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Friday, December 11, 2009
Oh No, He Didn't! The Things People Say to Pregnant Women: An iVillage Top 10
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- by iVillage, on Wed Jul 8, 2009 9:22am PDT
We asked iVillagers, "What's the weirdest, rudest or most
oblivious thing anyone has said to you while you were
pregnant?" Some of the responses were
flat-out funny , and some were enough to turn your hair
white—read 'em and weep.
1. A woman at the pool said, "You must be having a girl—they
say that girl babies steal their mother's beauty."
2. When we announced our pregnancy, my father-in-law said,
"It's about time, we were beginning to wonder if you
needed a biology lesson!" We'd been trying for a year, and
I'd been on fertility drugs for six months.
3. Last week the FedEx guy said, "After you, your load is
bigger than mine."
4. A week before I gave birth to my first
baby,
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these two snooty women walked up to me
and asked me to my face, "Why aren't you wearing
maternity clothes? Do you not believe in them?" And then they
walked off laughing at me. I was wearing maternity clothes! They
had just stopped fitting at that point!
5. This old lady at Target looked at me and shook her head. She
said, "You young girls need to see there are other things to
do in the winter, and you won't end up in your situation."
I told her I was in my mid 20s and had been married for 3 years and
that my "situation" was actually a blessing!
6. My sister-in-law told me today that if I go into labor on
Christmas Eve, she will "just have to miss it" because
she has to go to the mall for the sales.
7. My father-in-law said, "Real women don't need pain
medication during labor." I replied, "Real men know when
to keep their big mouths shut."
8. When I was getting out of the shower the other day, my hubby
said I look like a pregnant orangutan! Then he said he didn't
mean it in a bad way! How can you mean that in a good way?
9. On the morning of my 20-week ultrasound (which I was
understandably anxious about), I told a woman at work that I was
going later that day. She proceeded to tell me detail by detail
about her miscarriage 17 years ago.
10. When I was dealing with morning sickness and fatigue, my coworker had
the nerve to say, "I'm not sure I want to be seen with you
the way you look." And last Friday, she told me some days she
wonders if I've bothered to brush my hair, because it looks
like I'm having sex in the parking lot before work!
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Posted by Areshea Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:24am PDT
When I was 28 and expecting my 2nd child, a co-worker shook her head and said "Your too young to be having a 2nd baby." I said "I'm 28 and its no one's business." She apologized embarrassed and said she thought I was only 20 at the most. Now I am 35 expecting my 5th child and I hear realtives telling me to get my tubes tied and other jokes about having kids. Funny thing is they don't support me and my family, my husband does and he loves having this many kids.
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Posted by meg Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:31am PDT
When my mom was at about 36 weeks with me she picked up my paternal great grandfather from the airport. He was really getting up there in age and I guess he had forgotten that she was pregnant because he took one look at her and said "You're getting a little plump aren't ya." She said at the time she was a little offended, but now we all laugh about it because at 36 weeks who wouldn't mind being seen at a little plump.
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Posted by Ms.Nicole06/21/08 Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:38pm PDT
When i was pregnant every one in the darn world wanted to comment that i was big. Of course I'm big (Treashur weighed 8lbs and 14.4 oz)I's not like i didnt feel a big horse already, but to be reminded about it every day is just a shame. So one day when someone decided to tell me that i was BIG.(who was really overweight herself) i said " I'm pregnant, what's your excuse" lol She still hasn't spoke to me since. lol
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Posted by Becky Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:32pm PDT
I got told it was a boy because my nostrils hadn't flared. I had a girl.
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Posted by April Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:46pm PDT
Don't you just love how everyone thinks they can just spout out any opinion about you when you are pregnant? I had the old women stares as well( I look younger than i am) and after my son was born, a nurse at the pediatrician actually said she was surprised that I cared for my son so much?! I asked her why she said that and she replied," the young ones usually don't care." I was 28.
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Posted by Spam I Am Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:19pm PDT
annie, methinks your neighbor should be your new mother-in-law...
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Posted by Annie Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:30am PDT
I was pregnant with my first and only child after 8 years of trying. I was at my niece's parent/teacher conference (my niece lives with me). My niece's teacher was asking me about my baby and I said finally through in-vitro we were lucky enough to get pregnant. She says to me her friend had invitro and the baby died at 7 mths. I was about 6 mths at the time. I was speechless. What a stupid thing to say to someone. I don't think I heard anything she said the rest of the conference..
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Posted by April Hughes Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:38am PDT
Someone once told me, "Oh you're pregnant? I thought you were just fat!"
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