Annoying things people say to pregnant women

[byanyothernamerose]

So I am only in my first trimester (8+6) and not many people know that I am pregnant BUT......

Already I am finding myself irritated by comments from the people around me...for example:

• having mild cramp and feeling nauseous...my husband says that it must be something I have eaten, I reply no I am just pregnant, and he continues to quiz what I've eaten

• had nausea from very early on and has been pretty constant until recently...my mum says, it's far too early for symptoms...I say well what can I say I have them?? Mum just repeats her comment again and I am made to feel I am making it up?

• staying at a friend's and absolutely shattered, so I take a nap, friend knows I am pregnant but tells me I am sleeping too much and that is making me lethargic.

Is it just me? This post is semi-lighthearted but I feel like until I have a huge bump everyone thinks I am making things up??

'Pregnancy isn't an illness' - Is probably the most annoying one for me.

Im sure you'd think differently if it was your head in this toilet bowl!!!

Ginger biscuits don’t work on normal morning sickness either in my experience!

I eat a banana in the morning, as it’s the only food that doesn’t burn if it comes back up!

Oatcakes are much healthier than cream crackers.

I had some really bad third trimester heartburn and my husband didn't seem to get that it happened whatever I ate. Cue massive rant that I was eating too much Branston's pickle. Wanted to punch him hahaha.

@notasgreenascabbagelooking I can't believe an adult said that!
My 5 year old did a similar comment when DC3 was born, before even looking at the baby she put her hand my stomach and said 'why is your tummy still fat are you having another baby?'

“Oh, your getting big!”
“Are you sure it isn’t twins?!”
“When are you due?! Your huge!”
“You’ll soon get used to having no sleep”
“Do you know what it is yet?”

I heard all of the above literally hundreds of times while I was pregnant!!

Should you be eating that- they contain lots of salt? - kinda why I'm eating it- salty cravings.

And you're sure there's only one in there? - I've given up with this one I had it last time and I've got it again!

I remember been really upset at a baby shower at work that was essentially a game of how huge are you and how huge will your baby be too. They literally guessed my circumference then measured me with a tape measure before guessing I'd have 10lb baby!

I'm also sick of family trying to give me clothes that they seem suitable for me to wear because it's a massive size/ stretchy/ will just cover me up!

'Oh I don't envy you in the slightest, sweetheart, in this weather' by complete random strangers.

I'm 37 weeks today and rather large. I do get people only mean well but.. I quite like the hot weather as long as I can escape it

And yes with the twins!! I've had 5 bloody scans, I know I'm not having twins!

Yes - 'was it planned?' From people I don't even know!! I feel like responding with personal questions about their sex life 🙄🙄🙄

I had 'was it planned?' from my dentist of all people, and 'are you sure it's not twins?' from a friend who had twins quite recently so really should know better!

Your not Ill..... actually was was as I had hyperemisis and tried to work but ended up been off for 3 months with it!

I also hated to top lifters! I mean how rude!

I’m not bothered by any of it really. I know it isn’t malicious, people just like to see a pregnant person and want to have something to say! Whatever they say I just hear, “oh you are creating a new life that’s amazing!”

But I’m much more relaxed this time. First pregnancy... everything bothered me! I think it’s partly a mix of the hormones and anxiety that make us less tolerant and more irritable.

I’m fed up with “you’re very neat, compared with the last two” in a surprised tone. Yeah yeah, I was a fucking orca last time, thanks for reminding me.

"You're massive compared to SIL" said by MIL whilst staring at me with her mouth on the floor, after knowing how upset I've been because I have excessive fluid, probably because my baby will need surgery when born and SIL is expecting her 1st so would be smaller anyway.

‘Are you sure you should be doing that, in your condition?’

‘I’m surprised you’re out and about, in your condition!’

‘Oh you must be suffering terribly with this heat, IN YOUR CONDITION’

Drives me nutty. I’m 39+4 and it’s as if people think I should now be closed away in a darkened room, banished from public view and entirely immobilised until the baby arrives

Yes, oatcakes are definitely healthier than cream crackers but my mum seems to think that if I don't do everything the way did when she was pregnant then I am doing it wrong...she ate cream crackers for her nausea therefore I must too, her symptoms didn't start before 8 weeks therefore me having symptoms straight away makes me an attention seeker. Drives me mad!! But lots more to look forward to from the sound of these posts 😂🙈

Co worker on finding out I was pregnant - "is it dps baby" and "are you sure it's dps".
YES IM BLOODY SURE, we may have only been together a few weeks but I'm fully aware of who I've slept with and who's baby I was carrying

"so and so copes much better with pregnancy than you do"... 3 days after I came out of hospital with hyperemesis. Comparing me to someone who did not vomit once in any 3 of her pregnancies.

"You're trapped working here now you're pregnant"

"I know what it's like to be pregnant, I had a pregnant wife once."

"Make sure you're not overdoing it, you need to take it easy and put your feet up, I hope you're getting plenty of rest etc etc" from people who know I work full time and have a small child at home. Especially senior work colleagues who keep telling me to "take it easy" whilst simultaneously handing me long lists of time consuming stuff to do on top of all the other stuff I already have to do!

Also the next tedious fuckwit who goes "are you sure it's not twins? Hahaha" is going to get punched in the face.

I was being sick from 6 weeks right up until I pushed them out. Actually still throwing up while in labour! News flash morning sickness is not just restricted to the morning!

I’m 21 weeks and my little bump is showing now so I’ve been buying maternity dresses for work and literally the first day I had comments all day, drove me up the wall. I had some random lady from work walk along with me when I wasn’t going home and asking if I was walking home in the heat to which I replied course not I’m getting the bus, then as I got nearer the bus I went to stand in the shade and she got my arm and said u stay there ok u musnt be out in the heat! I don’t even really know this woman and felt like telling her to bog off, I’m not ill for Christ sake nor am I stupid. Then we had our 20 weeks scan Monday just gone and found out the sex and all I’ve had since then is the same question of names ! Arghh

I’ve had to start saying ‘August’ when people ask when I’m due as although I’m due right at the end of August, people start going on about how massive I am if I tell them that. At least just giving the month lets them think I could be four weeks ahead of what I am 😂

People are also constantly telling me it’s a boy because of how I’m carrying - which he is, but it has nothing to do with how I look!

I work in an environment where I regularly visit old people’s homes etc to provide a service. The one comments I get the most are:
“How could you possibly be pregnant without being married?”
“Are you going to get married, that’s the most important thing?”
“Where’s the ring if your pregnant?!”

I AM married I just don’t wear my rings to work for health and safety reasons

People ALWAYS feel they have to comment don’t they!

I am 37 weeks at the moment and don’t mind most of the comments - I know people are just excited and interested but I’ve been getting a lot of:

• wow, you lookready to pop, how long do you have left?
• you’ve been pregnant for ages! (Erm, well yes about 8 months)
• oh how are you coping in this heat!? I don’t envy you (actually I quite like the warmth and sunshine!)
• oh your bump has dropped (from a random woman in Screwfix who had never seen me before in her life)
• oh your bump is still very high, not dropped yet! (on the same day from the lady on the Tesco check out)

My all time best was in my last pregnancy when a friend commented “oh, you don’t look that pregnant but now I look at your face I can see it. You have a fat face and normally you are quite skinny”.

There was a bit of a stunned silence after that.