Things that annoy you now pregnant that didn't used to before

sistio · August 2015

I love my mother, but ever since I've gotten pregnant, I've started to notice that she talks to herself as she's doing things. For example, if she cooking, she'll go through the steps out loud. I know this shouldn't bother me and I have no idea why now I'm just noticing it, but I can't stand it. It's with everything... she verbalizes nearly everything that she's thinking.

Anyone else come across things that people do which now you can't stand but before being pregnant was no big deal?

1stComesLove421 · August 2015

Haha my mom has always done the same thing and with my pregnancies it becomes more annoying!

For me I'm going to say my paleness. I've always been super pale. But during pregnancy everyone is constantly telling me I look exhausted and sick. I'm tired of being asked if I'm ok!

dchiapella · August 2015

@1stComesLove421 Me... Too...!!!!!!!!! Whenever I go into the sun it's like a flippin' blinding voip!

I guess to me it's self-centered-ness. It's always been a HUGE pet peeve of mine but now I can't even talk to certain people anymore because I know they'll turn everything into something self serving. Lack of empathy just blows my mind!

millereliz13 · August 2015

Mine is the noise of people eating. We watched a video in birth class that had a woman crunch into a red pepper slice. It made me angry to hear her eat. And now I notice commercials with the noise.

mandy903 · August 2015

Dumb drivers. I have a serious case of road rage which is very out of character for me. Like your blinker is there for a reason.

midge519 · August 2015

mandy903 said:
Dumb drivers. I have a serious case of road rage which is very out of character for me. Like your blinker is there for a reason.

I have the road rage too!! Like wtf why are you stopping to turn? Why are you doing ten under the speed limit and no one is in front of you and the weather is great. It's bad

cgummie · August 2015

millereliz13 said:
Mine is the noise of people eating. We watched a video in birth class that had a woman crunch into a red pepper slice. It made me angry to hear her eat. And now I notice commercials with the noise.

I feel the same way! And it goes doubly for those chewing gum loudly, too.

dchiapella · August 2015

@mandy903 and @midge519 Or when a grown man is yelling, cussing, flipping you off and being the biggest douche in the WORLD because you're keeping an intersection or a railroad clear since you know, you don't want to die OR pay a brutally expensive ticket...

Or when there's torrential downpour and flash floods and literally zero visibility and nobody else has their flippin lights on which nearly causes like a 40 car pile up (let me include that it's now a state law as well that you have to have lights on when your wipers are on)...

Or when you're in traffic and someone tries to merge into the side of your vehicle without looking or signaling and they react like it's your fault when if they had just signaled and been ahead of your car instead of side by side you would have let them through...

Yeah... I guess I need to add bad drivers to the list... Or just get out of Massachusetts lol.

midge519 · August 2015

dchiapella said:
@mandy903 and @midge519 Or when a grown man is yelling, cussing, flipping you off and being the biggest douche in the WORLD because you're keeping an intersection or a railroad clear since you know, you don't want to die OR pay a brutally expensive ticket...

Or when there's torrential downpour and flash floods and literally zero visibility and nobody else has their flippin lights on which nearly causes like a 40 car pile up (let me include that it's now a state law as well that you have to have lights on when your wipers are on)...

Or when you're in traffic and someone tries to merge into the side of your vehicle without looking or signaling and they react like it's your fault when if they had just signaled and been ahead of your car instead of side by side you would have let them through...

Yeah... I guess I need to add bad drivers to the list... Or just get out of Massachusetts lol.

Yes to all of this!! It's state law here in PA for the wipers too and I swear no one does it! It drives me insane. It's like seriously you're driving a dark car, Ina dark and cloudy day, and it freaking raining. I can't see you!!!

Oh and the whole they have a stop sign I have a stop except right turn. Stop trying to squeeze in before me! I have the right a way not you and stop active as if me getting close to your car (on purpose but safely) is because I did something wrong. You pulled out in front of me douche bag!

baconlady · August 2015

everything under the sun! lol I'm so done with people. I'd be fine sitting at home until my due date.

alinic916 · August 2015

@baconlady Agreed! Everyone and everything drives me nuts! This dumbest, smallest annoyances are way worse since I've been pregnant. I just can't deal with people!

OperaSingerMommy · August 2015

I can't stand phone operators. If I have to call BRU to ask about a return policy for example, I am usually calm and extremely polite on the phone but lately I have been completely losing my cool and freaking out at everyone who puts me on hold, interrupts me while I'm speaking, or doesn't listen to my question!!!

brittanispears · August 2015

Pen clicking, tapping, any random unnecessary noise. My coworker who sits by me has been driving me crazy and I've had to say something to him on several occasions. He lets the magnet on his tea diver guy hit the side of his ceramic cup ALL THE TIME. He also bounces in his chair like it doesn't squeak -___- I find myself wanting to strangle him.

brittanispears · August 2015

aprosch said:

@baconlady Agreed! Everyone and everything drives me nuts! This dumbest, smallest annoyances are way worse since I've been pregnant. I just can't deal with people!

I hate everyone!

whitemn04 · August 2015

This is really dumb, but at work people can't leave stuff alone and write on it. I got a new mouse pad out and the next day it's got a stupid picture drawn on it of a pooping bird. Any dust on a computer screen gets a note on it. I even had a grocery list I forgot to put in my pocket and someone added salami, beer and condoms.. All I said was I'm not sure what you're planning to do with the salami and confirms but they can buy their own. It's constant and ever since being pregnant it pisses me off to no end. We're all adults, not high schoolers.

MamaOwl15 · August 2015

My husband and my toddler!

elmann1 · August 2015

baconlady said:

everything under the sun! lol I'm so done with people. I'd be fine sitting at home until my due date.

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Ugh same here!!! EVERYONE annoys me. When someone walks into the train too fast, determined to get a seat annoys me; calm down! A gum chewing woman the other day, omg I wanted to slap her. Kids playing and having a good time outside makes me cringe. I just want silence. there's a train that goes through our neighborhood and I swear the conductor does a rhythmic tooting with his little train horn that makes me wish I can grab the train and throw it. I've never felt this level of annoyance with everything is amazing lol DH says I need to write a book of all this because I'll probably forget. Meh maybe...

Knottie16288692 · August 2015

My boss has a huge German shepherd that sits in our office and is supposed to protect us... out in the middle of nowhere... Before pregnancy I didn't mind because I love animals and he sleeps near my desk. It was kind of sweet lol My boss however worships this dog as if it was a kid he never had (he has three). Whenever he walks in our office, he says "Max puppy dog" "Sleepy puppy dog" "Pooped puppy". Every. Single. Time. I one time took a tally of how many times he said it that day. 50 times!! It drives me crazy and I want to ask him if the dog ever answers back! Not only that, he also has a cat. So its between "Max puppy dog" and "Diva Kitty". I'm so anxious for maternity leave.

baconlady · August 2015

elmann1 said:

baconlady said:

everything under the sun! lol I'm so done with people. I'd be fine sitting at home until my due date.

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Ugh same here!!! EVERYONE annoys me. When someone walks into the train too fast, determined to get a seat annoys me; calm down! A gum chewing woman the other day, omg I wanted to slap her. Kids playing and having a good time outside makes me cringe. I just want silence. there's a train that goes through our neighborhood and I swear the conductor does a rhythmic tooting with his little train horn that makes me wish I can grab the train and throw it. I've never felt this level of annoyance with everything is amazing lol DH says I need to write a book of all this because I'll probably forget. Meh maybe...

lol you do forget. I don't remember being this annoyed at the world with my first.

Ljonas87 · August 2015

Coming into work and Co workers are in a panic saying the printer is saying there is an error and not working so they are down to using one printer for the whole pharmacy.

Looking at said broken printer while it flashes on screen. "Replace toner". UGHH ARE YOU FRICKEN KIDDING ME! NONE OF THE 10 PEOPLE ALREADY HERE KNOW HOW TO CHANGE THE FRICKEN TONER CARTRIDGE? come on people, we dispense medications, I would think the capability to change the toner is within the grasp of at least 1 Co worker.
The look in the pharmacists eyes like, "what will we ever do?" And another Co worker looking at me like, "you better be able to fix your mess?"
I was like, "really? First of all there are 5 toner cartridges in the back so there are plenty. It's not my fault all of you are so afraid of electronics."
Ugh, I'm usually very patient with all of them but come on.....I will not be coming in during my maternity leave to change the printer toner.

Sigh' end rant. Man that felt good to get out.

sjembry93 · August 2015

People "whisper singing" or out right singing with their headphones in! A girl at work does it allll the time and it drives me bonkers. Oh and loud breathing. The same lady grunts and wheezes all the time. I have a tiny human in my rib cage and I breathe easier than her. And she's not an asthmatic or way overweight or anything else (she tells anyone who will listen her whole life story so I'm sure that would have come up) but she smokes 2 packs a day. Sometimes I wanna scream maybe if you didn't smoke like a frickin chimney breathing would be easier for you! And loud typing. People who smack their keys unnecessarily loudly get on my nerves.

elmann1 · August 2015

baconlady said:

elmann1 said:

baconlady said:

everything under the sun! lol I'm so done with people. I'd be fine sitting at home until my due date.

Ugh same here!!! EVERYONE annoys me. When someone walks into the train too fast, determined to get a seat annoys me; calm down! A gum chewing woman the other day, omg I wanted to slap her. Kids playing and having a good time outside makes me cringe. I just want silence. there's a train that goes through our neighborhood and I swear the conductor does a rhythmic tooting with his little train horn that makes me wish I can grab the train and throw it. I've never felt this level of annoyance with everything is amazing lol DH says I need to write a book of all this because I'll probably forget. Meh maybe...

lol you do forget. I don't remember being this annoyed at the world with my first.

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Vstille2712 · August 2015

Hate that everytime I walk into a room everyone's eyes shift immediately to my belly. I can feel the stares. There's still a person attached to this bump!

VioletandRose · August 2015

Vstille2712 said:

Hate that everytime I walk into a room everyone's eyes shift immediately to my belly. I can feel the stares. There's still a person attached to this bump!

I know!! There is a lady in my office, who so obviously stares at my bump while having (work-related) conversations with me. She keeps glancing down, then back at my eyes, glancing down, back at my eyes. It makes me feel so uncomfortable. It's not even like I am unusually large or something, but yeah, I'm 8 months pregnant, it's noticeable. She's about in her 50's and has 2 daughters that just had children, so it's not like it's something she's never seen before. I don't get it; do these people have any tact?

loveleighmami · August 2015

Everything and everyone. I hate being crabby, but I don't feel like socializing. And I hate everyone asking what the baby's name is and if I say we're working on it everyone and their momma has a list of names for me. I was fine at first, but now I just feel so dang crabby I get on my own nerves. lol

J1D · August 2015

This one was hard for me. Everything annoys me but it all annoyed me before I was pregnant. But I finally found a new annoyance! Picking things up off the floor!!! That's definitely a pregnancy related annoyance.

elmann1 · August 2015

Vstille2712 said:

Hate that everytime I walk into a room everyone's eyes shift immediately to my belly. I can feel the stares. There's still a person attached to this bump!

THIS. I have a coworker who gets Crazy Eyes on me Every. Single. Day. She stairs at my belly, then at various other parts of my body like looking for something. the other day she goes "Are you in a good mood" I said "Yeah" she was like "Ok good because it looks like you have a watermelon sticking out of your dress." WTF.... yes.... thats called being pregnant now stop staring at my belly!!

danixbanani24 · August 2015

If one more person tells me I can't lift or carry something I'm going to actually lose it. Should I be carrying a 50lb bag of mulch? No but this 2 lb beach umbrella isn't going to hurt me.

furelise93 · August 2015

Listening to people eat. It's always been one of my pet peeves, but it's been magnified times a million since I've been pregnant! Like the other night my husband decided to be a sweetheart and take me out for ice cream after dinner. OMG. I almost grabbed his ice cream cone and smeared it all over the car because listening to him enjoy his ice cream was making me go crazy!

...I need help.

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blsav23 · August 2015

This is terrible, but people in pain at work (I'm an RN). I'm not talking legit pain, I'm talking the "abdominal pain" with no tests to back it up & me spending my day, running my ass off to get them Dilaudid every 2 hours. Like, I'm not in pain?! I guess I'm just sick of taking care of other people while waddling around 7.5 months pregnant with twins!

julianas1029 · August 2015

We have a new girl at work and she is super loud and talks in this baby voice. At first i thought it was just because she was young then i found out that shes only 3 months younger than me and im almost 27. Everytime she squeals or talks like a baby i just want to yell at her to shut up. Oh and she feels the need to tell me that my belly has grown. No my belly is not growing every single day and i have a mirror. You don't need to remind me that i have a watermelon.

FatPony · August 2015

My dog keeps following me around and loudly licking her chops constantly. I love her, but it's driving me insane!!!

plumpous · August 2015

When people at work ask me to make changes to stuff I've already completed. I used to be OK with it but lately I'm like why can't you just get it right the first time?

kmama37 · August 2015

My boyfriend

wack0032 · August 2015

People who smoke. It never really bothered me before, but now I just want to scream if they are standing outside and entrance I need to go in/out of.

taylinross · August 2015

When people watch everything i eat and drink like "youre not supposed to have caffeine" "are you sure you should eat that much sugar" my favorite one "eat your eggs before your pancakes or youll fill up on the pancakes" like im 10.

SMGoodlett · August 2015

When my husband and I are asked what my daughters name is, what her gender is or when she is due ten times a day by various strangers and then the man behind the counter makes a comment about how "well you guys don't sound very excited for this at all!"

If you answered the same questions all the time you'd lack some enthusiasm too. Just because I'm not bubbling joy over your nosy questions doesn't mean that I'm not excited to meet my daughter! I've just heard your question for the hundredth time!

ROrtiz07 · August 2015

@SMGoodlett THIS! I hate when people make comments about my enthusiasm. Like...I have a baby taking over my body and I've been asked the same questions countless times... Forgive my lack of bubbly joy to answer yours

ROrtiz07 · August 2015

I also just can't stand people at this point. Everything annoys me.

Everything.

SMGoodlett · August 2015

@ROrtiz07 oh yes. Bugs me to no end. Let's NOT tell the pregnant mom how excited/unexcited she is, thanks. I don't see you carrying this child for me. It's tiring! No one is happy ALL the time.

shantyrae · August 2015

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