Pregnancy euphemisms (did I spell that right?)

gymnst1013

I know how most of us feel about prego, preggers and now preggerific   What are some others that you have heard and what do you like/not like?  I do prefer to say pregnant, but some others are ok and some I just don't get.  Examples:

Up the duff - where did this come from?  It seems to be British in origin.

I fell pregnant - also seems to be British.  Don't know why but I love when I hear this.

RileyGrace

I like "in a family way"

LadyXaverian

Preggeroni? (I don't know if I made that up or if I saw someone else post it first lol!)

Bun in the oven..

With child..

In the family way..

... and of course...

Knocked up.

I prefer just plain ol' pregnant, but I don't mind the abbreviation KU. I would never say "knocked up" in real life.

pinkflipflops44

RileyGrace:

I like "in a family way"

that one rubs me the wrong way.

gymnst1013

I also like riding the baby train

OhSewCrafty

My sister seems to think she's clever when she talks about "baking a baby" and being "ready to pop."

Har har har.....

RileyGrace

pinkflipflops44:

RileyGrace:

I like "in a family way"

that one rubs me the wrong way.

It rubs me the wrong way too, that's why I find it so funny.

When I get ku (another I would never use IRL) I'm going to get a shirt that says "all I wanted was a backrub."  I deal with my IF issues by making jokes about it.

LadyXaverian

I think instead of prego, I'm going to start telling people that I'm hoping to "bake a spaghetti casserole". Or when I get pregnant, maybe that's how I'll annouce it on FB, and only my GP friends will know what it means.

"Sarah is baking a spaghetti casserole."

Has a certain ring to it, right??

Finallyhismrs07

I've always liked "bun in the oven" 

I like the abbreviation KU on here but like a pp said...I would never actually say to someone in real life that I am "knocked up"

ilovetolaugh

gymnst1013:

I also like riding the baby train

Toot Toooooooooooooot!

loloindiego

gymnst1013:

I also like riding the baby train

hehe. that's cute!

I usually just say pregnant or knocked up.. the other ones are too annoying, and I don't really like "in a family way" because I already consider me, my dh & my mutts a family.

OhSewCrafty

LGLDVM:

"With child" bugs me for some reason

also don't like, "in a delicate condition" 

"on stork watch" is kinda cute

I agree - they are kind of antiquated sayings. They irk my inner feminist. 

pinkflipflops44

RileyGrace:

pinkflipflops44:

RileyGrace:

I like "in a family way"

that one rubs me the wrong way.

It rubs me the wrong way too, that's why I find it so funny.

When I get ku (another I would never use IRL) I'm going to get a shirt that says "all I wanted was a backrub."  I deal with my IF issues by making jokes about it.

after watching the worst christmas pageant ever it was decided that when i am pregnant i am going to say i am with child excessively.

Ricola

in different circumstances

gymnst1013

Haha - I was just on alternaticker looking to see what they have listed.  I love "in trouble"!!

Crispity

I've always liked "expecting", which I wouldn't use to describe myself but have used with others (ie "I heard you're expecting!", but only when I'm absolutely positive that that is the case). Otherwise, just plain old "pregnant" works for me.

SuperThat1006

OhSewCrafty:

My sister seems to think she's clever when she talks about "baking a baby" and being "ready to pop."

Har har har.....

A friend of mine is pregnant and she took particular offense when her aerobics instructor declared, "Laura popped!"

cndmexbaby

I think "on the nest" is cute. And a bun in the oven.

LuverlyMum

A girl I use to work with, Brittany, had a convo with her ex-BF's daughter (that she has all but legally adopted) that she has a baby in her tummy and in a few months there will be a baby...

The little girl asked her, "Britty, WHY DID YOU EAT A BABY?????"

So now we jokingly call pregnant people baby eaters...  it is way not as funny typed out as it was to hear the little girl say it but you know how inside jokes go!

flypink

gymnst1013:

I know how most of us feel about prego, preggers and now preggerific   What are some others that you have heard and what do you like/not like?  I do prefer to say pregnant, but some others are ok and some I just don't get.  Examples:

Up the duff - where did this come from?  It seems to be British in origin.

I fell pregnant - also seems to be British.  Don't know why but I love when I hear this.

Thanks for the shout out Gym!