital visits.

Disabled parking means that the disabled person MUST be in the vehicle. Your husband was not disabled. Too bad he didn't get a $500 ticket.

You think her husband was going to the OBGYN alone?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think I got a temporary one when I went on bedrest for DH to use for our hospital visits.

Disabled parking means that the disabled person MUST be in the vehicle. Your husband was not disabled. Too bad he didn't get a $500 ticket.

I was in the car when he picked me up, dropped me off, and drove me there. Why is that hard for you to understand? He wasn't using it at any other time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone remember the special parking spaces that some stores used to have for pregnant women? I seem to remember Harris Teeter having signs with a stork on them. I thought they were also for mothers but may be remembering wrong.

I was long past the time of needing them but remember thinking it was good for those in need.

I think they also had special spaces for Veterans as well.

They still have them and when handicapped spots are filled, I have no qualms parking in either the storm ir veterans spot. I need a walker and my handicap is a lot worse than you pregnancy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone remember the special parking spaces that some stores used to have for pregnant women? I seem to remember Harris Teeter having signs with a stork on them. I thought they were also for mothers but may be remembering wrong.

I was long past the time of needing them but remember thinking it was good for those in need.

I think they also had special spaces for Veterans as well.

Babies R Us and/or Buy Buy Baby used to have special spots for pregnant or new moms.

Anyone can do stk in them as unlike handicapped parking, there is no fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When my preemie twins were discharged after a long NICU stay they automatically gave me a handicapped permit, valid for 6 months which was as long as they expected them to be on tubes and o2 and things. I never used it once bc it wasn’t like the twins were walking and needed to be close. It seemed selfish to use when I was an able bodied person who would be taking them to all of their appts, but it was definitely part of their discharge packet

I think they gave you that pass because the preemie twins were considered temporarily disabled people, with the tubes and o2. I don't think it would have been selfish to use the pass, because you had to get the temporarily disabled passengers (the twins) into wherever you were going.

Yes that's why they gave it to me but it seemed stupid b/c whoever was going to be taking them in was not disabled so seemed selfish to take a parking spot (primarily at the hospital) from someone else who was.

But presumably the twins had some equipment (tubes, tank) so their medical equipment would have to be transported also.

I'm not disabled, but my father is-he has a pass for his car (that he can't drive) and when I drive him places, I park in the handicapped spot. I have to open the doors wide to get him out and unfold the wheelchair and get him out of the car, and then push him the distance to where he's going. The handicapped spots are not just for disabled 'drivers'.

The handicapped spots are for handicapped people who either drive or need a driver. This is not nuclear physics.

[Anonymous]

I can't believe the poster who said that some women give birth while working in fields in 100+ degree heat without taking a break from harvesting or whatever as though this somehow justifies pregnant women being denied comfort. Just because our foremothers suffered terribly and many people still live in horrid conditions is not an excuse to justify yet more suffering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone remember the special parking spaces that some stores used to have for pregnant women? I seem to remember Harris Teeter having signs with a stork on them. I thought they were also for mothers but may be remembering wrong.

I was long past the time of needing them but remember thinking it was good for those in need.

I think they also had special spaces for Veterans as well.

Babies R Us and/or Buy Buy Baby used to have special spots for pregnant or new moms.

Anyone can do stk in them as unlike handicapped parking, there is no fine.

A lot of people heed the signs. A Covid holdover is adding so many spots for take out and curbside pickup. I always see those spots empty in parking lots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone remember the special parking spaces that some stores used to have for pregnant women? I seem to remember Harris Teeter having signs with a stork on them. I thought they were also for mothers but may be remembering wrong.

I was long past the time of needing them but remember thinking it was good for those in need.

I think they also had special spaces for Veterans as well.

They still have them and when handicapped spots are filled, I have no qualms parking in either the storm ir veterans spot. I need a walker and my handicap is a lot worse than you pregnancy.

There are no laws around those spots. Park there whenever you want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe the poster who said that some women give birth while working in fields in 100+ degree heat without taking a break from harvesting or whatever as though this somehow justifies pregnant women being denied comfort. Just because our foremothers suffered terribly and many people still live in horrid conditions is not an excuse to justify yet more suffering.

Providing a pregnant woman “comfort” is not a reason to provide a disability placard.

[Anonymous]

i'd get it, there are so many open handicap spaces its a big waste might as well use them

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Being pregnant is not a disability. Get over it.

+1

My SIL was on a campaign to get pregnancy parking when she had a kid - I would have been embarrassed to ask for such a thing.

My favorite part is how they claim they “can’t” walk from a further parking space — but they can walk all around the store to shop just fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Being pregnant is not a disability. Get over it.

Wow - you must be a real peach. While it's not a disability, I would gladly allow a heavily pregnant woman the ability to park close to a store for her convenience. I see it as a gesture of goodwill and respect.

Um, that’s not how it works. Those aren’t “goodwill and respect” parking spaces. They are reserved for people with disabilities who NEED them. If pregnant people without disabilities take them, then wheelchair users won’t be able to park close to the store.

If a pregnant person has a disability because of the pregnancy, then of course she should be able to get a handicapped spot, just like a non pregnant person would who is suffering from the same pain or injury. But not for goodwill and respect.

Why can't there be parking spots for handicap and thens some others that are for pregnant mothers? WTF. And it is a kind gesture to pregnant women who often have other children to look after while they are running errands, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe the poster who said that some women give birth while working in fields in 100+ degree heat without taking a break from harvesting or whatever as though this somehow justifies pregnant women being denied comfort. Just because our foremothers suffered terribly and many people still live in horrid conditions is not an excuse to justify yet more suffering.

bEiNg dEnIeD cOMfOrT. God, you people *cannot* be real.