Assuming I'm only 6 months pregnant. At this point in time, It is freaking me out a little bit. I proceed to tell them I'm 8 and a half months pregnant and they say "oh wow, you don't look that pregnant". Well thanks for the insult? Or was it a compliment? I'm almost 6 feet tall and weighed about 180-185 pre baby. I've always been very phsycially involved in my jobs / sports...I'm a "tough" chick I guess you could say
Why do people feel the need to comment on your baby bump size? My baby is growing perfectly fine in there! So bugger off!
Re: So tired of people...
Everyone either says I'm "about to pop" or "you're so tiny" ...... it's frusterating that people can't just say something generic like, "looking good" or "baby sure is growing" instead of trying to pass a judgment.
I think I'm touchy though. The first thing my MIL asked when she arrived the other day was about the amount of weight I have gained, ugh.
I was the same as you I am now 40 weeks and have gained 40 pounds... a pound a week haha. I get the comments all the time!
HOw are you calculating 8 and a half months with seven weeks to go? Pregnancy is 40 weeks, your ticker indicates you are 33. "Eight and a half months" would mean you had approximately 2 weeks left, according to your ticker you have 7 weeks left. That's closer to 2 months than half a month.
The people estimating 6 months are off, but not as far off as you are.
I am thinking if we're pregnant for an average of 40 weeks, that = about 10 months. So she's about 8 1/2 months pregnant with about 2 1/2 months to go. Technically we aren't pregnant the entire time since the first few weeks before conception are just lumped into the whole time so IMHO she's right to say she's 8 1/2 months pregnant. Check your math and see how many months 33 weeks comes up to. 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32....that's 8 months plus one more week makes her almost 8 1/2 months.....make sense?
Honestly that is not the important part of this post.... but I would definitely say that 46 days is about one and a half months...and pregnancy is definitely a full 9 months. 40 weeks = 10 months of time ...52 weeks in a year
But that was besides the point of the post... srry people
Definitely does. Thanks for the back up. hope others see the point to this post
I'm going to repost this link here, I think it would help with any confusion.
Pregnancy Length
This is a little bit ridiculous. I think it's fair for people to assume a month is about 4 weeks. Is it supposed to be common knowledge that an average month is 4.3 weeks? She wasn't trying to mislead and say she was further along than she really is and that was not at all the point of her post.
wow, so obviously we are hormonal women if we are going off about length of pregnancy... does it really matter? I mean that's not what this post is about anyway.
I kept getting comments about how it's "all belly"... but the other day my boss said well at least you got the weight in all the right places! .... Um, excuse me? What would THOSE places be? lol... typical guy i guess. I was very small to begin with and in the past month my stomach BLEW UP! So at least it doesn't look like im just hitting the drive thru too much anymore... But now I have only 10weeks to go and I haven't gained a single pound in the past 3. Hmmm, not really sure what to think anymore.
some time people want to be nice and is better if they don't say anything at all, I have people telling me, you look so small for be 38 weeks or you haven't go yet?, I don't know if they trying to make me feel good or what, I just feel like I want to cry, this is # 3 for me and I do look bigger then my other pregnancy and my babys are always been big 9.2 and 9.6 lbs, once at work some custumer toll me, you're ready ah! and I say Im only 6 months, I think I want to wait a little longer, and he didn't kow what to say and the only thing he came out of he was "what do I know, I only make the dam things" so rude and out of place.
So I know what you meen and we all go true that!
My pet peeve is, "How are you FEELING???" You didn't ask me how I was feeling before I got pregnant - quit asking me now. And everyone - friends, family and strangers can't quite decide how far along I am, so I'm either tiny for my month or huge for it (just hit the 7 month mark).
Maybe if we all just start telling people how we're really doing - "Got a little more discharge today" or "Boy, my boobs sure hurt" or even, "Who knew colostrum would leak out THIS early?" that would stop the comments...
I'm having a wonderful pregnancy. Leave me alone so I can enjoy it!