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WTF?! Outspoken comments on your pregnant body

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user59457812 · 05/09/2011 13:30

So, one of the cleaners at work just came up to me, pointed at my arse and said 'hey, you got fat!'.

I was a bit dumb struck, then she said, 'well you are pregnant aren't you?'. I'm only 11.5 weeks and we have told no one at all, I'm not even showing (apart from a bit of tummy bloating when I have bad gas, but you know). At last weigh in I had put on 1kg since pre-pregnancy so I've hardly ballooned. When I asked her how she knew she said, 'I'm a mother, eh? Anyway, I don't know why you're upset - you're pregnant, you are going to get REALLY FAT so you'd better get used to it'. Erm, thanks!

So, what was your best/worst personal pregnancy remark? Any witty comebacks?

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MagicLJS · 08/09/2011 10:02

Comments I had for dc1 were...

'wow, look how big you are' (I was 7 days away from giving birth) from the same work colleague who had previously described me in my earlier stages as 'being a big unit' which in his eyes meant I would get really big when pregnant. Very nice to hear.

Also, from a bitchy friend of DH when we announced we were expecting 'oh, I thought so based on the size of your boobs' - I wanted to point out that at 15 weeks I was still far slimmer than her in all aspects including boobs!!

Expecting dc2 now so looking forward to more classics...!!

whizzyrocket · 08/09/2011 10:32

Ditto what Missus said Lady my chap made exactly the same comment a few weeks ago but qualified it with "...except that you're walking wider!" Made me really self-conscious.

Sprite21 · 08/09/2011 11:08

A colleague at work insisted on calling me 'porky' when she saw me. NOT OKAY.
She seemed to think it was acceptable since she herself was overweight but no, it's not.

Similarly got conflicting messages sometimes in the same day. 'You're really big, you're very compact' - and you don't know what you're talking about!

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