Baby Week 23 - Things you should NOT say to a pregnant woman
September 18, 2008
In my first and now my second pregnancy, I’ve heard some pretty entertaining comments. I don’t think that people say these things to me with the intention of being mean, but whatever they were intending just doesn’t seem to come out right. I take these commments with a good dose of humor and chuckle about them later. However, if you have any pregnant friends or family members out there, please refrain from using any of the following comments.
- “Wow, you’re really starting to show. You’re going to be huge!”
- (these questions were fired one right after another without an opportunity to respond or escape) “Wow, you’re really getting round - how much do you weigh? Have you gained much weight? Don’t you weigh yourself every morning? Are you overweight or underweight?”
- “Do we need to measure your belly and make sure you’ll fit in the car?” (asked the day before travelling to a conference together - also, I’m only 6 months pregnant at this point)
- When I was 8 1/2 months pregnant with Xander (I think I had about 2-3 weeks left before Xander was born). Me: Hello (insert name of awful woman here), how are you today? Awful woman gives me a once over and responds: Skinnier than you are.
I’m sure I’ll uncover more fodder for this blog post in the next few months, and I’ll post any worthy comments here as they come up. Please feel free to share any comments of this nature that you’ve heard - they do make me chuckle 
So do I know who that awful woman is??? I don’t miss that at all!
She actually works for a local visitation center, so you probably know her, though she wasn’t actually a client or anything for our old agency. I worked with her more after I left the agency - she really is an awful woman
Isn’t it great? I’m due 12/11 and I really am looking pregnant now. I don’t really look it til 7 mos (this is my third time) so now I am getting all teh comments “Oh you’re getting big” I just wanna ask “What am I 3?” lol oh well.
Haha, it’s important to keep a sense of humor with comments like those, isn’t it? You must be counting down the days now - good luck!!