The things people say

[Simian0]

Am 40 weeks+ 3 and have been getting floods of 'advice' from people as to how to get things started. It's made me reflect on all the things people have said over the past few months. I don't know about you guys but being pregnant seems to attract a number of comments/advice/opinion from people (known and random) about everything to do with your pregnancy. Thought it could be fun to try to capture some of the funnier ones here.

What types of things have people said to you during your pregnancy that have made you roll your eyes back in your head, or made you want to drop an anvil on them?

Things like....

1. "Make sure you get plenty of sleep to see you through when the baby comes" - like you can 'bank' sleep reserves. If you could wouldn't we all do this all of the time anyway? Sleep for 48hours non-stop then don't again for 6 months. Genius!

1. " it's best not finding out the sex as it's what keeps you going through labour" - like if I knew it were a boy or a girl I'd be tempted just to give up half way through and not push the whole thing out!

1. "Ooh, you're all out the front so it must be a girl"

1. "Ooh, you're all out the front so it must be a boy"

These have all amused me untold over the months.

Any to add?....

[MoottonBun]

1. "Ooh shouldn't you be bigger than that by now?" Exactly how big should I be?
   

I get this a lot. Grrr.

[RJM17]

Oh u know because u have had bad heartburn your going to have a girl.

Bad heartburn means your baby will have loads of hair!!

I'm only 10 weeks so don't think it has anything to do with hair or the sex lol x

[mrspaddy]

You know x (woman up the road) ended on crutches during pregnancy.. another got alopecia.
Makes you really confident ... hmmmmmm

[mrspaddy]

oh and another one.. you lose a tooth for each pregnancy. .. I love that one

[SomethingOnce]

I bet you'll end up saying 1. to somebody in a year or so

[Bunnychan]

"You've had a growth spurt- I think you're having a boy"

This annoyed me for two reasons

1. it was from a doctor and if I wanted to know the sex, I'd have found out.
   
2. she measured me completely wrong according to my mw.
   
   I find the "yo're carrying high so it's a boy/ it's a girl; you're all in front so it's a boy/it's a girl; you haven't put weight on anywhere else so it's a boy/it's a girl" hilarious- no one knows- they all say the same for boy and girl! X

[YummyMummy17]

Oh your rather big... Must be twins!
Must it?

Don't use SMA for your child... It's really bad for them
Seriously? My mother and all her family used it for all the kids

Heartburn means lots of hair

[Shaiandbump]

'' OMG YOUR HUGE, HOW ARE YOU STILL WALKING'. - bore off I'm measuring behind for my dates knobhead

'oh your having a girl, you've got one of each now you can stop' - ill have 16 children if I friggin wanted to, bore off.

[Simian0]

These are brilliant! Love the tooth one! WT...??

@SomethingOnce - you're probably right. I'll remember to slap myself for it at the time.

[honey86]

'are you sure youll cope with another? i mean are you sure?'

'you might wanna have a long think about whether you can cope alone, and if you wanna continue with this pregnancy.'

insensitive swines

[spanky2]

Enjoy the rest. Really ?! I would if I didn't feel so bloated ,bored and hot!
That drove me mad! The hair and heartburn was true with ds2 .

[lollypopsicle]

"don't waddle, it's bad for your hips" I'm not doing it out of choice!!!!

[NTMummy059]

"don't find out the sex .. Its the best suprise ever!" ok I get that people like to find out at the birth as its exciting.. But its not really the greatest suprise - everyone knows its either a boy or a girl!

[enjay0811]

40+3 here too - the phone calls, txts and messages asking if there's 'any news' is getting wearing. Like I had the baby last week and didn't tell you!!

[Stepawayfromthesweeties]

I'm so disappointed you're not finding out the sex, how will I know what colour to buy?? Well I'm extremely sorry for ruining your shopping trips but we'd quite like a surprise thanks!!! And there are a lot more colours out there than blue or pink, grrrrrrrr

[MrsMangoBiscuit]

YummyMummy17 I am also getting the "ooh it must be twins" thing. I've started telling people "only if one of them's made of cake!"

The irony is, I've lost weight since getting pregnant, and I'm right off eating cake at the moment! :(

[LalyRawr]

"Not had the baby yet then?"

Said when I was the size of a small block of flats and waddling like a professional penguin.

"Oh, yes I did, but then I ate it which is why I'm still so big."

[Trazzletoes]

What used to wind me up was when I couldn't sleep during pregnancy - up at 3am every day without fail and people would say: well it's good practice for being up all night when the baby comes.

Really? I need to practice that? I don't think so.

And to be honest, I would prefer to sleep while I have the opportunity to do so.

[Trazzletoes]

And one of my favourite websites for directing people to:

//www.haveyouhadthatbabyyet.com

[Forgetfulmog]

Huh wait til you've had the baby & all you'll get then is "is he/she sleeping through yet?" Or "is he/she a good baby?" She's a baby! I didn't realise they could be "good" or "bad"!

[WhenSheWasBadSheWasHopeful]

You're looking better, you've looked like death warmed up for months.

And when very pregnant with dd I got this from a random stranger

You must be carrying a girl because you have clearly put on loads of weight on your hips and bum


Not sure why it is acceptable to tell people they look shit just because they are pregnant I've started sweary ranting and it's only 7am, this could be a long day

[ArtemisTheHunter]

I've had that too hopeful. "I guessed you were pregnant because you look so pale and tired". Really, Sherlock? Well done to you for spotting that I look shit but failing to notice the large and obvious bump.

My favourite so far was a (female) colleague last week who pointed out to a mixed meeting room of about 12 people how huge my cleavage now is. Cue 12 pair of eyes swivelling round to stare at my chest. My cleavage isn't huge. I'm a D, which is one cup size bigger than my pre-preg size. If she comes out with that again I might have to point out that my tits are only massive when compared with hers .

[VisualiseAHorse]

"Everytime I see you, you're bigger"

OF COURSE I FUCKING AM YOU IDIOT. I'm not going to get SMALLER am I????

[sheeplikessleep]

By text ... "Oh, third boy? (sad face) nevermind."

Grrrrrr

[megarobotdiscoparty]

People at work moaning about how I'm able to take 9 months "holiday" and they're not.