"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!!)

What about "little man"? It's a bit creepy. Makes it sound like an old man 18 inches tall. Enough to give me nightmares.

Yeah let’s ignore the vessel

Omg I know.

You mean different to ''you are just the sperm donor it is my baby you have no say''

It’s just so cringeworthy. I’d never say anything to someone about it in real life, but I’m thinking it and judging.

I always take something for the mum along with a new baby present and make a point of giving them some attention (and a well done) and not just goo-gooing at the baby (although there is a bit of that as well).

No it isnt the same imo.

I agree that "a little bit pregnant" is bloody stupid. But heavily pregnant I feel is a more physical descriptor of how the woman feels (or at least I felt), she is literally lugging around a heavy load. The baby, the placenta, the waters plus any extra weight. Its HEAVY! So yes I think that heavily pregnant is ok.

It's when you don't use nappies and i stead constantly monitor your kid for signs of wanting to go. Incredibly labour intensive for mum.

I always think of the woman doing more of a complicated process to even get pregnant. Any man can ejuculate and dont 'suffer' with periods etc....

This type of couple also "welcome" the baby rather than the woman giving birth. I absolutely despise the phrase. It completely erases the hard work a woman goes through in labour.

Christ alive, Stupid Craze 1,349 that humans have made up! So do you dangle the baby over the loo or what? And how can you predict when they will urinate? How insane.

Another naff, twee euphemism, often employed by the Daily Fail. "XX celeb welcomed their first child" always makes me think of them opening the door to find a baby standing there grinning at them, holding its suitcases!

Yes, and ejaculation is pleasurable, unlike periods and ovulation pain and plotting your temperature and peeing on ovulation sticks.

I wonder how many couples say we shit ourselves during labour.

Yeah, exactly. I bet these men aren't so quick to claim the undignified parts of having children. They just want the glory.

Also, when did Brits start 'formula' feeding?

I agree too, I hate it too but fortunately I have never heard anyone use that expression in real life only by celebrities or on TV shows that are likely written by men.

"We got stitches" "We had a freaking nurse with a freaking pair of scissors chop our perineum whilst we were trying to squat out baby"

Aye did you, Jimmy?

Its a relatively new thing. I'm sure my father or even my husband didn't say this. Its just a new wanky thing.
Whenever I hear a bloke say it. I call them out on it. Fucking ridiculous.

Of course I understand men can be great fathers. I'm married to one. Sounds like your son is one too. Not/never pregnant though. Nothing man-hating about it, just a fact.

Just say ok princess

so bring esp when men say they post natal depression
the heck they

Definitely internalised misogyny. We can't have anything for ourselves.

You’d have loved my old colleague who said “we had a natural birth, just a couple of paracetamol and it was fiiiiine”. When she came into the office to show the baby off she said what a blessed relief the epidural had been and the look on his face was a picture. Utter twat he was. And she had a second with him. Bless her hopeful heart.

Well your not far off the truth when baby arrives by surrogate via rent-a-womb !

It is a bit naff and twee and if dh had said it I would have taken the piss, but honestly to get annoyed about it is a bit mean-spirited. Let the guy be excited about being a father, and it shows that he is invested in the process at least. I don't see it as mysognistic, personally.