I feel like my pregnancy brings out the idiot in everyone else and the hormonal mess in me. Totally not a good combination!
So I’d like to clear up a few things:
1) I AM NOT FAT. I am putting on weight because I am 21 weeks pregnant. I’m supposed to. I’m sorry that some of that weight goes to my hips…I don’t want it to go there either, but I carry my babies low and thus my hips carry some extra weight.
I don’t think your jokes about me eating too much fast food or needing to go back to the gym are funny. I laugh, but I’m thinking something totally different in my head!
2) I AM NOT HAVING TWINS. Again, this is not funny. Have you not seen pregnant people before???? I’m not even huge by pregnancy standards yet. Get a life. It’s (again) not a funny joke. I laugh much less at this one and kinda wanna kick you in the teeth when you say it. Especially in front of other people.
3) I’M NOT YOURS TO TOUCH. Unless you are my friend, don’t touch me. I don’t like to be touched at the best of times, but when I’m pregnant I like it even less. Don’t rub my belly unless I like you. Don’t give me shoulder rubs (EW) unless you’re my husband (seriously Chris, feel free). I don’t want to be patted and fondled and handled like a slab of meat at the grocery store. Hands off people.
4) YES, I’M _____________. Fill in the blanks…somethings I do you won’t love, but I don’t really want your opinion. Drinking a pop (um, one a week will not be the end of me), carrying my toddler (we’d never get anywhere if I didn’t carry him), cooking and cleaning (is someone else willing to do it), selling my house (I know it’s stressful but it’s happening…deal!). I’m learning more and more that my pregnancy seems to give people the idea they can comment on my overall health and well-being at will. Ah, no thanks.
5) I DON’T WANT TO HEAR HORROR STORIES. This, my friends, is not the time to tell me about all the awful pregnancy stories you have heard or experienced. I’m too emotional and hormonal and it’s all I can think about. Actually, I don’t know why you would ever want to tell a pregnant woman about the bad things that have happened to pregnant women you knew. Something may happen to this pregnancy or me, it’s true. But I don’t need you reminding me of it.
AHHHHHH! Feeling lighter already! Wanna share any of your pregnancy gripes???
Sarah says
I get the most pitiful looks when people realize The Boy will be exactly 2 years old when I have Baby #2. I don’t need your pity people, I did it to myself:)
mycafelatte says
I get, “oh you’re so small”. I even got that from the Doctor at the hospital. Makes me paranoid. I also hate when people tell me how hard two kids will be, how the first child is going to beg for attention, how I won’t sleep, etc. Two cents? I didn’t ask for it.
bonniesmith says
On top of my list is horror stories, when I was pregnant people would keep telling me these idiotic stories about this or that going wrong. SHUT UP ALREADY! I know things can go wrong, I have Google! and they kept giving me nightmares until I pretty much cut myself off from 99% of these friends and things went back to normal. Just got fed up with all of it.
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Tracey says
#4 made me the craziest… sometimes, I really hate people.
It’ll be over soon, dollface – the prize! The Prize is so delicious!! Soon. 🙂
JenB. says
OH OH NUMBER 4! I just went through all of this. My babies are only 18 months apart (“did you PLAN this?”). I carried my son the entire time I was pregnant, I drank diet coke (multiple cans) everday, and my husband got a new job just as the baby was born so now we are selling a house and trying to move and living apart.
It’s just crazy how being pregnant seems to make people entitled to judge every action you make.
Lisa says
I share your pain with respect to number 2. I often got the “you must be having twins,” followed by the confused look when I said it was only one baby. One person even followed it up with, “But, you’re huge!” What a kind thing to say. I especially liked how when I was only in my second trimester and people would assume that I was due any day. I like the t-shirt idea, by the way!
Julie says
when someone touched me i grabbed their ass. seriously! it was funny because i got the same offended look all of the time until they realized why i did that. i got more “sorry”‘s after that.
Annabelle says
I hated when people would ask what I was having and then tell me I must be so disappointed it was another boy. Crazy. I was just hoping for a healthy child and didn’t worry so much about everything else.
Jen says
So with you on all of this, especially the touching part. I had to tell my own mother to back off! Even during labour I didn’t want to be touched (oops, labour story, sorry!). 🙂
I swear someone needs to make a t-shirt for pregnant women with all this information on it!
Christine says
See – I always tell people my awesome delivery stories (and leave out the bad one)
I loved pregnancy, labour and delivery and I let my preggie friends know that!
I hated people telling me “Oh it’s just water retention” when I gained 67lbs with my first. I didn’t a hoot WTF is was. I was huge and nothing you could say could make me feel any less digusted with how I looked. It was my first pregnancy and I had no idea what would happen to me after I gave birth. Luckily I got right back down and the next 2 pregnancies were WAY better.
Belly shot! Belly shot! We want a belly shot!
Lindsay says
How about: ” 21 months apart?” You must be crazy… you’re going to be so busy…etc…
Like I’m unaware that caring for 2 under 2 will be busy???? Or are they implying I won’t be able to handle it? Either way….zip it! lol
KelliGiff says
You are SO RIGHT about the horror stories. I’m really not sure why people have to tell you all the horrible stories they know of pregnancies gone wrong, but they absolutely do. It’s been my biggest complaint so far during my pregnancy. It has turned me into a nervous wreck! This is my first and I don’t want to imagine all the bad things that can happen.