What are the most annoying things people have said to you during pregnancy?

Question

And how did you respond?

Just looking for a little fun on a Friday morning

Answer 1

This is my first pregnancy and I kind of went overboard on the eating when I first found out. So, needless to say, I've put on a little more weight than "normal". I went to my sister's house the other day and my brother in law asked me when my next scan was and I told him Monday. He looked at me and said, boy you're going to be surprised when they tell you you're having twins because you're too big just to be 20 weeks! I wanted to smack him. Also, I have been truly blessed and haven't had any morning sickness at all. Women ask me all the time what my morning sickness was like and I tell them I didn't have any. They look at me like they want to murder me and tell me that they wished they had been so lucky. Hey, its not my fault that I didn't get sick. People are annoying.

Answer 2

As long as you don't eat too much you wont get any fatter.

Also, my mom told me the pregnancy wasn't real since I took clomid to conceive.

Answer 3

"My daughter didn't get bigger in the face at all coz she ate right."

It was my first pregnancy and I was thin for that one. Maybe not a stick creature like the girls are nowadays, but thin, and not eating junk or fast food yet, so that hurt.

There really is no good polite response for something so rude, especially to your husband's relative.

Answer 4

with my first it was, "oh lord are you sure there arent twins in there?" that one never gets old.

this time, nothing too bad yet except for my in laws are hard core drinkers and its annoying because everytime we go to thier house they always ask "hey you want a beer or a drink?" and im like "nooooo im pregnant, remember?" everytime i go there they ask. its insane. i really dont drink even when im not pregnant, so i dont know why they insist! lol

Answer 5

Here is what I found personally annoying this time around :"I bet you're hoping for a girl this time" or "Maybe you'll get lucky and this one will be a girl".  My response : "I don't care either way.  I adore my boys."  I heard this from almost every single person I talked to.  I know they didn't mean to sound rude, but in my hormonal state, I was beyond annoyed and dare I say offended.  As it turns out, we are having another boy, which we are thrilled about!

Answer 6

While I was practically dying on the couch trying not to vomit my guts:

From my husbands best friend, "If you just stop thinking about your hormones, it will all go away.  Trust me, I've been around lots of pregnant women, so I know."

LOL It's the best to get pregnancy and parenting advice from bachelors!!

Answer 7

The people who say "You're only (such and such) months along? You're HUGE!" Come on... have some tact!

And while we're on the topic of annoying things during pregnancy, how about the casual acquaintances, or worse yet, total strangers who want to rub your belly as if you're a genie about to pop out of a magic lamp? Hands off!

Answer 8

she said that she'll have to operate her **** as she would get twins and already had a one year child

Answer 9

"why are you so crabby?"     why do you think i'm crabby?!  i'm 9 months pregnant!       or wait...my hubby saw a commercial a few months ago for stretch marks " your gonna need that huh?"     or when people ask what your gonna name him/her and you think you picked out the perfect name...  but their reaction is "nooooo....dont do that"  its like...is this your child?  didnt think so...butt out

Answer 10

i found it very annoying when people would say:

''oh not long now....''

petty i know but i used to think arghhh maybe not for you but 6 weeks is still 6 weeks away and I'm carrying a baby, not getting any sleep, have terrible heartburn, legs are swollen and feel i need to pee every 2 seconds, when i do go its just a pathetic wee dribble and ive still got 6 full weeks left providing i go on my due date!!

lol

maybe i was just hor'moan'al

this time round though i dont mind it because my pregnancy seems to have flew in. Thank goodness

Answer 11

My boss calls me "Hey, Fatty".    At least I have a reason to be gaining weight....

She also said "It's amazing to me that people have to have a license to get married but not to have a baby."  

It doesn't matter to me anyways...I'm not gettting married!

Answer 12

I'm preg. w/ my 4th, and people say "i hope you're done!" its like, no, mabey I'm not, whats it to you?

or, this is awkward, people will say " you know how you keep getting those right?"

dude, dont talk about me and my husbands s*x life right here in the middle of wal-mart! its embarrassing!

Answer 13

A salesman rang my doorbell when I was 9 months pregnant.  I answered the door and he looked at my belly and said "my god, your huge...its twins right?"

My jaw hit the floor that a stranger would say something like that.  You never tell a pregnant woman how big she is, lol.

I told him to bite his tongue and that i wasnt interested in what he was selling.

Besides that, i found it annoying when people would touch my belly without asking.  It happened at a funeral one day, some woman i didnt know started rubbing my belly.  

I work with developmentally disabled people and one of them tried to grab at my belly and misjudged, nearly getting my crotch, lol.

Those are the main things that stick out in my mind.

Answer 14

are you having one of those mood swings or they've made cracks about my hormones oh shut the h**l up lol !  

Answer 15

co-workers: "beep-beep...wide load"

reply: just went on about my buisness

co-workers: "earthquake!"

reply: "than quit walking and we wont feel it"

co-workers: "youre belly is bigger than ________'s stomach now"

reply "yep...but mine's is gonna go down in 4 weeks"

co-workers: "d**n your belly grew and your face is swollen"

reply: "i guess that slim-fast aint working!"

general: just those nasty 'i feel sorry for you' looks

i tell them: "geez...im not dying! im pregnant and happy. so dont be looking at me like that"

ppl are just trying to be funny most of the time and really...theyre just DUMB DUMB DUMB!!!  

Answer 16

from strangers:"are you having twins?" -nope just one.  "you dont look 6 months, you look 7 1/2" -yea i dont look 15 either

from family:"beep beep. wide load comin through." -ima beat ur a**.

Answer 17

Are you sure there are not twins in there?  Co-workers say this too me all the time, I just want to smack them!

Wow you are getting huge, I can't believe how big you are!  From my husbands ex mother in law, that didn't go over so well, luckily my husband jumped in and told her that her daughter got bigger than me with their 1st kid.    

Oh she is just pregnant, don't listen to her.  I have heard this a thousand times, it's so rude!  

You're due when?  You look like you could have that baby anytime!  From co-workers also.  What a bunch of jerks!

Answer 18

"Your Huge" I was pregnant with twins.

Answer 19

"Was it an accident or did you want to get pregnant?"

My husband and I have been married for 3 years, think about it! I'm not that irresponsible.

Answer 20

1) 'you must take the liquid paraffin so the babys complexion is clear and she comes out easier'

2) 'you should buy those surgical spirits to cool down the umbilical cord where they cut it. it needs to be cooled down'

3) south african insurance company: 'we will only cover the costs of your delivery if you have it in a state hospital' (state hospital deliveries are free!!--what the h**l?)

4) south african insurance company: 'we cannot cover your delivery costs because you are under our student plan. students dont normally get pregnant.'

5) 'i can see you are having a girl because you are carrying large in front'

6) 'the reason its hard to see the babys genitals on the ultrasound is because you have that excess fat on your stomach' (ultrasound is used to detect things such as shipwrecks at the bottom of the sea--surely i cant be that fat)

Answer 21

Don't get an abortion, its murder!!!

Reply - f*** off

Answer 22

I was doing my final 'nesting thing' by cleaning my apartment from top to bottom, about a week before I delivered...a neighbor burst in my door (yeah unlocked) and yelled at me not to raise my arms above my head or the umbilical cord will wrap around the baby's neck and choke her to death...it was the hysteria that ticked me off...I can deal with crazy ideas but geesh...bursting in and yelling like that...also showed she was watching me through the window...lol...ah memories...

Answer 23

It took me along time to conceive and now I am almost 15 weeks pregnant. Everything seem to be fine but my mother-in-law yesterday made the comment to me "if everything goes well until the end" . That was kind of mean because I am finally past the worries and being excited talking about it and looking forward to hold my baby in my arms. I don't need anybody to tell me that things might still be wrong because I am already aware of it but in the meantime I shouldn't feel guilty for being excited.  I just responded by saying that " we are hoping and believe that things are going well"

Answer 24

'If your water's gonna break, make sure you go outside.'

I laughed.  Then I left.  

Answer 25

"boy you're big"

"you look like you're eating for two"

"do you have to go pee again"????

Answer 26

I havent told many people but im expecting some nasty comments, just need to prepare an appropraite answer that isnt rude but lets them know i dont give a d**n what they think :) so far, went away from work for two weeks, im back and people are commenting on my weight, i feel like shouting "im pregnant u stupid fool", but i just smile, not ready for them to know yet, but i do feel like puching some people's lights out:)

Answer 27

Being told I should get an abortion or saying how 'big' I'm getting. Remarks about hormones and mood swings. I really hate people you don't know touching your stomach.

Otherwise

1-  "you're glowing, pregnancy really agrees with you"

reply-"I'm not glowing, my face is flushed from spewing all morning."

2- "you must find it such a blessing being pregnant."

3- "haven't you figured out what causes this yet dear"

4- "that'll teach you to keep your legs crossed"

5- "after the child's born you should get your tubes tied so mistakes like this don't happen again"

6-"I've never had s*x with a pregnant chick. Pregnant is different and kinda s**y. It'd be an 'out there' thing to brag to my mates at the pub"

Answer 28

OMG You look so cute pregnant!!

(liars)

Answer 29

I went to starbucks a few month ago and some women where chatting with me ask when I was due and I told them I just couldn't wait to be done being pregnant and so on...Then they said that the best part of having kids was being pregnant everything else after that is annoying. So I look at both of them and said Well maybe neither one you should have had kids then. People are always giving there two cents about how much sleep your going to miss how your body never goes back to normal I can't stand people lol....what about you what is the most annoying thing someone has said?

Answer 30

Wow is that really just one baby in there?-the lady at Subway yesterday...not the first time i've heard it either!  But I just say yeah one very big baby...I have big babies and dont care!!

Answer 31

I live in a small town of about 175 people, so everyone knows everything. I actually had someone ask me what I was going to do about this one, I have one child already. The way this old perv said it was to imply me to have an abortion... I said I am going to sell it on the black market..... I am NOT and would NEVER think about it but it shut him up and left him puzzled none the less.