May 2012 Moms

Creative ways of asking if you're pregnant

I am a dog trainer so see a variety of clients over a weeks. I'm now to the point where it is fairly clear I'm pregnant, but not clear enough that people have the guts to ask. I'm getting a lot of side-eyes! And while I certainly don't mind telling people I'm pregnant, it doesn't make sense to "announce" it to each class/client when it is so off topic and we have mostly short-term relationships.

Two have asked so far, and both were quite creative about it. I was impressed!

The first one, at 16.5 weeks, has known me for months on and off. I stood with bad posture, accentuating the belly, and she stared at me speculatively. When scheduling our next appointment I mentioned the day I suggested was before the holidays really got going. She agreed, thought for a moment, and said, "So...do you have any family around here you're going to see for the holiday?" I told her no, and where my family was. She looked thoughtful as she repeated the place and said, "So....are you guys thinking of starting a family yourselves around here sometime?" all non-chalant. I said yes, and then realized what she was really asking, and told her I was pregnant. I thought it was clever, if I'd said no I might have never realized what she was really getting at!

The second one was this morning. I was going to grab something and knocked over a cleaning bottle. I commented on how clumsy I was. She said, "Oh, when I was pregnant I was so clumsy, I was always knocking things over! And pregnancy brain, at one point I found my keys in my fridge!" and kind of left it at that, didn't ask, but put the topic out there. I took pity on her and answered, "Yeah, I haven't really had episodes of pregnancy brain yet, thank goodness!"

I think it is awesome fun that people are noticing :-D Anyone been creative in how they asked you?

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