"We're pregnant"

[IngridBurger]

I hate it so much. No he isn't pregnant. Not even a bit. Yes he's going to he a father. He's expecting a baby. His partner is pregnant. How lovely that he's excited about it. What an amazing dad he's sure to be, but he is absolutely not pregnant!

I'm as grumpy as a middle-aged woman can get but this one really pisses me off. Pregnancy is a uniquely female experience. Why the fuck do men need to lay claim to it?

Do they experience morning sickness? Worry about the effects of the pregnancy on their career and earning potential? Be judged by all and sundry if they decide to have a thimbleful of wine or a slice of smoked salmon? Go through the risks and pain of childbirth?

Is it just me? (I expect so!!)

When my friend was taken up to the labour ward, her husband told the nurse , "We.don't want any pain relief" The.nurse put him in his place at once. "Wee weren't thinking of giving YOU any."

😲 How did his gf ever fancy him again??? What a plank.

Drives me mad. Pregnancy is horrible and hard work for many. I don’t see why the man should be taking half the credit here just for the donation at the start.

What!!

I could not be married to a man that did that shizzle.

Absolutely brilliant.

I wonder how many labour and delivery nurses wish the male partners would just fuck off out of the way!

Ha glad he was put in his place. Controlling creep.

Well she doesnt have great taste is men so not sure her judgement is that great

It makes my skin crawl.

I'm pleased your son is doing the right thing.

But of course his child has a biological mother.

You can't erase something because you find it distasteful.

You. Did. Not. Shut up! Really? I feel violent again! Ohhh, I could not have let that one pass. "So how long did it take you to heal?" 🤬

Can't bear it along with "fell pregnant" makes no sense.

Or heavily pregnant

Have had MIL say this to me. DH piped up and put her straight

Jesus fucking Christ.

I'd ask what elimination communication is, but I think my blood pressure's had enough for one thread!

I dont mind that one, I felt HEAVILY PG with all of mine the last 6 weeks of so. The 4 I went over due I was gargantually pregnant!

"We're pregnant" seemed to start in the US like a lot of these things. I first saw it on US friends and family SM posts

First saw baby showers and gender reveal parties on there too. IRL I have heard of/been invited to 1 baby shower and zero gender reveals

I will give you the BP friendly version......its when you read the signs that the baby is about to poo or pee so they dont need to be nappied. Katherine Ryan, who seriously annoys me at the best of times, did it apparently. Its bollocks. Yes you can predict it because a baby going red and grunting is a fairly big giveaway and they develop a natural routine just as we all do, but its just something smug "more free time than sense" people do to pretend they are better and more "connected" with their baby than the rest of us.

My 1 year old still poos 4 times a day. No way am I sitting around waiting for the signs.

Oh and Grandbaby!

Fuck off!!!!!!!!!!

That one REALLY grinds my gears!

Anything to steal the limelight from the mother.

But same as being a 'little bit pregant' a person is either pregnant or not

I have heard it all now. Good God.

Isnt it the baby that should be getting the attention?

That is BRILLIANT!

The mother deserves her gargantuan contribution to be RESPECTED and NO the baby shouldn't be getting ALL the attention! Expectant and postpartum mothers should be nurtured and given attention and have their gift of life acknowledged! Men are utterly useless in that regard - literally ALL they do for the process is get their end away! And I say all this as a post-menopausal woman who never had kids! It's utterly ironic that it's men who are the more respected ones in our society. They're the ones who start wars and commit violence and murder. They take life and we give life! WE should be at the top of the respect ladder, not THEM! Grrrrrrrrr! 😡😡😡😡