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Am I being sensitive about my mother's comments about my weight while pregnant?

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showersandflowers · 11/11/2024 10:27

I recently told my mum I'm pregnant with my second. She's very happy and supportive. But she's also immediately started making comments about my weight. Examples:

After I threw up while visiting she said "it's so funny that you throw up so much and yet you're putting on so much weight!"

She came round one afternoon and one of her first questions was "how's everything, how much weight have you put on?" (I answered that I didn't know because I don't weight myself)

She's a bit of an almond mum, obsessed with diets and fitness. I'm pretty cool mostly but this is getting to me a bit. Yes, I'm gaining. I have no idea how much but I'd guess a few kilos at this point.

Am I being overly sensitive because of pregnancy hormones? I seriously don't know.

If you think it is out of order, can anyone suggest ways of shutting her down without upsetting her? I think she's been very sensitive about her weight her whole life so I think this is just concern manifesting itself in rudeness.

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LucyLoo1972 · 29/01/2026 06:47

FupaTrooper · 11/11/2024 10:45

My mum is the same.

I told her that the only weight she was allowed to bring up in my presence was her own, or she wouldn't be welcome in my home.

It worked and I only had to remind her once.

I don't believe in dancing around the topic and people like them need to be given a very clear and firm boundary.
The way she is speaking is inappropriate at best, or nasty.

I admire you for having that boundary

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