"Not everyone glows, some people get swollen and ugly.. so if you're glowing, you're going to have a girl and if you're ugly, you're going to have a boy" ...My mom always knows what to say SMH
See and old wives tales have it the other way. Girls steal your beauty and boys make you glow ( according to tale). Moms, pshhhh lol
@canonmom413 Don't be peeved....for the most part, unless a woman is asking me to take her to the hospital, I generally won't bring up a pregnancy until she does. I've had a couple of times when people have asked me if I am when I'm not and boy, does it hurt
I can't stand the gender comments. We have two girls and a boy and yes, we would love for our son to have a brother and we have said this. They also know we have struggled with losses the past year, so just staying pregnant has been a blessing. But our families just can't stop with the "I hope for (DS's) sake that it's a boy" or suggesting that if it's a girl, it will be a disappointment.
Naturally, when our first was a girl and second was a boy, we got TONS of "oh how perfect, now you get one of each" comments. The nicest parr about having a third when you already have one of each, you don't tend to get many comments about how it "needs" to be one gender over the other
@sjohns908 I hate the gender comments too I have stopped engaging in comments back. This is my childhood BFF and my mother: My husband has two little pals already. This baby will be just as much of a pal to him as our girls are.
@canonmom413 I freaking hate FB for that reason. People seem to think they can just say whatever the Hell they want. My cousin and his wife announced the birth of their 4th baby, also is boy #4, yesterday. I can't tell you how many "oh my, ANOTHER boy" comments they got. It made me stabby for them.
When my gf was pregnant with #4 and already had 3 boys, she posted "todays the day we find out! Let's just all pray for healthy since that's not guaranteed!" Still got TONS of "I hope it's a girl! Matt needs a daughter!" comments.
Someone asked me if I knew when I conceived. I said yes. Then they asked when? (Excuse me?) Then, they told me their story of conceiving their daughter.
So personal!
Me: 30 | DH:34 Married: 08/04/12 DD: 6 years | Born: 03/28/13 DS: 1 Year I Born 10/15/17
I hate the jokes and comments about me wanting all the food because I am pregnant. Or if someone sees me having a snack like an effing piece of fruit, it's all "Ohhhh eating for two are you?". No. I am simply eating. Normally. I hate the little giggles when I grab a bit more food (as is everyone else) and someone has to make a remark. It makes me self conscious and puts me off eating.
had a fun mother's day encounter at the butcher shop.....
Stopped in to pick up steaks on the way home from my mother's house, so that my husband could grill steaks for me for mother's day (I can finally eat meat again this week woohoo!)
Me: Could i get two of these new york steaks please? Butcher: Sure. (Grabs steaks). I'll meet you at the register. I walk over to the register, which is at the end of the counter where he can now see that I'm pregnant. Butcher: Wow, are you pregnant? Me: .... yes. Butcher: Wow, how many do you have in there? Me: ... just one. Women tend to show a lot faster with their second babies. Butcher: How far along are you? Me: 5 months. Butcher: So you have 4 more months to go?! Holy crap! Me: Um yeah, that's kinda how it works. Butcher: I mean, you're huge already. Me: Can we just ring this up now, I'd rather not spend my mother's day being insulted by a butcher. Butcher:I didn't mean it like that! I just meant that you're big! Me: Yeah, let's wrap this up.
I get a lot of "you didn't waste any time!" Since we got married in August. Thanks. I can count too.
Lol, I've been married 3.5 years and we are having our 3rd. Never will anyone accuse us of "wasting time."
My son came on our 1 year anniversary. I watch people do the math all the time, trying to figure out if I was pregnant at the wedding. 1. I'm not an elephant. It takes a woman 9 months to make a baby 2. It's none of your gd business if I was pregnant at my wedding !!!!
eta to add : I'm an idiot who can't tell the diff between oct 2017 and nov 2017. Also, I hate mobile bumping. Feel free to ignore
Friend as I'm reaching for my third snack in 4 hours on our road trip: "So have you been tested for gestational diabetes yet?"
Shuddddup it's just kettle corn!
Uh, what friend says that?!?!
We had been talking about all things baby and testing and I think it was an unfortunate case of a *really* poorly timed question. But then again I don't know, immediately after that I offered her some and she goes, "No thanks I know how you are with your kettle corn."
You can walk home with your judgment, lady
me . late 30's | h . early 40's | < 3 . 2013
*siggy warning*
ttc#1 . jul 2015
mmc . mar 2016
dx PCOS (non-IR) / subclinical hypothyroidism . summer 2016
tx metformin, levothyroxine, LP progesterone, femara + trigger + ti . fall/winter 2016 BFP . jan 2017 DD . oct 2017
ntnp #2 . summer 2018 mmc x2 . sep 2018 & may 2019 RE workup, dx MTHFR mutation, ultimately unexplained . summer 2019 surprise BFP . aug 2019 DS . may 2020
dx Hashimoto's 2023 ttc #3 . feb 2023 mmc . apr 2023 mmc x3 . mar/jul/aug 2024 dx elevated nk cells tx ovasitol, levothyroxine, baby aspirin, LP progesterone, lovenox, prednisone, femara + ti . jan 2025 BFP . mar 2025
I've gotten the "was it planned?" question a few times (today included). Like, I get it...not all pregnancies are planned, but it rubs me the wrong way and I dunno why. Maybe it's the heat and I'm cranky when it's hot.
June 2017 Siggy Challenge: "You had one job to do!"
I've gotten the "was it planned?" question a few times (today included). Like, I get it...not all pregnancies are planned, but it rubs me the wrong way and I dunno why. Maybe it's the heat and I'm cranky when it's hot.
I hate when people ask this. It's no one's business. And even if it was, what difference does it make to them? None
"Are you excited??" Ummm, no, I just feel kind of neutral about this baby I'm bringing into this world.
"is this a New Years baby?" - said by my MIL, trying to figure out when we had sex. No, your math is a few weeks off lady. With DS, she asked if he was a DH birthday baby, or a thanksgiving baby. Does she think people only have sex on holidays??
"You're so small!" I'm a couple days shy of 16 weeks, and I'm a first time mom. Did you think the baby starts out at birth size and weight in there? I mean, I know I had to explain how I'm growing the baby to my 7yr old SD, but I didn't think so many grown people would be making comments like this. It just makes you unnecessarily worry sometimes.
Another good one? "I didn't think they'd let you do a registry this early since you just don't know..." Got that a few days ago when we told MIL we'd started our registry since we had a free weekend. Soooo, should we wait until the baby is here or maybe when labor starts...?
I'm 21 weeks & a ftm! I get this from people that I have known my whole life! I'm 5 ft and have never been over 95 pounds. They say, "You're so small! How far along are you?" Was I a big person before I was pregnant?!? Than they are in shock when I say, "I'm over half way. We should have a baby in roughly 4 months!" Then I get, "You need to eat more! But you don't want to gain too much weight!" "That baby is going to be as big as you are!" "It's gonna be a vagina wrecker!" Thanks for making me feel better about being underweight and for the encouragement for delivery!
My mother in law is set that we MUST have a boy as our first born is a girl. Really I don't care as long as baby is healthy, last night she was over and made the comment that if it's a girl we have to do it all over again. Sorry but the factory is shit down after this. My husband had the nerve to say thanks for the consideration. My body, my pain, my horomones, my sickness, sorry but I'm done after this so please conisider that lol
I went to get a massage at this Asian spa place near our house. The man saw me and goes, "ahhhh, belly" as he pats his stomach. I laughed and moved on. At the end, he sticks his belly out as far as he can, pats his stomach, and makes some tribal noise beating sound with his voice. He walked in circles and said, "belly, belly, belly."
WTF! I was so uncomfortable, and it was really weird.
Me: 30 | DH:34 Married: 08/04/12 DD: 6 years | Born: 03/28/13 DS: 1 Year I Born 10/15/17
I want to chime in one the 'you must have one of each sex' comments We are having another girl, so several people have already said we need to have another or my favorite 'you are not being fair to your husband'.
Lady you are old enough to know that life is not fair and there are no guarantees in life. Also do you need a biology lesson? 1. Dad decides sex 2. There is a 50/50 shot each pregnancy.
So today day at church I pointed out that my daughter could decide on a sex change later in life granting us a male child.
@wittyacronym Everyone kept telling me it's better to have a girl this time. Hmmm ok thanks. And WTF with people saying it's not fair to your husband?!?! Who says that archaic shit?
I was asked yesturday if I was having twins. Which is just rude in my opinion, I realize I'm growing but that's fairly normal. And I'm not even big. I'm 19 weeks and told everyone this week. Also my mother in law thought it would be nice to tell me I look shorter then ever with my round belly
i know this has been said a few times on here... but my own "progressively feminist" sister who hasn't seen me in a few weeks came over the other day and said or actually yelled "wow!! you're HUGE!"
I just looked at her with a blank stare and said "thanks"....
She apologized and realized her mistake but i was still annoyed...
One of the older women at the gym comments on how much bigger I am every time she sees me. Some days it doesn't bother me, but today it irked me. Thanks for pointing out the obvious.
June 2017 Siggy Challenge: "You had one job to do!"
People kill me when they ask if she was planned. No, nope, not at all. We're just a happy married couple that has sex. Like forreal come on. Too personal. Do not ask.
I understand some instances are not this way, therefore I find it very rude. What if this baby wasn't planned? Are you going to feel like an asshole for asking if I say no? You should!
Re: Sh*t People Say to Pregnant Women
Oct. '17 June S.C. "You Had 1 Job"
Naturally, when our first was a girl and second was a boy, we got TONS of "oh how perfect, now you get one of each" comments. The nicest parr about having a third when you already have one of each, you don't tend to get many comments about how it "needs" to be one gender over the other
My husband has two little pals already. This baby will be just as much of a pal to him as our girls are.
Edited photo to block more names.
Oct. '17 June S.C. "You Had 1 Job"
When my gf was pregnant with #4 and already had 3 boys, she posted "todays the day we find out! Let's just all pray for healthy since that's not guaranteed!" Still got TONS of "I hope it's a girl! Matt needs a daughter!" comments.
Oct. '17 June S.C. "You Had 1 Job"
So personal!
Married: 08/04/12
DD: 6 years | Born: 03/28/13
DS: 1 Year I Born 10/15/17
**June Siggy Challenge: You Had ONE Job!**
LO#2 EDD October 18th
Stopped in to pick up steaks on the way home from my mother's house, so that my husband could grill steaks for me for mother's day (I can finally eat meat again this week woohoo!)
Me: Could i get two of these new york steaks please?
Butcher: Sure. (Grabs steaks). I'll meet you at the register.
I walk over to the register, which is at the end of the counter where he can now see that I'm pregnant.
Butcher: Wow, are you pregnant?
Me: .... yes.
Butcher: Wow, how many do you have in there?
Me: ... just one. Women tend to show a lot faster with their second babies.
Butcher: How far along are you?
Me: 5 months.
Butcher: So you have 4 more months to go?! Holy crap!
Me: Um yeah, that's kinda how it works.
Butcher: I mean, you're huge already.
Me: Can we just ring this up now, I'd rather not spend my mother's day being insulted by a butcher.
Butcher:I didn't mean it like that! I just meant that you're big!
Me: Yeah, let's wrap this up.
May Siggy Challenge: Parenting Fails
eta to add : I'm an idiot who can't tell the diff between oct 2017 and nov 2017. Also, I hate mobile bumping. Feel free to ignore
DS: 18 months
Dx DOR AMH .2
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Shuddddup it's just kettle corn!
*siggy warning*
mmc . mar 2016
dx PCOS (non-IR) / subclinical hypothyroidism . summer 2016
tx metformin, levothyroxine, LP progesterone, femara + trigger + ti . fall/winter 2016
BFP . jan 2017
DD . oct 2017
ntnp #2 . summer 2018
mmc x2 . sep 2018 & may 2019
RE workup, dx MTHFR mutation, ultimately unexplained . summer 2019
surprise BFP . aug 2019
DS . may 2020
dx Hashimoto's 2023
ttc #3 . feb 2023
mmc . apr 2023
mmc x3 . mar/jul/aug 2024
dx elevated nk cells
tx ovasitol, levothyroxine, baby aspirin, LP progesterone, lovenox, prednisone, femara + ti . jan 2025
BFP . mar 2025
Cashier- You're pregnant?
Me- ..... yes, I am!
C- Boy.
M- ..... I find out soon.
C- no. I'm telling you. Boy.
M- .... okay.....
Oct. '17 June S.C. "You Had 1 Job"
Uh, what friend says that?!?!
Oct. '17 June S.C. "You Had 1 Job"
You can walk home with your judgment, lady
*siggy warning*
mmc . mar 2016
dx PCOS (non-IR) / subclinical hypothyroidism . summer 2016
tx metformin, levothyroxine, LP progesterone, femara + trigger + ti . fall/winter 2016
BFP . jan 2017
DD . oct 2017
ntnp #2 . summer 2018
mmc x2 . sep 2018 & may 2019
RE workup, dx MTHFR mutation, ultimately unexplained . summer 2019
surprise BFP . aug 2019
DS . may 2020
dx Hashimoto's 2023
ttc #3 . feb 2023
mmc . apr 2023
mmc x3 . mar/jul/aug 2024
dx elevated nk cells
tx ovasitol, levothyroxine, baby aspirin, LP progesterone, lovenox, prednisone, femara + ti . jan 2025
BFP . mar 2025
Like no. No, I don't like being touched in general, much less by someone I'm not close too, and on the stomach.
You can say "awh, when are you due?" Without your hand on my stomach!
"is this a New Years baby?" - said by my MIL, trying to figure out when we had sex. No, your math is a few weeks off lady. With DS, she asked if he was a DH birthday baby, or a thanksgiving baby. Does she think people only have sex on holidays??
WTF! I was so uncomfortable, and it was really weird.
Married: 08/04/12
DD: 6 years | Born: 03/28/13
DS: 1 Year I Born 10/15/17
Married: 11/12/16
BFP: 02/09/17
FTM | EDD: 10/13/17
Lady you are old enough to know that life is not fair and there are no guarantees in life. Also do you need a biology lesson? 1. Dad decides sex 2. There is a 50/50 shot each pregnancy.
So today day at church I pointed out that my daughter could decide on a sex change later in life granting us a male child.
@kmornelas29 Bahahaha that's hilarious!
@wittyacronym Everyone kept telling me it's better to have a girl this time. Hmmm ok thanks. And WTF with people saying it's not fair to your husband?!?! Who says that archaic shit?
**June Siggy Challenge: You Had ONE Job!**
LO#2 EDD October 18th
@wittyacronym do people not understand how chromosomes work? How unfair of you to only have x chromosomes.
I just looked at her with a blank stare and said "thanks"....
She apologized and realized her mistake but i was still annoyed...
I understand some instances are not this way, therefore I find it very rude. What if this baby wasn't planned? Are you going to feel like an asshole for asking if I say no? You should!
Okay end rant.
Um. Yes? No? I'm actually not sure of the correct answer to this question.
"Still doing bikini modelling"
"No because I'm snorting cocaine to keep the weight off"
**June Siggy Challenge: You Had ONE Job!**
LO#2 EDD October 18th