When you were pregnant or if you're pregnant now...?

Question

Did/does it drive you nuts when people asked/ask how you're feeling all the time? Seriously, I'm so sick of answering this question. I'm not dying. I'm pregnant. It's not like they're expecting a straight answer anyway. The expect me to say "Oh, just fine" and go on my way.

To those of you that did/do get annoyed by it, how do you resist the urge to talk about the sleep you're not getting or the giant hemorroid you're suffering from, etc.?

Answer 1

Wait until you are big enough for people to start asking to "touch" your stomach. They mean well, but it is annoying. Just smile and say fine and go your way.  lol..I did want to talk about the morning sickness and how I had been vomitting half the morning, but oh well!

Answer 2

Try and answer them with the truth.  They might be a little shocked, but they'll get over it.  My pet peeve was complete strangers coming up and touching my little Buddha belly.  Once your pregnant, you're fair game for all the touching and stupid questions.

Answer 3

I do get asked a lot.  By my friends all the time.  It's nice to know that they care, I'm just running out of different answers to sound interesting!

Answer 4

I don't mind, people are curious as am I.

I've never had someone touch my belly, even family doesn't do it.

If some stranger did it to me, I'd hit them.

Answer 5

One of my friends asks me all the time how I'm feeling. I just usually give her the same answer, "Okay, tired." It's the truth and it's short and to the point!

Answer 6

Oh, God, that drove me crazy!!! From family is one thing, but EVERYONE who ever knew me at ALL would ask. I would go into my old place of employment and every single person would ask how I was feeling. Um...hugely pregnant?!?!

Answer 7

Totally.

I usually say fine, and people look at me expecting me to elaborate, which I wonder if they really want the details, as pregnancy is not glamorous.

Recently it's not been as fun as I'm uncomfortable and can't sleep. So I generally just shrug and give an unconvincing smile and people just nod and leave it at that. I think people sometimes just want hear cheerful news and if you just clue them in that you're not at 100% that day they'll leave you be.

As for people touching my belly, that's just weird. I don't even get asked. People just come out and start rubbing like I'm buddah. I had one of my husbands friends (that I just met for the first time) come up to me at a party and start touching my belly. Kinda creepy.

Answer 8

oh my gosh, yes!!!!  I love my hubby but he must ask me about 100 times a day, and this is our 5th!  It drives me up the wall.  I'm pregnant, how do you think I feel?  Most days I feel like c**p and he knows that so why ask!?

Thanks for the venting outlet:)

Answer 9

I'm so with you on this one.  What really gets under my skin is when they ask, but they don't really want to know.  Like when my answer is, well someone left the dinner meat on the stove and as I was putting it in the garbage I started vomiting on the pan.  Oh, and I have hives all over my chest and neck.  Not to mention that I can't sleep through the night because I have to pee three times a night.  And sometimes when I pee I have to flush really quickly so that I can turn around and vomit.  Well...they asked.

Answer 10

that was definitely one of my pet peeves! especially at the beginning of my pregnancy it seemed like EVERYBODY asked "how are you feeling?" and i really was feeling fine which is what i said. i think people hope to hear about awful sickness or something.  now i'm 36 weeks and i am constantly asked one of these questions " are you excited?"  "i bet you're SO ready to get this over with" or "how much longer do you have?"  and most people are surprised by my answers. while i am excited, i'm not like jumping up and down like a cheerleader, i'm having a baby which was a planned thing for my husband and i and i am at a point in my life where it felt like the right time but it's not like an "excited" that you'd get if ed mcmahon came to your front door with a check.

i'm actually not SO ready to have the pregancy be over. i have had a great pregnancy and i'm not uncomfortable or miserable and swollen and achy. i'm just regular "me" with a huge belly.

and i am still not due for 4 weeks and people keep assuming that i am due tomorrow. and according to my doctor i am nowhere near going into labor.

Answer 11

I dont resist the urge lol They ask how im feeling & I always tell the truth Some days I feel awesome, some days I feel like c**p If you ask, then I will tell i dont mind saying im tired my bones hurt, and I also dont mind saying I feel lovely It depends on the day