hr.lr.07

When people try to rub my belly I tell them to get lost There are certain people I let do it (you know, OH, Mum, OH's mum, close family or friends) but any strange people.. GET LOST!

Love the article, made me laugh

Sarahkka

Some pregnancy etiquette for the general public!
Most excellent!
People need more of that - we need a full-on Miss Preggy Manners column to keep the education up!
Great read!

jobee2222

OMG this should be made visible to everyone.. along with of course "whose the daddy?" yes my lil 11 yr old brother asked me that, either he thinks i'm a slut or doesnt quite understand how babies are made. And that mention of miscarriages and all that HAH everyone of my OH mates replied "its early days yet" when told about the pregnancy(This was before I was 14 weeks). That was bad enough as it was but when my OH said it too I was in tears. No girl would ever say that, least not while i'm within earshot.

krissie1234uk

I'm only 20 and since "going public" (12 week scan on Wednesday made me want to tell everyone!!) I have been asked by so many people, "Was it planned?".
No it wasn't, but thats not their business!! Plus, as if that wasn't enough a few people have then delved further and asked was I on the pill or just using condoms!! Errr, why do you care???
Stupid people...

Neecee

My friend is almost 17 weeks and quite big already and another friend of ours p****d us both off by commenting on how big my friend was and then asking me why I wasn't as big??? My friend is only 5ft 3" and not too slim, and I'm 5ft 9" and quite slim - of course we're gonna look different - and she's 3 weeks ahead of me anyway!!!!!

rae05

Another big one... "So are you keeping it?"


WTF!?!? I've actually been asked that so many times. WTF do you think, moron? Do you think I'd be telling people I was pregnant when I'm planning on getting rid of it??!?

Sarahkka

Oh. My. God.
Are you f'ing serious?
That is so incredibly rude that my jaw just hit the floor.

angie0235

how funny! Those comments should be printed out so that they can be handed out to everyone. i had a classic at work - when I was 18 weeks i was told by a 'friend' that she was able to wear a bikini at 18 weeks! cheeky cow! I nearly slapped her. she also said i'd be massive near the end. I'm 32 weeks now and i'm not massive - just pregnant!!! Think some comments stem from jealousy about getting attention!!!

rae05

I know. One guy I used to be friends with a long time ago asked me this one day...I was after getting sick of hearing it because for some reason everyone expected that is what I would do...and I went a little nuts at him. Of course, that was blamed on me being pregnant and hormonal, not because it was just wrong to have been said in the first place.

People just have no brains or consideration for what they say.

PeanutBean

Rae, that's unreal, did you suggest they won't be keeping their head much longer if they carry on like that?!

Another to add: When I told work people at 9 weeks because we'd had a scan at 8 with all well and I felt so shit I wanted people to know why, one of my work colleagues asked "So are you ok telling people about it so soon?" Well duh!!! Didn't appreciate the implication that I might lose baby...