To get a bit annoyed about people asking why I've still got a little bump at six days post partum?

[norktasticninja]

"Is there another one in there?","why have you still got a belly?"... I mean really, are people stupid or just plain thoughtless? FFS it's the last thing I need

I just calmly explain that my womb hasn't shrunk down all the way yet, my stomach muscles don't meet in the middle again yet and that there is undoubtedly a good layer of blubber there too. But still, it upsets me.

Would anyone really expect me to have a flat stomach again already so soon after the birth of my second baby in 19 months? I mean it's not all that bad, IIRC I was pretty much the same after DD.

[DorisIsAPinkDragon]

norks- I'm also 6 days post and if anyone dared well.... it wouldn't be pretty . Well done for keeping your cool and next time just feel free to let rip!!!

[DorisIsAPinkDragon]

Oh and then blame it on the hormones

[Midge25]

A lady in Boots asked me when my baby was due two weeks after I'd had her. Oh God....

[kitbit]

Jeez, when will people realise that truly the ONLY acceptable thing to say to a pregnant woman AND to a new mum is "you look fabulous"???? Even though you know in your heart of hearts it's bollocks, having someone say it really does help!

(By the way, you look fabulous )

[FairMidden]

Oh I can sympathise, I was out in the garden hanging up vests and babygros at 9 days post partum and a lady I know stopped to smile and say "It won't be long now!". I gave her a steely glare and said "He's inside sleeping". She visibly wilted and scuttled off, but came back the next day with a card and a present

[Sunflower100]

YANBU - Mil asked me why I hadn't got my figure back one day after giving birth!!!!

[angelene]

Tell 'em to fuck off... how fucking rude of them. I hate the way that your stomach becomes public property when an ovum meets a sperm within.

[Milkycheeks]

My auntie, who has had seven kids, asked me if i had another one in there when she came to visit me a few days after dd was born. You'd think she's know better. I was so surprised by this comment, i didn't quite know what to say so said nothing. Fortunately I was confident my baby belly would gradually disappear (it did) so i didn't let her remark bother me, though i'm still a bit about her insensitivity 22 mths later