I just remembered this. I very oblivious male coworker of mine asked "so how long did it take you to get pregnant both times and like were you tracking things? What kinds of things?"
I just told him there were lots of things you can pee on. But really, wtf?
Is he married and childless? I wonder if he is trying to conceive and that's why he asked? Still, though, none of his business!
I have had two male co workers ask me when ill pop. Is this a thing or am I right? You pop when you can finally tell your pregnant right? You don't pop when you give birth. I laughed and said are you likening it to when you pop your cherry but in reverse? I said that to one of them and got this disgusted look no mister you should be getting the disgusted look for that comment. I said I don't believe you pop when you have the baby. Please correct me if I am wrong ladies!
People do say "you look ready to pop" meaning give birth. But I've never heard the usage as "when will you pop?" That does sound like pop cherry or pop a bump so you're visible.
Why can't people say, "when are you due?" Why must they use weird wording?
I had a (male) coworker ask me yesterday if my doctor had started doing cervix checks yet. I'm not really sure that's anyone's business, but I really don't want to discuss my lady parts with my IT guy, thanks.
I was thinking @hp_momma 's had to be the worst (how can you ask how much weight someone gained, esp someone you don't even know?!) but I think this one is even worse! I'd be horrified if anyone asked, but especially a MAN. That sounds downright intentionally creepy.
So I'm passing a woman and her kid, maybe three years old. I smile at the kid and just after I pass them I hear her say "big belly". I laughed. This is the only time in my life a comment like that wouldn't make me cry.
Two more for the day, as I was leaving work. I passed by a coworker and said "hey, how are you doing?". She makes this overly dramatic cringing face and says "ehhhhh....at least I'm moving around better than you are!!!".
So I'm passing a woman and her kid, maybe three years old. I smile at the kid and just after I pass them I hear her say "big belly". I laughed. This is the only time in my life a comment like that wouldn't make me cry.
I work at a school with 3, 4, and 5 year olds. I am routinely told I'm big! They rub and hug and kiss on my belly and giggle that it's so big. I think it's hilarious because like you said, only age it can come from where it doesn't make you cry.
TTC1: May 2015
Primary IF May 2016; Failed HSG; Scheduled Lap Sept. 2016
I work with 5/6 year olds and have actually been very impressed- they always tell me that "the baby's getting bigger!" instead of my belly getting bigger which I appreciate. Although the other day they were wondering if she was moving and I told them baby was sleeping, then one (not the most socially appropriate kiddo) said "then why are you still fat?" Ughhh.
DH also asked the other day "So how are you getting your socks on nowadays?" I had to laugh because I wonder myself haha
So I'm passing a woman and her kid, maybe three years old. I smile at the kid and just after I pass them I hear her say "big belly". I laughed. This is the only time in my life a comment like that wouldn't make me cry.
I work at a school with 3, 4, and 5 year olds. I am routinely told I'm big! They rub and hug and kiss on my belly and giggle that it's so big. I think it's hilarious because like you said, only age it can come from where it doesn't make you cry.
That age is so cute. My 4 year old niece said to me "Aunt ______, I know why your belly is so big! There's a little girl in there!" Hahah it was so cute and I guess it's a compliment that she doesn't think my belly is this big normally?
My MIL asked me today how much weight I've gained. I told her about 35 lbs, but then I was immediately angry that she had even asked and I had answered. Then I wanted to cry about it for no reason...I think I felt like I let us pregnant women down by not coming up with a better response. Plus, it reminded me that I'm already at the top of my "projected weight gain" and have 6 more weeks to go.
My MIL asked me today how much weight I've gained. I told her about 35 lbs, but then I was immediately angry that she had even asked and I had answered. Then I wanted to cry about it for no reason...I think I felt like I let us pregnant women down by not coming up with a better response. Plus, it reminded me that I'm already at the top of my "projected weight gain" and have 6 more weeks to go.
@starphish18 without knowing anything about your health but you look amazing in all the pics you've posted! Our bodies know what to do and it's no ones business what you've gained and you shouldn't feel bad about it!
starphish18, my MIL asked me how much I gained yesterday, too, and I answered. Then I decided if anyone else asks, it's none of their damn business. We get along and she wasn't being offensive, but it's still no one's business.
Me: 29, DH: 31 Married: October 2014 Began TTC: April 2015 BFP #1: 9/18/15. EDD 5/18/16. MC 10/26/15. (9w) BFP #2: 2/27/16. EDD 11/7/16. MC/D&E 4/20/16 (11w) BFP #3: 9/22/16. EDD 5/29/17. DS born 4/24/17 BFP #4: 5/20/18. EDD 1/23/19.
@kns1988 That was exactly my thought process! She definitely didn't mean anything negative in asking about my weight. She's just very talkative and interested in how I'm doing. But then I realized, like you said, none of her business!
Male cashier: Twins? Me: Um no, but thanks for assuming? She's just big and I'm just little!
Random person: Oh, are your fingers too swollen to wear your normal wedding band? Me: Um no, but thanks for assuming? That's my normal, carbon fiber wedding band. (I have a traditional one too that I used to wear, but two years into our marriage I got the "lady" (slimmer) version of H's carbon fiber ring from Etsy because I was jealous of his badassery and now we match!)
DH's aunt asked me not once, but twice how much weight I had gained during Easter dinner. The first time someone talked over her and I was hoping to let the question slide unanswered, but as soon as there was a break in the conversation she made sure to ask again. I stuttered and then said "I am not sure. I think maybe 30." Then his grandma asked if I was going to do the work weight loss challenge again (DH and I participated last year). I know my face has filled in ladies, but I am still smaller then last time so can we just leave me alone?!
@Yiggle09 I am so sick of people telling me if I carry high or low or if I have dropped. I carry low and have the whole time and most these people didn't see the starting point, so how can they say if I dropped?! Also for the few people that have said I am carrying high, are you blind?!
Jerky coworker saw my lunch choice of chicken nachos and asked "is that really the healthiest choice for the baby?". You know what's not healthy? Commenting on a pregnant woman's food selection EVER. Ass.
Jerky coworker saw my lunch choice of chicken nachos and asked "is that really the healthiest choice for the baby?". You know what's not healthy? Commenting on a pregnant woman's food selection EVER. Ass.
Chicken- protein Cheese- dairy Chips- whole grains And I'm sure there was some sort of vegetable toppings on there!
Sounds to me like you hit a wide variety of food groups, tell him to shove it!
Married 03.09.09 Sweet Baby H 12.21.11 Sassy Baby P 03.26.14 Little Brother Due 05.22.17
Last week a coworker (who has recently lost weight) and I were wearing the same color shirt. A second coworker said, "I was looking at you and coworker one today and I kept thinking to myself, wow coworker one is getting smaller and smaller and chocolatelemons is getting bigger and bigger." Well, yeah, I'm pregnant. Thanks for pointing that out though.
I was walking past some people in the pediatric waiting room at work Wednesday. Some lady shouted as I walked by that it looked like the baby was walking me..... what does that even mean
I stopped by my husband's office while running some errands yesterday and at first the front desk lady didn't recognize me, she told me "All I could see and focus on at first was that giant belly and I was about to tell you we don't see pregnant women and you would have to go somewhere else."
No. I am 5'7" and a pretty sturdy gal, let's not play like my 35w belly was a giant threatening godzilla and you couldn't see the rest of me.
Random lady on elevator: I hope you don't have to wait until August in the heat of the summer to have your baby. Me: I hope I don't either since the baby is due in three weeks!
My DH said my belly looked fake, like a prosthetic belly. I told him about this thread and that someone else's DH had said the exact same thing and we had a laugh about at (given how I look I actually totally agree and was not at all offended.) And then he did it again the next day, acknowledging that it was not the appropriate thing to say. And this is our third kid! Pregnancy is all sorts of weird, no matter how used to it you are!
This isn't really a specific statement, more of a PSA: If you see a super pregnant woman walking/waddling quickly towards the restroom, she does not want to chat with you. I promise. I don't care who you are.
Fur daughter: 02/2011 Human sons: 11/2015 & 05/2017 *formerly kayemjay*
This isn't really a specific statement, more of a PSA: If you see a super pregnant woman walking/waddling quickly towards the restroom, she does not want to chat with you. I promise. I don't care who you are.
and, don't comment on the fact that she is waddling. She is possibly ONLY waddling because she has to pee so bad and is in a hurry!
Re: Stupid Stuff People Have Said Now You Are Pregnant
Why can't people say, "when are you due?" Why must they use weird wording?
Married:09/14/13
Baby 2 - Due: 5/4/17
I had no reply!
DH also asked the other day "So how are you getting your socks on nowadays?" I had to laugh because I wonder myself haha
Married: October 2014
Began TTC: April 2015
BFP #1: 9/18/15. EDD 5/18/16. MC 10/26/15. (9w)
BFP #2: 2/27/16. EDD 11/7/16. MC/D&E 4/20/16 (11w)
BFP #3: 9/22/16. EDD 5/29/17. DS born 4/24/17
BFP #4: 5/20/18. EDD 1/23/19.
Me: Um no, but thanks for assuming? She's just big and I'm just little!
Random person: Oh, are your fingers too swollen to wear your normal wedding band?
Me: Um no, but thanks for assuming? That's my normal, carbon fiber wedding band. (I have a traditional one too that I used to wear, but two years into our marriage I got the "lady" (slimmer) version of H's carbon fiber ring from Etsy because I was jealous of his badassery
Took too long debating between "no I'm just a figment of your imagination" and "are they planning to fire me?" to actually respond.
@Yiggle09 I am so sick of people telling me if I carry high or low or if I have dropped. I carry low and have the whole time and most these people didn't see the starting point, so how can they say if I dropped?! Also for the few people that have said I am carrying high, are you blind?!
DS2 5/17
#3 Due 9/20
ETA -edited because grammar is hard when you are pregnant and big and tired
Married:09/14/13
Baby 2 - Due: 5/4/17
Cheese- dairy
Chips- whole grains
And I'm sure there was some sort of vegetable toppings on there!
Sounds to me like you hit a wide variety of food groups, tell him to shove it!
Sweet Baby H 12.21.11
Sassy Baby P 03.26.14
Little Brother Due 05.22.17
No. I am 5'7" and a pretty sturdy gal, let's not play like my 35w belly was a giant threatening godzilla and you couldn't see the rest of me.
May '17 labor memes
https://www.facebook.com/momdotme/videos/1288215227943182/
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~Charlie Chaplin
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~Charlie Chaplin
Me: I hope I don't either since the baby is due in three weeks!
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~Charlie Chaplin
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~Charlie Chaplin
Human sons: 11/2015 & 05/2017
*formerly kayemjay*
1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry