To absolutely hate the phrase "to fall pregnant"

[CoheedandCambria]

I had never heard this phrase until I was well into adulthood and it sounds so wrong to me.

You fall ill, you fall from grace. To 'fall' has entirely negative connotations in my eyes. If ever anyone says they "fell pregnant" it always sounds like an unwanted accident to me but people say it of wanted and planned for pregnancies 🤷🏻

I really wish I hadn't, it offended my ears...

In what area of the UK is that a phrase?

West Midlands.

I agree. It sounds so completely wrong to me.

Is it said in a negative sense - as in 'caught out'?

Yeah, I find it irritating too. As a pp mentioned, it makes it sound accidental so sounds weird when used outside that context. Also sounds like something out of Catherine Cookson.

You also fall asleep....

Yes yes yes, read my updates.
I love that you searched me to try to prove me wrong.

And that definitely isn’t a negative

To fall in to slumber. Lovely

hope the op has seen now that it’s not “entirely negative”!!

Fraternise!

This image dates back to my confused teenage years, when I became convinced that sperm could leap up from the pavement into the vagina, after a biology lesson which emphasised that sperm are hardy survivors, like cockroaches.

Oh come on

you hate a word. I’m going to spend all of ten seconds pasting your username with keyword “fall” and…. Bingo “Christmas falls on a Wednesday”

It's just an old English hangover. Fell could mean to happen by chance or to cause or to change.

Fall asleep / fall in love / fall pregnant. It fell to me to do it.

It's not negative at all. It's just our modern view of "fall" is e.g. to drop from a height or to "fall from grace", for example.

What would sperm be doing on the pavement?
and you’d have been knickerless!

and you were a teenager??!

I bet the Princess of Wales has never been described as having fallen pregnant!

In ED patients with items in their rectum almost always tell you they fell on them (the vacuum cleaner, their kid’s Barbie doll etc).

fell pregnant brings the same connotations for me. Some poor unsuspecting woman accidentally impaling herself on a giant erect penis. All by mistake.

Don't hate a word, hate a phrase

To 'fall' has entirely negative connotations in my eyes

hopefully no more!

‘Caught’ should be illegal

No need for alarm 😄 I was a very shy teenager with a vivid imagination. There were gaps in my knowledge because I moved schools three times between the ages of 11 and 15.

What I really hate is women (or more irritatingly men) say “oh WE’RE pregnant”

no! No you’re not.

Yes - literally my first update was - "good point. Didn't think of that." When someone said about falling in love. I am not doubling down babes

Eww yeah, caught is grim

I think it’s pretty much common usage now. “To become pregnant” is an alternative but a bit weird.

It’s not the same but what I really hate is “We’re pregnant!” Especially if said by a man.

Pleased that your “hate” has dissipated!

These are things you can't really control though
I agree fall pregnant sounds like an accident