I’m 35 weeks pregnant and about to start my maternity next week…. I work in a very small office and due to sickness within the workplace, there was just me and the company director working yesterday. Since announcing my pregnancy, he has made a couple of comments that didn’t particularly sit well with me but I also don’t feel like there was any personal malice behind them. Anyway - it was just him & I working and out of the blue he asked if he could tell me a baby related story, but I could tell by his face it wasn’t a sunshine & rainbows story so I said hmmmm is it gruesome?! And he made a face that indicated it may have been, so I said oh no I don’t want to hear it then. He replied ‘awwww it was a good story as well’ and I’m not sure about anyone else but as soon as someone says that it makes you more intrigued than ever!! So I said okay go on then - in my mind, for whatever reason, I thought he was going to tell me a story involving ghosts or ghost babies (please don’t ask why). I was so wrong…. He then proceeded to tell me about a very true story in my home town of a mother going into her work place during her maternity leave to visit colleagues, and the baby being old enough to crawl, and who eventually crawled through a gap in the railings on the balcony and falling to his death!!! Yes - the baby!!! I was in complete shock as to why on earth he would even think to tell me this story!!!! There wasn’t even a prior conversation of babies or anything remotely baby related!!!! I didn’t really know what to say but after letting it sink in, I’m angry/shocked/a big sickened. Am I over reacting?? How strange for anyone to tell you that whilst heavily pregnant (& about to go on mat leave). Oh also he then went on to say we wouldn’t have that problem in our office because we’re on the bottom floor - bloody weird right?!!