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WHY do people tell you things to freak you out when your pregnant?

BlondePrincessBlondePrincess
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My aunt just told me the other day that her cousin's wife that was due a few weeks after me just lost the baby.  Why, why why why would you tell me that?!  Especially since you KNOW I'm a worrier and have BAD anxiety.  WTF are people thinking?!  She's like, "oh I didn't tell you that to scare you". Really?  Then why DID you tell me?  I have no idea who your cousin is and you haven't talked to them in nearly 30 years, so why did you tell me again?!  UGH!
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Re: WHY do people tell you things to freak you out when your pregnant?

  • momtobetimes3momtobetimes3
    I hate that...my MIL always has some traumatizing stories to tell me and I now have to stop her in her tracks and tell her I don't want to hear it.
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  • mrs. remymrs. remy
    I don't know, but at a cookout recently someone felt the need to tell me about a distant relative's friend of a sister's girlfriend who had gone into labor at 40 weeks and lost the baby during delivery. Sad People don't think.
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  • ccmmkkccmmkk member
    some people just weren't born with filters... honestly -- they just say whatever pops into their heads, i just don't get it!
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  • pcgirlpcgirl

    Both my mom and MIL are always talking about tragic stories.  It seems they try to out do the other.  My husband and I joke around when they get started by calling them "gloom" and "doom".  Then they shut up.

     Also, a friend felt the need to tell me that her mother lost a baby at 8 months.  Hello, I'm 8 month!  Some people just don't think.

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  • PuppyMommyPuppyMommy
    I know!! When I first find out I was pregnant, my aunt went through everyone she knows who had a miscarriage.  I just sat there wondering why she was telling me this stuff.  She is also known to dwell on the negative. My brother and I joke that if we want to know about any recent deaths in the Philly area, we can just call my aunt.  She will tell us.
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  • MissVioletMissViolet

    A women who comes into my work felt the nedd to tell me about her neighbor who lost the baby at 33 weeks. Then she was all like "oops, maybe I shouldnt have told you that." Uh, ya think? Yeah keep you damn mouth shut. I dont need to worry about this sh*t

    My husbands coworker lost in week 38 and now he is super scared that something is going to happen to our little man. Even after the ob assured him that cord accidents are really rare.

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