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rudest thing said to you during pregnancy?
I was talking to a friend of mine who is expecting and she commented how many rude and inappropriate things people say to pregnant woman. So I'm wondering. What was the worst thing you were told or asked during yous?
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Re: rudest thing said to you during pregnancy?
people were constantly telling me how huge or big i was. i mean, yea, there is a baby in there ... i'm supposed to be big! i had a customer of mine repeately tell me "i bet you are having twins ... that doctor is wrong. you wouldn't be that big if there was only 1 baby in there."
my worst was a guy at the grocery store. He informed me that his wife's chest got HUGE during pregnancy, that it was the only thing that made the "hell of pregnancy" worth it to him and that my husband must be disappointed that mine weren't. Or, maybe, they were and i was just really small to start with?
I nearly hit him
Okay, this isn't pregnancy related, but it was RUDE.
At DD's first Dr. appt. for weight check and whatnot, she was NOT a happy camper, and the receptionist at the pedi's off said to me, "If she's not happy now, just wait until she gets her shots."
Like...okay? Thanks for the thoughtfulness. Not so much.
My MIL called me and said "I am going to need you to start keeping a food journal, and e-mail it to me once a week, so I can make sure you are eating the right things for MY grandson."
My H's aunt said, "As I was walking over I was wondering who that fat lady was."
Nice...
hahaha I'm sorry, that one is top five easy.
on a different note, are you actually in McCall?
I was ... 5 mo pregnant at Target looking for a bathing suit, barely showing I thought (still in pre-preg clothes)
Lady came up and said she loved going to the beach with pregnant women cause she looked even skinnier since we look like beached whales.
I Wore shorts and a Tshirt to the beach that day with our out of town company
" why in the world would you want a boy" - we were team green.....
......and to take the cake.....
"oh honey you need to diet a little because you have gotton much too fat..."
i should also mention this was the same person as the above comment, and i was also on modified bed rest for super high blood pressure at the time....very nice.
Since we are having 2 under 1..we gotten TONS of crap. the main was is "you DO know how this happens, right?!"
"your getting MUCH bigger with this pregnancy then you did the first time". (i gained 30lbs....so I weighed 135 when I gave birth...apparently thats morbidly obese to many ppl)
"maybe this time around you will use birth control the right way"
"were you following instructions on your birth control"
it never ends.
We were team green and my mom said "oh you're definitely having a girl, you're carrying that baby in your butt." Really mom? I thought the baby was in my UTERUS! argh.
damn her, she was right on both counts.
I told all my co-workers that I was pregnant around 11 weeks and one of them said to me, "I thought you were getting a belly".. I wasn't showing at all yet.. thanks..
Almost daily since about 6 months, my manager would tell me how much my belly had dropped and that I was going to be put on bed rest because it was dropping so soon.. I wanted to shove a stapler down her throat.. I had no complications with my pregnancy and never needed bedrest, but I bet she wasn't overly surprised when I delivered almost a month early.
I also hated the, "are you sure it's not twins?!" wtf is wrong with people that they NEED to say this?! I gained 18 lbs my whole pregnancy and only gained in my belly so I didn't get very big.. seriously people.
I got a whole lot of "Are you crazy?" and "Was this planned" which INFURIATED me.
Yes it as my 4th baby, yes it was very much planned. And If i wanted to have 20 children ala Duggar style thats MY business and no one elses.
After I had him I still got "Are you done now I hope"
Makes me want to stab people.
I know I'm late responding and no one will read this, but I still get ticked thinking about this topic. I had the checkout woman at Walmart ask, "How much weight have you gained? You're pretty big?" This was a complete stranger, but I was caught off guard so I answered, "I've only gained about 12 lbs and my doctor said I'm right on track." Checkout lady, "Yeah, I guess that's okay then." Really? So glad I have your approval on my apparently absurd weight gain! Jeez.. Didn't know you had to go to med school to work a checkout counter!