Comments people have made to you while pregnant

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I’m only 14 weeks but it’s starting already! Have been told today by an acquaintance I’ve met a handful of times that not only is my bump massive, but so are my boobs

She’s not wrong to be fair, nothing fits me but I can’t imagine commenting on someone else’s boobs pregnant or not 🙈

Share your most amusing/inappropriate comments in pregnancy

I got a lot of "was it planned?" ...errrr yes I was heartbroken after a miscarriage last year, this was very much planned.

I also have pregnancy insomnia and whenever I tell anyone I'm not sleeping I get "you just wait until the baby gets here" or "it's your body preparing you".

Oh and DP's boss asked him what we were doing about the surname as we're not married and told him he was "whipped" when DP explained we were using both of our names. Nothing like a bit of casual misogyny!

Lesbian marriage been married for 3 years, told people at work we were going through ICI (as it wasn't a massive shock and they could plan ahead to cover my leave etc etc) and my boss said
"Was it planned" EERRRMMM YES

@Limegreentangerine that is next level 😂 should’ve told them it was a total accident that your wife impregnated you!

Told the in-laws about the pregnancy last week (I'm 12 weeks now) and then got undisguised stares at my belly (I have no bump yet). The whole way through the last pregnancy it was constant comments about the shape / size of my belly. It was small compared to most women and they were "complimenting" but I hated the scrutiny and constant staring.

My DH and I are early thirties and we told my in-laws a few weeks ago after the dating scan, and we got "about time!" from the parents and two sets of siblings. It's taken us well over a year to conceive (had just been referred for treatment) and that grated on me so much! I can understand my brother in law and his wife as they're younger and naïve, but the others must appreciate that for some people it takes time. Just seems insensitive to me!

I always carried small then baby stopped growing with IUGR and had to have a lot of growth scans. There were many comments about the size of my bump and how it was tiny. When I was full term I was the same size as some people at 20 weeks

Worst comment by far was in hospital, been induced due to the IUGR at 37 weeks, potentially hind waters had gone so they sent me to the day unit. Arrived went to reception tried to explain and they looked me up and down and stated oh your waters won’t have gone you aren’t far enough along.

I just handed her my notes and sat down, I could have cried.

My MIL keeps asking me if I'm gaining weight as I still look very thin and that's not good for baby. ( I was hospitalised with hyperemisis and have only recently stopped throwing up so my weight gain has been zero) I'm 17 weeks now and doing my best!

Also the small bump comments too! It's my first and I have a retroverted uterus so my bump is quite small but I don't want to have to tell everyone that!

Don't get me started on the 'just you wait....!' Comments either, I dont want to hear about how little sleep I'll get or how horrific a labour you had

Are you eating for two or three?

My answer- yes I'm eating for three. Me, myself and I.

When informing my manager of my first pregnancy there was a pause and then "riiight... and are you happy about it?" Then lots of "was it planned?" From colleagues.

Was also told by one colleague that it "didn't bode well" for me as a mother when I admitted I didn't enjoy feeling the baby squirming around inside me as "that was the best bit and how horrible you don't like it!"

I went to a local shop when I was massively pregnant and had my 2, 4 and 6 year olds with me. Shop bloke looked at me and the kids and told me I needed to get a tv. I told him I already had one but preferred having sex. Put my stuff down and never went back in.

Multiple people asking if it was planned. I find this incredibly rude. It's mainly came from colleagues/friends mainly on DP's side. We are 27 and 30 with secure jobs and own our home so find it really bizarre!

Do you know the sex was a frequent question. Yes it's a boy. This was frequently met with a look of sympathy, pity or ohh. It was my third boy. Me and dh were delighted but rather unamused by these types of comments.

You look massive! I was wearing a size 12 non maternity coat which fitted and done up. She was busting out of her size 18 uniform

My wife had to sit through her mother and aunts talking about people they know that had miscarriages and suffered as a result of birth medical negligence during delivery process.

I was about 16ish weeks and got ‘what?you’re putting on weight already??’ Followed by ‘well I wasn’t meaning to upset you’ when I explained how perfectly bloody normal that was!!!

Your tiny / your HUGE randomly like they each tossed a coin before saying tiny or huge. I just thought well I must be exactly perfect then so all you tiny / huge proclaimers can all FO.

I was 9 months pregnant and had a top that I was very fond of wearing-my friend said to me "that top does not look as good as you think it does"

@ExcaliburCottage

When informing my manager of my first pregnancy there was a pause and then "riiight... and are you happy about it?" Then lots of "was it planned?" From colleagues.

Was also told by one colleague that it "didn't bode well" for me as a mother when I admitted I didn't enjoy feeling the baby squirming around inside me as "that was the best bit and how horrible you don't like it!"

I have 3 kids and hated feeling each one move about it's a weird feeling defo didn't like it lol

Always wish I had a suitable reply when I think about this one . My daughter is mixed race and when I was pregnant someone asked how I felt about having a child who would never look like me

My worst was when I was 26 weeks and someone asked how far along I was. I told her and she said "oh lovely, try not to have him yet though...a lot still die if they're born at that gestation"

"I didn't know you were pregnant again!"

Although actually, I wasn't.

“What, you’re pregnant again?! How many kids is that now??”

With my first pregnancy when I announced at work I got from this woman who loves putting people down

“Huh, say goodbye to your size 8 body”

Now 3 kids down and still an 8 thanks sweetcheeks 👍

My best friend (or so called) made a few comments. One being 'you should get a private scan weekly too make sure babies heart don't stop' and also 'you're going too be depressed after birth you'll get postnatal depression -.- including telling me too not announce till 24 weeks due too viability

Currently 32 weeks and I'm pretty short so bump is obvious and all out the front. I get a lot of people assuming I'm due in a week or two, rather than 8 weeks from now. And when they do find out due date they go on to examine me and exclaim how they've no idea how ill fit another 8 weeks of growing baby into me .... yep, my ribs are killing already and my hips are unstable with PGP but thanks for making me even more worried guys! It also just annoys me generally when people are like "omg 8 weeks is ages isn't it!!" When I'm sat here wishing time would hurry up! I don't need reminding how long I'll be in this uncomfortable body for!