what's the stupidest preggo related thing anyone has ever said to you?

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When i was pregnant with ds about 3 years ago my brother's boyfriend asked me 'is it true that the cord can get wrapped around the neck and strangle the baby?'

I nearly threw up at the thought of it.

I haven't seen a 'tactless shit people come out with' thread in a while.

Please share!!

I was 6 months pregnant with DD1, it was November 1991.

I was laid on couch in GP surgery having a check up - he poked and prodded by stomach and observed "He's dead then"

WTF!!!!!! I swear the world stopped spinning at that point - was my GP telling me that my unborn had died!!!

No, as the conversation went on my GP continued - "I really liked Freddie Mercury, such a shame he's died"!!!!

100% true.

PS - 3 months later I gave birth to a bouncing baby girl!!!

DH and I have just found out our baby is either ectopic or a failing pregnancy. We are both devastated. DH phoned his aunt to tell her and her response was "Well at least you now know you would want a baby"

Err, yes it took a MC for us to work that out

On telling SIL that we are expecting DC4 (DC2 was stillborn so we are so relieved that things are looking good so far although there are many, many weeks of tests/scans still to go):

SIL: [lengthy pause then in a rather cold voice] And is this happy news? That doesn't seem like it would be a very good idea.

The use of the word preggo :(

Me and dp work together in a team of about 12 people and have been together long before we started working together, so everyone at work only no us as a couple, yet when we happily announced the pregnancy together one girl asked me 'is it dp's?' (Thered be no reason to think it may not be I shud add - the girl just has a nack for saying stupid things!) luckily everyone burst laughing so it was funny rather than offensive

I've had "how far along are you? ah so it's too late to do anything about it then", "I take it it wasn't planned?" and "so do you have a boyfriend then?"

Your pregnant n not married?!?! This is what our society's come to!!!

Is rich(hubby and the daddy) going to be there at the birth?....that was from my mum :) my dad dint alf tell her off afterwards for being so stupid ;p i felt like saying wel no he was just going to call the ambulance for me then go back sleep....but my dad said it. For me :) loool x

Alpaca I am so sorry that you are going through this. I had the same thing said to me after my first mc. People can be very thoughtless

Thank you duvet it's unbelievable that anyone can be that insensitive. I'm sorry to hear you had a MC, too.

Colleague at old office shouted across room (this was a male dominated investment bank to paint the scene)...
"So do you have to wear those pads like nappies now in case you pee yourself?"

When I was 28 weeks with my 3rd baby, I went into my local charity shop to drop some things off and the lady there asked how long I'd got to go. When i said 12 weeks, she acted like it was the most bizarre thing she'd ever heard - " but you're HUUUUUGE! Are you sure you're not further along?" etc etc, then she went into the store room and called the other woman out saying, 'come and look at this lady, she reckons she's got 12 weeks to go but she's massive, I was never that huge, not even at term with twins!' Other lady comes out and duly clucks at my enormous bump (they weren't talking to me at this point, just exclaiming about it to each other RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME).

Oh and FIL when DH called after scan for DD2 to announce we were having a girl..."oh well! You can always have a third!"
He didn't know he was on speaker

Didn't mention anything about being pregnant on Facebook until I was 21 weeks...everyone important knew already and I was very nervous/anxious before we knew everything looked ok at 20 week scan due to years of infertility and going through IVF to finally conceive.
When people cottoned on via seeing something on FB, lots of kind wishes, comments etc from friends/old colleagues/school friends etc. which was lovely.
However 2 women I was at school with, acquaintances but not close friends at school, haven't seen for 11 years both messaged me separately demanding to know why I had kept my pregnancy 'a secret' and seemed genuinely offended I hadn't told them!
When I explained I was perhaps a bit more cautious/nervous than the average person due to having IVF etc. one said 'why can't you conceive then? Is there something wrong with you or DH?' And the other said....'oh I know exactly how you feel...we thought about having IVF to conceive DC3 as it took so long to fall pregnant with her naturally (4 months) compared to DC1&2 who were both unplanned.'

A guy at work asked me if I was massaging my perineum?! He come out with out of nowhere whilst we was on a works' Xmas do

When I told my boss I was pregnant and it was due in July, he asked incredulously 'this year?!'.....

Thank you Alpaca. Take care of yourself.

"So you'll be sending your husband for the does scissor motion with fingers will you?"

Said the woman on the till at the supermarket.

This is DC2, we're hardly the Duggars. And even if we were, fuck off, it's none of your business!

Mil, first visit after having dd. Told me in huuuuuge tmi detail how she nearly died when having bil. Then said 'I didn't tell you before because I knew you wouldn't cope'. Wtf?!??

'Your bump is even bigger than last time I saw you. I swear it is growing by the day'.

"I felt my baby move/had a bump at 10 weeks ... Is something wrong?" From various airheads who don't know what a 10 week fetus can/can't do. Fully aware I have a history of miscarriage so am nervous.

"Don't inject chemicals... Turmuric/acupuncture/woo-magic will do better." Hahaha. I'm on clexane.

And my pet hate should you be doing that given your ... History? said with kindly judgements about such sins as eating (cheddar style) cheese, going to bed after 10, working, drinking ZERO ALCOHOL beer, having 1 instant weak coffee a day.
Noooo I dont know fuck about what causes miscarriages and neither does St Marys RMC clinic. Thanks so much for enlightening me with some half recalled daily mail shite as if I'm a reckless bitch who wants to kill her child.

Oh, and on the flipside "nothing can go wrong" mentality. It's what normal women crave but to me it's hollow platitude. I'm coming to terms with loss then pregnancy... So people wanting to pretend I'm not for their own comfort annoy me.

alpaca you poor thing. I can't believe what people come out with sometimes. People mean well, but it doesn't stop them from saying insensitive things.

squizita so true! people become fertility and pregnancy experts.

We had to terminate one twin due to heart and chromosomal problems ...

Message from friend when I had updated her ...
""Congratulations !!!!"

Er ... not quite the point .