Does anyone else not like talking about their pregnancy?

[Thisisanamechanger]

I'm not sure why but I hate talking about the baby and pregnancy with my parents! In fact I have to stop myself avoiding contact with them as I know they'll keep asking how I'm feeling and saying it's not long now and have I had any cravings (I have said no several times already!)

Feel awful as they are only excited and trying to be nice so I'm always really polite and talk along but inside I just feel really embarrassed and don't like it.

The only person I really like talking about it with is my DH! I'm the same with other personal things though so perhaps that's why?

I hope when baby is here and I know everything is ok it will be different

Am I the only one?!

@Thisisanamechanger right at the end when I was around due date, I had to turn off my whatsapp received notifications because my mum would endlessly send me little messages about nothing to see if the ticks would turn blue. If they didn't she assumed I was in labour and started calling!

During labour (at home) DH was occasionally running upstairs to ensure that I didn't go idle on Skype for too long as his parents were monitoring that.

It was stressful and ridiculous.

Nope, I feel the same - I find it quite exhausting if I'm honest and have banned baby showers as I dont want the fuss and attention, I just want my baby!!

I hate being asked about the due date because I'm planning an elective c-section for medical reasons so that's earlier than the due date, but if you say that people ask 'why are you having a section' then I feel obliged to talk about the medical reasons from my last birth which in 99% of cases I feel uncomfortable talking about with acquaintances!
Really wish I'd bullshitted the due date and just 'mmm-hmm'd along with the rest of the assumptions...

@lindaperry Yes, this - on the one hand I don't want people to think I'm ashamed of having a Caesarean so I don't want to "hide" it, but on the other I don't appreciate being asked why, it's nobody's business...

So glad there are others feeling like this, I hate the fuss. I love it when me and hubby go baby shopping etc but when my friends or family start gushing (more friends, some cry because they're so happy) it really winds me up! Plus I've been extremely lucky and had so far a fantastic pregnancy no sickness so I have nothing to report. It's not their journey lol we will be defo "pulling up the draw bridge" once our bundles here!

I didn't want to talk about it at all, with anyone. I still don't talk about the pregnancy, I was very ill and nearly died not something I feel the need to chat about!

I didn't think so many people thought like this!
I completely agree. I've not announced my pregnancy yet as it's still early but kind of dread months of questions when I do because I find it personal! I have been thinking of telling my family but waiting to tell friends and work.
When I have heard people asking pregnant people if they are going to breastfeed in the past I have been shocked at such a personal question. I think that is no-one's business. I wouldn't know how to respond to that without giving an answer!
Also I have known some pregnant people or people with babies get loads of second hand clothes passed to them by neighbours or people they barely know! I hope that doesn't happen! I hate feeling like I owe people something!
Also when work buy your baby a present when you go on leave and you have no intention of them ever meeting the baby as I only work for money, I'm not there to make friends!

I have also been feeling like this. I’m on my 3rd pregnancy and for some reason feel even weirder about it this time.

I love the fact that I’m going to be having a lovely new baby but I don’t like having a bump. I don’t love the fact that the world and his brother can see that I’m pregnant at a glance (and what DH and I have therefore been up to). Plus, I have in the past had an eating disorder (many, many years ago) part of which was a real hatred of having a large tummy. So even though the bump is completely different, I don’t love the feeling of having a large tummy! Last pregnancy I hated it when people commented on the size of my bump - and when MIL referred to it as “the belly” and how it was SOOO much bigger than my first pregnancy. I had to get DH to have a word with her and ask her not to mention it. It makes me feel all weird and squirmy.

I’m not a touchy-feely or huggy person at the best of times (except with my children) so most people don’t try to touch my bump - but I hate it if they do. Don’t even like DH or my children touching it.

This is another reason why I've kept quiet. I'm 23 weeks pregnant and not many people know. Due to previous loss and lots of scans this time we decided to keep quiet until we hopefully get the all clear next week.

We're very happy about it but when you have a bad experience it makes you very cautious. I'm not ready for all the fuss from others yet.

No doubt we'll get guilt trips for keeping quiet but we have very good reason to.

I don’t want to tell anyone about this pregnancy, only DP and I know. I know it may seem foolish but I’m afraid to jinx it in some way by telling people since our last two pregnancies miscarried at 11&12 weeks. I’m currently 7 weeks and terrified it will happen again. I didn’t find family and friends helpful the past two times so I’d rather they didn’t know either way.

I’m 30 weeks on Tuesday and am only now telling people because I finish work in 8 weeks (one to one client based role) and it’s getting harder to hide. If I could I wouldn’t tell anyone.

I think I'm worse than you all.. I don't even plan on telling people till I'm about 7/8months. I hate the fuss and I'm extremely private. My mum and DH obviously know but that's it. If it wasn't for ruffling feathers I'd actually have the baby and let people know then. Too much? I know. 🤪😂

I have days like this. Mostly it’s people I don’t know that I don’t like talking about it with. I’m 6 months so don’t look pregnant to people who don’t know me yet. At work the other day I mentioned to a client I was expecting (they had a baba too) but then they started asking personal questions. All well meaning but just a bit.. woah.

I find it weird that when you’re pregnant everyone asks you ‘are you breastfeeding’ etc. I think I must be a prude but it does make me cringe!

So glad I'm not the only one here!!! It's like I've stopped being a person and I'm suddenly Just a walking bump people want to know all about. Doesn't help there's a group of us all pregnant at the same time (non I'm especially close to) but I dread the constant messages about oh my baby kicked has yours etc etc. Been invited to a party recently which I'm 'busy' as I can't stand the thought of getting stuck with every one talking baby. I'm over the moon I'm pregnant but it's not my whole life and something I like to just talk to my partner/close ones about.