Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Pregnancy

Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

Dumbest things your DHs/DPs have said/done during pregnancy

57 replies

PirateWeasel · 19/06/2018 12:04

I can laugh about these now, but honestly...why do men think it's acceptable to poke the bear while we're up to our ears in raging baby hormones? facepalm Do they have a death wish or something??

My DH's latest offerings:

  • "I hope the baby doesn't get your hairy feet"
  • "I didn't realise your bottom got bigger as well"
  • "We should do up the spare room in case your snoring gets worse, so I can go and sleep out there when I need to"

Not to mention many variations on "I'm so tired. While you're up make me a sandwich, will you?"

Go on, please tell me I'm not alone before I render him unconscious. Again.

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
GummyGoddess · 20/06/2018 18:05

Told him baby was coming now, he looked and said there wasn't a head there so I should get up so we could go somewhere more comfortable (was on my knees in the bathroom). This repeated a few more times with him not believing me until he could see the head, swore and ended up delivering dc2.

AimeeNoOneTheSamee · 20/06/2018 18:12

4 months into our planned pregnancy: "I don't think I can do this."

ApocalypseNowt · 20/06/2018 18:42

During labour my DH suggested to my best friend (and other birth partner) that maybe he should go home as it was taking a long time and he was very tired...

Milknosugar1 · 20/06/2018 19:02

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

SK166 · 20/06/2018 19:08

'I've told you...be careful how much you're feeding that baby!'

Granted, out of context that makes him sound like a massive arse, but he says it all the time to tease me and try to make me laugh when I'm having a panic about giving birth to an 11 pound monster-child with a head the size of a pumpkin (DH has a head the size of a pumpkin...)

idratherbe30than20 · 20/06/2018 21:39

Oh, I also had the following when my waters broke. I was cooking bacon at the time ready for our Sunday morning sandwiches. I was well over 39 weeks so birth was not unexpected.

Me: feels waters go, goes to loo, checks I haven't just wet myself and on deciding it is waters calls DH to tell him.
DH: 'Oh my god, the baby is coming now. Shit. Do we still have time for our bacon sandwiches?'

We did have plenty of time for our bacon sandwiches. DD was not born for a further three days Hmm

PirateWeasel · 21/06/2018 17:02

I no longer know whether to laugh or cry at these! We deserve a flipping medal! @UtterlyRainbowed, that paracetamol thing is EXACTLY what my DH would say. I swear if he does I'll deck him!

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread