Really annoying pregnant friends

Chereen

Ohhhhhh mmmmm geeeeee

So I have a friend who just announced she's pregnant: here's how it happened. (List form of course)

1. She starts pinning baby stuff non stop
2. She post baby stuff on fb.
3. Then she goes "well I guess the rumors out! We're pregnant! (Uh hey crazy you started the rumor)
4. She post a pic of her belly saying "I love how I can see my baby growing". She is 6 weeks pregnant!!!!!!!!! (First pregnancy)
5. Now she complains about something new every day like " I hate how I can't cross my legs". I asked why and she said " because it's so bad for the baby " WTF!?!?
6. She has already picked out her mega expensive stroler online and posted it. " after hours of research, I found the only thing I will put my baby in" ( uh why don't you go to a store and see them in person and see the way they move)

Now maybe I'm just super annoyed for no reason. But I'm like dude your not even 2 months and you already complain everyday and seem snoody. And I'm kinda shocked she announced it on fb at 6 weeks. It's scary for a "healthy" woman to go thru the first trimester. She has a health condition, I'm not sure how it could affect baby , but wouldn't you want to wait till 2nd tri ?

Any other ladies have annoying newly pregnant friends? Or just annoying pregnant friends?

Edit for everything : I'm mobile bumping

MrsEvinsky

Sounds like an AW. People deal with things differently, I've had friends not tell a soul until 20 weeks but my BFF told family and friends at 8 weeks.

Codypup

I have a friend who I only realized was annoying in hindsight. If that makes any sense.

While she was pregnant, she seemed incapable of talking about anything other than her pregnancy - she had no interest in anyone else's life, and would invariably turn the conversation back around to herself. It didn't matter if I (or anyone else) was going through a personal crisis - she would smile and nod and then change the subject back to her baby.

At the time I gave her a pass, because I had never been pregnant and assumed I shouldn't judge if I've never been in her shoes. I thought that maybe all pregnant women did what she did. 

Now that I AM pregnant...I can see how ridiculous her behavior was. I'm knocked up but perfectly capable of talking about other things...I make it a point to ask my friends about their lives, and listen to their answers, etc.

It was eye-opening for me to realize all this. And sadly, it's kind of changed the way I view her as a friend.

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TessyMessy

Give her some time.. before you know it she will be crossing her legs, eating turkey and soft serve ice cream in shame ) No one can be perfect for 40-ish weeks. 

Chereen

She's always been an AW lol. Some women, I will just never understand

Kedra231

Not anymore, now they're annoying non-pregnant friends.  I don't think friends should constantly one-up another friend, and I don't think they're really friends if they're ONLY ever around or available when they want or need something, but you...well, you can go hang.

It's REALLY hard to find friends who are on the same page, who get you & get along with you, & it's even harder to find REAL, DECENT friends who are worth your time & effort.

I'd "accidentally" lose her off your friend's feed & not worry about it.  Soon you'll be too busy with your own baby to worry about her, & she does sound like a one-upper, which equals waste of time.  If she says something about not seeing your feed, just tell her that you're paring down everything so that you can focus on your priorities.  If she has a problem with that, oh well.

btrebus

I don't have any annoying pregnant friends, but I don't have some annoying MOM friends. Like those that post a weekly picture of their kid "My little guy is 28 months old today!" 

And those that love to post FB updates whenever their kid is throwing up or had a massive dump. I had a friend yesterday who posted a picture of poop on the floor from her son who she's potty training- he missed the seat completely and I got a full blown poop picture while I was eating my lunch. WHY does everyone feel the need to post about their kids' digestional issues?! I don't care that your kid is barfing, and I definitely don't care about their poop either.

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VeronicaAnn143

I have one that's less annoying but just kind of weird.  She's probably about 26 or so weeks now.  She announced at a normal time, like maybe 13 or 14 weeks?  But when I announced I had this cool graphic that my graphic design friend made about when we started dating, engaged, married, and parents.  Well about 20 minutes later she posted the same thing just no graphic, just in a status update...it was a little weird.  I actually expected her to be more all over the place on facebook but she hasn't been terrible.  I have another one who's pretty crunchy but it's entertaining to watch.

TessyMessy

BlueDot818 said:

Give her some time.. before you know it she will be crossing her legs, eating turkey and soft serve ice cream in shame ) No one can be perfect for 40-ish weeks. 

I bet she tells no one that she does theses things though. I had a friend who wasn't a FB poster about her pregnancy but made sure everyone knew she was only eating organic and drinking water. But please it came out after pregnancy that she indulged in Taco Bell and soda too. It makes me nuts when people try to act perfect. We are all human!

Yes! The women who are that emphatic publicly about their healthy eating and exercise are the ones that secretly sit on the couch with a greasy bag of fast food and a half gallon of ice cream and then hide the evidence! I have no shame in my game. 

Chereen

Stophoney said:

BlueDot818 said:

Give her some time.. before you know it she will be crossing her legs, eating turkey and soft serve ice cream in shame ) No one can be perfect for 40-ish weeks. 

I bet she tells no one that she does theses things though. I had a friend who wasn't a FB poster about her pregnancy but made sure everyone knew she was only eating organic and drinking water. But please it came out after pregnancy that she indulged in Taco Bell and soda too. It makes me nuts when people try to act perfect. We are all human!

Yes! The women who are that emphatic publicly about their healthy eating and exercise are the ones that secretly sit on the couch with a greasy bag of fast food and a half gallon of ice cream and then hide the evidence! I have no shame in my game. 







Hahaha so true! And she post a pic of EVERYTHING she eats ( all gluten free). I'm over here like: yes I eat as healthy as I can for my child. but hey jack, when Polly's pies has their pumpkin pie with a brown sugar maple oat topping, you bet your sweet a** I ate half of it already and I just bought it yesterday.

HisLovf

My little sister is driving me nuts. She is about six weeks further along than me. I texted her yesterday to let her know that BRU is having a 25% off sale on some of their Chicco stuff, including the car seat we decided on. I spent the next 20 minutes going back and forth about why I wanted that one. Is that better than starting right off with a convertible seat? What are the safety ratings? How long does it last? I'm happy to talk about baby stuff, but really? Do some of your own damn research! She doesn't listen to what I tell her half the time anyway.

et170322

I have a friend who rarely posted during her pregnancy, but once baby came? Holy crap news feed updates! She filled it constantly with bragging about her "superior" baby and how he is better than any other baby. Pics all the time (don't get me wrong, I love facebook mostly for the photos, but when I see 10 pictures of your baby in the same outfit/same pose with different captions, I've had enough). I also have another friend who is OBSESSED with her two boys, and writes constantly about their bowel movements and other disgusting things. She needs a personal journal for this, not a public facebook post. Blech! Please let me not be a hypocrite when my own LO comes

lovethembabies

I think I was probably that annoying with my first pregnancy. I was just so excited! Now I'm too busy chasing a toddler around to remember there's another one coming, half the time.

JackieP1023

My hubby's cousin announced her first pregnancy at 4 weeks. She hadn't experienced any fertility issues or a loss. She announced only a month or 2 after our loss... And was totally insensitive. I ended up unfriending entirely... After a 'discussion' that ended up in me being the bad guy. Oh well! I definitely am not missing out on anything. She's as bad or worse this time around... (According to my hubby-i dont waste my time).

cbear47

I have a non pg friend who compares me to her other (3 other: 8mo, 3mo & 6w!) friends. "They're not tired and still want to come over and hang out!!!"

I have a full time job. I'm tired. You work different hours than I do. I'm sorry I don't have time to stay up all night with you like they do. Sometimes, I'd like to sleep.

(End rant!)

Heatherlp43

I announced at 6 weeks and I have had pregnancy issues. I had an eptopic pregnancy in my right tube and lost it. I have had two miscarriages. Now granted I announced due to the fact that I have a really physical job. I'm an hvac service technician in commercial buildings and because of my past issues, I went in early for an ultra sound at 6 weeks to make sure I was not having another eptopic pregnancy. I needed to know as early as possible so I don't lose my other tube. If I lose other tube it will be impossible to have our own children without donated eggs. With past miscarriages we also had to let work know right away and have guidelines put in place by my dr for lifting etc. announcing at work that I was pregnant naturally got announced to family and friends as well. Kept our fingers crossed and we were really scard due to past history but this time I was going to do everything right within my power to make sure I was healthy to keep baby this time. Thank god tht it has worked out and I'm now 18 weeks. Some people do announce early for a reason. I do hope that I did not annoy some people in my family or friends by announcing so early but we had our reasons. Now I didn't complain at 6 weeks about pregnancy issues, and really the only updates I give is after an appointment and the weekly tracker.

JackieP1023

We also announced early this time (4 weeks). BUT, we had a previous 2nd tri loss, and subsequent infertility issues that we wanted/needed support to make it through. I've only posted maybe 5 times max regarding this pregnancy, and i'm 21 weeks.

RedSoxGirl10

Oh god, haha. There are enough real things we can't do when pregnant, let's not spread rumors about not crossing our legs lol. 

In other news, I did tell some friends and family at six weeks but only people I didn't mind telling if something went wrong. I would not announce on FB at that point. 

I don't know why but the people who pin baby stuff on pinterest before being pregnant or announcing annoy me. There are SECRET boards people! 

cynthi213

I have one of these in my life right now!

She told me the second she had a positive result on her ovulation test (yes, she started telling me that early) and then the second she had her BFP. Since then, it has been pregnancy talk nonstop. She announced her pregnancy at 8 weeks on FB... WAY early IMO. She is 7 weeks behind me (I'm 19 weeks).

She also had her entire nursery ready and setup 2 months before she even got pregnant. I haven't even cleaned out the room we'll be using as the nursery much less set everything up. Most of her registery is done. Now, she's just waiting to find out the sex to complete it.

Now, I love my bump and my little sweet pea growing inside it but I don't want to talk about it all day long! She's boring everyone around her at work, including myself. I don't know if I can handle another 20 weeks with her!

VeronicaAnn143

RedSoxGirl10 said:

Oh god, haha. There are enough real things we can't do when pregnant, let's not spread rumors about not crossing our legs lol. 

In other news, I did tell some friends and family at six weeks but only people I didn't mind telling if something went wrong. I would not announce on FB at that point. 

I don't know why but the people who pin baby stuff on pinterest before being pregnant or announcing annoy me. There are SECRET boards people! 

This is exactly what I did. 6 weeks immediate family and my BFF.  Didn't tell anyone else until 13 weeks.  And I have a secret board on pinterest.

Chereen

Heatherlp43 said:

I announced at 6 weeks and I have had pregnancy issues. I had an eptopic pregnancy in my right tube and lost it. I have had two miscarriages. Now granted I announced due to the fact that I have a really physical job. I'm an hvac service technician in commercial buildings and because of my past issues, I went in early for an ultra sound at 6 weeks to make sure I was not having another eptopic pregnancy. I needed to know as early as possible so I don't lose my other tube. If I lose other tube it will be impossible to have our own children without donated eggs. With past miscarriages we also had to let work know right away and have guidelines put in place by my dr for lifting etc. announcing at work that I was pregnant naturally got announced to family and friends as well. Kept our fingers crossed and we were really scard due to past history but this time I was going to do everything right within my power to make sure I was healthy to keep baby this time. Thank god tht it has worked out and I'm now 18 weeks. Some people do announce early for a reason. I do hope that I did not annoy some people in my family or friends by announcing so early but we had our reasons. Now I didn't complain at 6 weeks about pregnancy issues, and really the only updates I give is after an appointment and the weekly tracker.

She doesn't work so I know she didn't have a reason to tell anyone that early other than she wanted to. I'm all for telling your parents and siblings, hey she's excited. But telling everyone on fb so soon?! Eek. But now it's just annoying because everything is about how hard pregnancy is ... Already ! Lol

But I'm really glad to hear this pregnancy is at a healthy 18 weeks for you ! Congrats !!

notreal2

I know this isn't everyone's cup of tea, (and some people are offended by this video) but when I encounter some women, I just think of this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJRzBpFjJS8

 

It's Garfunkel and Oates, "Pregnant Women are Smug."

ocmommy2B

njb750 said:

I have a friend who is annoyingly pregnant but kind of the opposite.  She told us at 7 weeks.  Then she said "Jeez           , I don't see why you were so sick in the first trimester, I feel great.  I'm not nauseated, tired, or anything!"  Then she got an U/S at 7 weeks and gets them everytime she goes to see the DR.  I got one @ 10 and then my last one is tomorrow at my A/S. 

 We were at a wedding together last weekend.  It was raining and cold.  She was having a blast, I was miserable with a headcold.  She was even getting her husband drinks the whole time.  I wanted to punch her.  It's not her fault though (minus her comment).

the u/s part varies... my doctor has done one at 3 of my 4 appointments so far and I'm not high risk or anything... if she's getting them as electives though, * exasperated sigh & gratuitous eye roll*

ocmommy2B

best board ever lol

DC2011

I work with someone like that. Luckily, she's not pregnant... Yet. But God help us when she is. Last yr, all she did was bitch & whine about how everyone in the office was engaged or married (which was not true --- there were 2 other single ladies in addition to her). Then, she got engaged, is talking about it non-stop, buuut still manages to complain. And it seems totally like this fake-complaining... Or like she's bored, and complaining is a way to get attention (even though everything is actually minor and she doesn't have a damn thing to complain about). Annoying. I say take this chick off your newsfeed.

micaelasmakeup

I have a friend who is friends with a TTTCal friend, and she would complain constantly to our TTTCAL friend from 8w on. My poor friend she was a good sport but I was like when are you going to punch her in the face.

cdsmith714

I have an old high school friend on facebook whom accidentally found out she was 3weeks pregnant because she went in to the dr to take care of a cyst. Instantly she made this really cute chalk announcement with her fiancee and 2 sons on their HUGE garage door, and posted it all over facebook. She posted a picture of her yolk sack too!
Then 2 days after that, she posts about pickles, ice cream, tums, and morning sickness.
The real kicker... She has told me how much she can feel the baby move! I was tempted to tell her that if she went to the bathroom the 'baby' would stop moving, cause I'm 100% sure that's not what she is felling.
I have taken her off my friends list because I think it's going to be a VERY long 8 months of seeing her posts and pictures!

Nikkijo1022

Chereen said:

Stophoney said:

BlueDot818 said:

Give her some time.. before you know it she will be crossing her legs, eating turkey and soft serve ice cream in shame ) No one can be perfect for 40-ish weeks. 

I bet she tells no one that she does theses things though. I had a friend who wasn't a FB poster about her pregnancy but made sure everyone knew she was only eating organic and drinking water. But please it came out after pregnancy that she indulged in Taco Bell and soda too. It makes me nuts when people try to act perfect. We are all human!

Yes! The women who are that emphatic publicly about their healthy eating and exercise are the ones that secretly sit on the couch with a greasy bag of fast food and a half gallon of ice cream and then hide the evidence! I have no shame in my game. 







Hahaha so true! And she post a pic of EVERYTHING she eats ( all gluten free). I'm over here like: yes I eat as healthy as I can for my child. but hey jack, when Polly's pies has their pumpkin pie with a brown sugar maple oat topping, you bet your sweet a** I ate half of it already and I just bought it yesterday.


I made about 3 dozen cookies on Wednesday. Only gave a few less than a dozen away. Hubby doesn't eat them. I was scraping crumbs out of container tonight. Sick. Lol I should post that gem of a visual. Healthy smealthy annoying poster lady