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Things You Should NOT Say To A Pregnant Woman

carolyn0carolyn0 member
edited August 2016 in Chit Chat
Hi everyone,

Just feeling a bit fed up with the unkind comments that seem to come hand in hand with being pregnant. It amazes me what comes out of some peoples mouths. I’m not feeling too bad with the whole pregnancy thing, I mean don’t get me wrong there’s some sleepless nights, nausea, indigestion etc. but I actually feel really good. I know we are supposed to be appreciative of people ‘caring for us’ but there is no reason for people to be rude. 

For me, the most annoying have been the "you look exhausted/so pale” comments. Now I have very pale skin, so when people do the “oh you look so pale” thing to me I feel pretty annoyed. What would they like me to do, magically change my skin colour!

The other one I get a lot is the comments on your size, but I get both. How can I bee 'too small' and 'too big' at the same time!! 

Please comment below I'd love to hear you share your ‘favourite’ pregnancy comments!
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Re: Things You Should NOT Say To A Pregnant Woman

  • carolyn0carolyn0 member
    edited August 2016
    Not sure what happened to the link, it's disappeared!! Will try it again :/
    https://www.bellybelly.com.au/pregnancy/things-you-should-not-say-to-a-pregnant-woman/
    I found this blog post and thought I would share, it’s got a few of the ridiculous things people think are okay to say to you while you're pregnant!

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  • JadedNoodlesJadedNoodles member
    The only thing that has bothered me the most is when you are commenting on something unpleasant, people say "so-and-so would love to be able to have kids." It's unfair to guilt me for feeling bad when I feel bad. Expect me to smile while throwing up or something?
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  • mamaaliciemamaalicie member
    The things that irritated me are no so much about being pregnant, but about having 3 kids. I'm pregnant with my 4th but you can't tell yet. People either give me crazy looks or say"boy you got your hands full". The most aggravating thing every said to me and my husband was when we were checking into a hotel for an extended stay the receptionist asked if we needed a separate room for the nanny. Then when we said we didn't have a nanny, she said " she can't take care of them all by herself". My husband being the smart ass he is said something along the line of she doesn't have a choice she's a women. He's not really like that it just ticked him off that she would think I'm not capable of taking care of our kids. We then decided to go get a refund and only stayed for that night and left the next morning and went somewhere else.
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  • AmandaKessAmandaKess member
    JadedNoodles said:
    The only thing that has bothered me the most is when you are commenting on something unpleasant, people say "so-and-so would love to be able to have kids." It's unfair to guilt me for feeling bad when I feel bad. Expect me to smile while throwing up or something?
    THIS. God forbid every moment of my pregnancy isn't a magic, uplifting experience. I'll never understand why so many people have the knee jerk reaction to respond to genuine complaints with "well it could be worse."
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  • secretsmamasecretsmama member
    The only thing that anyone ever said to me that put me off was "why would you name your daughter that she's going to be teased when she goes to school"
    Dude you named your son Shannon and last time I checked my daughter was made in my womb and was my husband's seed so where exactly is your input supposed to matter if you aren't part of the baby making process of my child?
    This was four years ago
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