Just for Fun and laughs- worst advice you've gotten/ thing you've heard another prego say

megron

@keeka9‌ - even if I wasn't high risk I'd have stopped riding because I'm like living proof of Murphy's law. I'm like living in a plastic bubble until this baby gets here.. Like I'm a pretty good snowboarder but if I went now I'd hit a snow covered rock and tumble down the mountain, so yeeeah.

I get staying away from the green horse! Since the jumpers aren't getting a lot of nutrition from pasture they're all hopped up on extra sweet feed and because of the weather and most of them still competing they're stalled a lot so even if I were riding regularly before the pregnancy I'd be like, uhhhh- no. Young, hot, warm bloods are not always your friend.

a5swanson

Oh wow...well, for starters my MIL and FIL are straight up conspiracy theorists. My DH and I grew up VERY differently. He's from back woods Ohio and I grew up in a suburb outside of Metro Detroit

They've recently (to DH's surprise) revealed that they haven't voted in any US election in over 20 years because they are "rigged", they don't love to go to the doctor because they say that it's all just a business, etc.

A year or so ago after a few drinks, we got to talking about my SIL who was pregnant at the time--and if she was going to find out the sex of her baby. My MIL says, "well, I don't trust those ultrasounds anyway. That's what's giving all these kids autism." My FIL was nodding like, "Amen, sister!"

So...we just send them our sonogram pics and don't ask their opinion about it. They're welcoming, nice and loving, but 100 percent BSC. I plan on asking zero questions about anything to them over Thanksgiving. Lord help me.

MrsK29

Basically every one of the older ladies at work judges me for working out and doing cross fit. It drives me crazy! My doctor said it was a-ok, and that he encourages me to keep it up and that pregnancy is not a disease and not an excuse to just sit on your butt and eat for 9 months. There is also always some variety of dessert or bad food around the office and they say "just eat it, your pregnant so you can"...I'm making a person! I want to give my baby what it needs, not just cake everyday.

mandybacken

I'm just not looking forward to "how are you feeling", "when are you due again?", "is it a boy or a girl?" And "is this your first?" any time I encounter another human. And then after the baby is born having everyone ask how old it is, or tell me why the baby is crying. "Aww she's hungry" pisses me off, like you know when my baby last ate lady.

TeacherMama7

To all of these - wow! I haven't had such a rude comment so far, but man Alive! Just keep telling yourself - you can't change Stupid! When people are telling you incorrect information about pregnancy and are actually encouraging you to do detrimental things to your baby - try to just tell yourself that you just can't change stupid!

Elley1486

These are funny and sad at the same time. I have not gotten too much stupid stuff yet because we have not told many people...but there are two particular ones that stand out to me.

I got cornered by my good friend and her neighbor about how she drank wine and beer when she was pregnant with her son (now 3 years old) and how her neighbor (who is currently 8 months pregnant) drinks 1-2 glasses of wine a night because her doctor "told her to". They both went on to explain that "it's totally ok for me to drink as long as I don't get wasted" and their kids are doing "great"! Well, newsflash, the 3 year old has a speaking disorder and is already in speech therapy and the neighbor hasn't even birthed yet to see any effects so..um...what??!? They actually acted like I was in the wrong for saying I wasn't touching alcohol at all during my pregnancy...I was dumbfounded.

The second one just happened today. My boss asked me how I was feeling and I told him I am just exhausted and he said "well, get used to that". I went on to explain that yes, I know that but it will be nice when I have the baby and my husband can help shoulder some of the load and we will be tired but have a cute happy baby so it will be OK. He laughed and told me "that stuff is all mom work". This from the guy whose wife is a SAHW...good for her that she took on all the sleepless nights but that is not happening in my house and my husband actually wants to help out and be a good father and help because this whole adventure has mostly been within me (both physically and emotionally) and he is excited to get in there and be a daddy. In my mind all I could think was just STFU and leave me alone.

Grr...just rubbed me so wrong.

brody624

caseycruz02 said:

My 21 year old sister just informed me that I should feel just normal cause at 9 weeks I'm barely pregnant. When I asked her what the fuck she meant she told me this. That I'm barely pregnant because I could still get an abortion and that my body must not be going threw that many changes if you can still get ride of a baby. Now this baby was planned and is very much wanted. I know she's just young and dumb but holy hell. I almost dropped kicked her face. She also told me that my losing as twin was Gods way of telling me that I would have been a horrible mother to twins so he eliminated one to even the field out. Oh lord, please help me.

You must be a better person than me... I would have flipped out.  Maybe even punched her in the ovary. 

ombradellarosa

We haven't publicly announced yet and I've been enjoying the bubble of support and sensible conversation I've been living in, so I'm not looking forward to the influx of weird advice. At least, I wasn't before. Now at least I can post it on here and everyone can have a laugh! Some of these were so bad! A lot made me laugh, and some made me angry. How can people be so stupid?

I was shocked to find out that my DH told his sister "a few weeks ago" that I'm pregnant and she hasn't called me. I expected her to start drowning my in advice as soon as she found out, but she's being very chill (as in, I haven't talked to her and to my knowledge she hasn't posted anything on social media about us having a baby).