I've never met a woman who, while pregnant, felt empowered.
Pregnancy is a vulnerable state.
Never mind that you might pee or feel nauseous at disastrously inopportune times. You're vulnerable because you are not sure how it will all turn out. More than a casserole, a souffl , a short story, or a Halloween costume you might make, a baby's outcome is so much less in your hands and under your control. And we know it. It seems like when you are pregnant, everyone feels comfortable commenting on your situation.