to think that this is the most irritating question anyone can ask a heavily pregnant woman?

[PutThatCatOutNow]

In the last few weeks, it seems nearly everyone I have spoken to has uttered the words 'ooh you must be getting impatient' to me. DC is due tomorrow, of course I'm getting bloody impatient! It's coming from people who have had children as well and know that I am of course fed up and getting a tad impatient. So AIBU or just stupidly hormonal?

It never annoyed me.

Any twinges ?

F right off!

See - due to the rudeness and ignorance of the populace - there was a reason why Victorians hid pregnant women away - it was to stop their blood pressure exploding over feckwits asking dim, daft, rude, ignorant and down right demented questions

When the next person asks when you're due just say 'a week ago, waters could go any minute' and watch them run away in terror. Works best on nosy male colleagues.

Someone said to me after i gave birth, you really do blossom as a mother, it really suits you (whats that baby sick suits me and bags under my eyes?) and i wouldnt say anything to you at the time, BUT you really were huge when you were expecting. Have you lost any weight... like yeah of course, there was the 6pound9oz baby i gave birth to, so obviously i have lost weight.

And oh why did you find out the sex...did you not want it t o be a surprise, well no onviously not or i wouldnt have found it out!!

"can I touch it"????

why??? do you randomly ask to grope any other person you meet???

Worse ....... being groped and a "you don't mind do you???" ....well yes, actually I fucking do mind being fondled like a lump of meat as it happens.

Or worse still as they are kicking constantly and non stop.. do you ever feel the baby moving... well like yes of course, its only kicked me so much i feel internally bruised...can i feel it moving...not much!

Am 32 weeks pregnant, rolling eyes and recognising all of these monumentally dumb comments/questions. Though my reputation for being a ball-breaker means no one ever makes a dumb remark/bump-groping attempt twice. And yes, I did once cup someone's testicles when he lunged at my pregnant belly in the lift. He won't do that again in a hurry, and I suspect he has a newfound respect for female personal space, the pillock.

To those who think the Annoyed and Pregnant responses sound 'churlish', I suspect you are secretly embarrassed you have said such dopey things to pregnant women. It is perfectly possible to say nice and anodyne things to a pregant woman - 'How are you?', 'You look well', and 'Congratulations' are all perfectly acceptable, as is talking about the weather, work, the newspaper headlines, or the fact that you were abducted by aliens. Pregnant women are allowed to talk about things other than their pregnancy, you know. Sometimes they even think about other things.

Some of the comments sound rather reasonable to me. It's just that you hear them often and so can grate a little bit. Taxi drivers must get fed up with the same 'been busy?' line every day.

I learnt to just give the expected response and let it pass. It's easier and more pleasant that way.

Oh, and I haven't ever said any of those things to a pregnant woman. I'm not very good at social niceties :/ I tend to forget to ask how someone is before commencing a conversation. I'm pregnant and nobody has said anything like that to me either... although to be honest I just look fat.

I loved the "omg you must be ready to pop" i hated having to say um yeah in two and a half months time... Or when i told someone i was due to have DD in jan i got "ohh so you had sex at easter?" and being only 19 years old i always got the "well i hope you have alot of family support for when she is born you must be finding it so hard"... I was by myself the whole labour and until she was two weeks old as she came 5weeks early and partner was still away, but i managed just fine :) people can be very unfair and judgemental towards pregnant women.

Oh yes and the can i touch your belly line :$.... Felt like getting a big sign attached to my head saying line up!! Have a feel!!.. Lol

Op my honest answer you to be" no not at all would be quite happy for him to stay there another month". Tgat seemed to shut tge up

how are you going to cope when the baby is here?

errrrm - like everybody else that has a baby - grrrrrrrrrrrr!

Rule of pregnancy small talk - say either "how are you?" or "you look great". And fight everything else that for some bizarre reason is on the tip of your tongue despite how much it annoyed you six short (!)months ago when you were pregnant yourself!!!

I hated 'haven't you had the baby yet?' - um no, I just stuffed a balloon up my top to give the illusion of still being pregnant idiot!
My next door neighbour knockd on the door when I was 2 days overdue, to say 'Are you still here?!' I shouted 'I LIVE HERE!' and shut the door in her face. Silly cow!

OOOh tell me about it, I am 40+3, and I constantly get, has it not arrived yet! Whens' it going to come? (I don't know). There is a friend of mine who phones up everyday to check if its arrived yet . Will let you know when he does love! OOOOh you look big, haven't you had it yet, hmmmm no so why ask!

YABU - I think it's nice people show an interest. It never annoyed me at all.

My mother beats all of these.

"How's your discharge these days dear?"

Yanbu, my worst was having booked for a homebirth but had an emergency induction at 37 weeks a few days after I got home someone from the ambulance service knocked to deliver the gas and air etc for homebirth, I told her I'd had the baby and she looked me up and down and asked if I was sure!

Oh no red , thats awful!

I get a lot of "oh you poor thing" which makes me laugh. I'm not a poor thing I'm doing fine actually!

But agree with those who say that people are just trying to be nice. I smile and say something equally nothingy back.

It's my due date today. One person has been asking me periodically since before Xmas if my bag is packed. Yes it is still packed!

I think talking to very pregnant women should be discouraged.

More than that whatme - it should be made positively illegal if these are the reactions it produces! Goodness aren't you lot antsy! Totally agree with the posters who wonder what on earth it is ok to say to you?