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3rd Trimester
ERINPETERSON
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The rudest thing someone has said while you've been pregnant...
ERINPETERSON
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This post is being prompted by a recent rude comment said to my boss who is just 2 weeks behind me in her pregnancy and not to butter her up but she looks great and is a skinny gal with a very normal baby belly.
She was a lunch meeting and afterwards one of our rotary members went up to her and said "ohhhh can I touch your belly?" then she proceeded to ask her "Oh my are you sure you're not having twins!"
She by no means is large?! so it was just plain rude and offensive.
Feel free to post your rudest comment here! 
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Re: The rudest thing someone has said while you've been pregnant...
About a month ago I was walking through Target and sneezed. A complete stranger walked up to me and asked me if I had peed my pants yet. I replied, "No, did you have that problem when you were pregnant?".
And, last weekend, my husband and I stopped at a restaurant for lunch after a morning out running errands and shopping. The manager came over to our table and after saying "Congratulations", went on to inform me that he had fresh towels and boiling water in the back...just in case. I am not due until end of September...
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I've gotten a few comments that now that I was pregnant again, I'd forget or feel better about the baby we lost. Nope, doesn't work that way.
Also, the other day, my dad told me to be careful because the chair I was sitting in (that he had just gotten out of) wasn't very strong and it might break.
MC 9/8/10
Baby Boy Born 7/31/11
My MIL (who is normally awesome) asked me the other day if I was tired (sidebar: I always find that to be rude. It basically means "do you know you look like sh!t?".
I said no, and said "oh, it must just be that your eyes look smaller since your face has gotten so much rounder".
Thanks.
Oscar born October 2011
Miscarriage at 8 weeks (August 2013)
DD due September 1, 2014
At work, I have been told a few times how inconvienent my maternity leave is.
Today I was told "I am not mad at you. I am just really sick of the preferential treatment you receive." This was in response to my boss telling me not to take Drs appts off on my timecard and just to make up the 15 minutes I am late for them.
I've had a lot of rude comments through the months, people don't even say anything anymore.
I had an U/S appt at the hospital today and TWO completely different/random ladies literally just busted up laughing when they saw me standing there.
1 of them was in the parking lot smoking a cig- I just ignored her.
The second one was getting on the elevator with H and I- she started really cracking up, I said in a very straight tone "Wow, you're the 2nd person in an hour to just look at me and laugh" She responded with "Well, I've been there and it's hot so I know how you are feeling just by looking at you"
Fml. On what planet is it ok to look directly in someones face and LAUGH.
That was about the rudest I've ever encountered. I was pretty mortified.
Spontaneous pregnancy #1
DD1 July 31, 2011
Trying for #2 since Oct 11
Spontaneous pregnancy #2= Ectopic #2= lost left tube
Spontaneous pregnancy #3= DD2 January 29, 2016
Spontaneous pregnancy #4= Ectopic #3
Spontaneous pregnancy #5= Baby #3 is a BOY!!!
The young guys at my work take great joy in telling me "My god, you're huge!" or "You're getting so fat!"
They know they're being bad and they know it's not polite, but they're also barely in their 20's and have no idea how to interact with someone who's pregnant. They're also making up for it by bringing little gifts to my desk like cookies and little stuffed nerd toys for the baby. My favorite so far was a little plush Yoda that one of the boys left for him with a note that said "Because you're mommy doesn't understand how awesome Star Wars is."
If I were you, I would start introduce her as Fatty, whether she's pregnant or not.
Im just really tired of the "You are soooooo pregnant" Comment from my friend. Iv gaind 8lbs at 31 weeks. Im smaller than you are, and at least IM PREGNANT!
Prepreg i am a size 14, and very preportionate. So no, im not huge and overweight to begin with. I just dont gain 60+lbs when preegnant.
"I have a picture of you at easter...but your pot belly is so much bigger now!" I'm having TWINS for crying out loud!
My response was "weird, so has yours!" (Not my best manners at the time but it was 94 degrees outside and I can't stand the woman)
I haven't gotten much comments my WHOLE pregnancy. But a bunch of my extended family members and friends have been bugging the crap out of me to post belly pictures on facebook.
When I finally post some and my actual maternity pictures my hubby took for me at 38 weeks (we are on a tight budget)-- my brother-in-law said jokingly that it looks like there is seriously more than one in there-- and another one of my friend's mom agreed (being completely serious) and said it really does look like there is more than one. WTF?!?
'You're pregnant again!? This is the last time, right?'
I'm 23 and have a 3 1/2 year old. Married with my DDs Father. This is my second. And yes probably my last. I'm trying my hardest to finish school and work full time.. This comment really hurt my feelings. It wasn't the first time I heard it.
It seems like there is no filter in people when it comes to a pregnant woman....my favorites so far:
1. "You ruined a perfectly fine looking body for no good reason there." - really?! From a guy who's name I don't even know? No worries, buddy, you won't ever come close enough to actually suffer here.
2. "This pregnancy has been nothing but a drag on me so far." - What? Well, I am sorry that I have had a rocky, high-risk pregnancy so far, but I have actually taken the time and counted the times I have missed work because of being pregnant - it's 7 days. I was on bedrest for 5, and the other 2 or doctor's appointments combined. That's not bad at all. And by the way, well, I am so sorry that MY pregnancy is f*cking inconvenient to you. WHAT?
3. "You gotta call your doctor. You are not big enough for how far along you are. This baby must have died weeks ago!" - I told her to get the away from me before I would hurt her. Who the f*ck says that to a pregnant woman?!
I hate when ppl say that just becasue this baby is a girl, and i already have a boy, that i *should* be done. Just because i have a child of each sex, doesnt mean i dont want more children...mind your own business!
1. I had a little bit of a gut before I got pregnant and last weekend my mom told me I look no different then when I wasn't pregnant. (I am a week away from 7 months)
2. I was in the grocery store a couple weeks ago with my FI, and some lady came up to me and randomly rubbed my belly and asked me if I was pregnant or just fat.
Max born July 25
Big sisters Alex and Layla
My bellybutton has never been much of an innie, so it popped early. Around 36 weeks, I was shopping with my husband when a guy looked at me and said, "You look like you have a basketball under there! And what's that sticking out? Is it his foot?" No, weirdo, it's my bellybutton, and thanks for totally skeeving me out. The odd thing was, this guy was with his young kids. Didn't he watch their mother's pregnancies?
Whenever we go out, my husband is astonished by the comments I get. "All the time," I say. "It's like that all the time." I don't want to talk to most strangers, but they certainly want to talk at me. It's the curse of living as a cold-hearted New England girl in Southern California.
::lurking::
The comments that always ticked me off the most were the "oh you're just being hormonal". According to my family, I apparently never had any TRUE feelings or opinions - any negative feelings I had were SOLELY due to hormones.
What's worse than the hormonal comments *during* pregnancy? STILL having any and all negative feelings or opinions blamed on hormones at 6 months PP. And for the record, AF hasn't even returned yet, so PMS isn't even in the cards! I'm never "allowed" to have actual real feelings or opinions - apparently it's always hormones talking (unless my feeling or opinion is the same as theirs).
DH is a high school teacher and we went to a Teen Arts Festival where kids from local high schools sang, played instruments, and displayed their artwork.
As I was walking down a stairwell a rush of teenagers came through and I nearly got trampled. DH announced, "Watch out, pregnant woman here," and blocked them from hitting into me.
As we got through the stairwell and into the hallway, a girl said loudly, "F*@k you and your baby," as she continued up the stairs.
I was REALLY upset. It was aggressive, and the fact that it came from a girl was even more disturbing.
Needless to say, I left the festival right away and got back into my "bubble of safety."
During my 2nd tri, I was working the register (I work at wal-mart) and I had a lady start screaming at her son, and then she looked at me and said "You didn't use protection?"
Oh yeah. She went there. The people behind her gave her this awestruck look and I just kept calm until she left and then went and found my manger to rant!