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Stop w/ the unneccesary advice!!

mikkimikeymikkimikey member
in Pregnant after a Loss

So I have a lot of pregnant friends on FB (some of you, even!!) and it bothers me when I have or someone will have "I am so tired" as their status, and some "helpful" person deems it their responsibility to remind me/my PG friends "oh wait until the baby comes, you will be soooo much more tired". 

Um, thanks...I had...no....idea.  Seeing as I had a daughter that woke up about 7 times a night while I was in the middle of student teaching, I think that's something I already know.  But...thanks?

Sorry, little things are getting to me today!  Oh, and I also loved when someone told me I wasn't allowed to raise my hands over my head because the baby's umbilical cord would wrap around his neck. Um, no...

Does anyone else get "helpful" advice?

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Re: Stop w/ the unneccesary advice!!

  • mikkimikeymikkimikey member
    Whew, sorry to come off like a sarcastic "witch" there, guys!  I'm not having the best day, I guess!
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  • mrs.amandammmrs.amandamm member
    I would probably reply "Thanks, good thing I have never had a baby before, so I don't know that"
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  • ValerianOddityValerianOddity

    Speaking of sarcastic witches... 

    [spoken with a look of wide-eyed innocence] "No WAY!!  Are you for real??  Get OUT!  Seriously, I had no idea!!"


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  • mrsandrews07mrsandrews07
    oh my! That would drive me crazy too! Especially since you already have been there and done that with a newborn! I love it (being sarcastic) when my pregnant friends who are a couple weeks ahead of me say "Oh, just wait until you get to this week, you are going to be miserable... yadda yadda yadda..." Like they are pros or experienced or something. Drives me crazy. A couple of my PG gfs are really overweight and are miserable right now, they keep telling me how uncomfortable im going to be and it drives me crazy. We have totally different body types and every pregnancy is different. That is what rubs me the wrong way and it happens all the time!
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  • flygirl4evflygirl4ev
    Amen sista!!!! I agree 100%!!!!! I'm so tired of my mom telling me I'm going to be "HUGE" or how my delivery will go!!!! Just leave me be!
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  • steve&heathersteve&heather
    I've have at least 3 different people tell me I'm going to need to stop picking up and carrying DD.
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  • deedeew80deedeew80 member
    OMG!  I hate that!  Someone asked me yesterday how married life is treating me.  I said great!  She then says, yea wait till the kids come!  Well, if it is that friggin bad then why have kids or get married in the first place??!!!  People!!!!!! Stick out tongue
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  • angel555angel555

    :D  Yup, I got that a lot, and still get it.  Thankfully, I never got the "don't raise your hands above your head" one.  I did get tons of "make sure you toughen your nipples" advice.  :P  Outdated and harmful, thanks!! 

    Oh, and little things have been getting to me this whole pregnancy, so you just go ahead with your venting!!  :D

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  • angel555angel555

    imagemrsandrews07:
    oh my! That would drive me crazy too! Especially since you already have been there and done that with a newborn! I love it (being sarcastic) when my pregnant friends who are a couple weeks ahead of me say "Oh, just wait until you get to this week, you are going to be miserable... yadda yadda yadda..." Like they are pros or experienced or something. Drives me crazy. A couple of my PG gfs are really overweight and are miserable right now, they keep telling me how uncomfortable im going to be and it drives me crazy. We have totally different body types and every pregnancy is different. That is what rubs me the wrong way and it happens all the time!

    Yup, and I get a lot of "helpful advice" from one of our friends whose baby is 8 months old, about L&D, about how the first few weeks will be, etc.  Uh. . .we're different people, with different babies, and different DHs. . .things may NOT be the same.  It's one thing if I was asking for this advice, but I'm not.  She just bombards me with it any time I talk to her.  :P  I'm making a mental note NOT to do that to people once I deliver.

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  • mikkimikeymikkimikey member
    Haha, sounds like lots of people like to give crappy and unwanted advice! LOL
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