Things Pregnant Women Don’t Want to Hear…

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I won’t lie, before getting pregnant I was an offender of bad conversation etiquette with pregnant women. It’s easy to fall into the trap, after all, you don’t want to act uninterested, but there is also a fine line when it comes to pregnant women!

In an effort to spare you from hormone driven pregnancy eye rolls, I thought I would share with you a list of things pregnant women don’t want to hear.

Some of these I have experienced first-hand (many of them I have even made the mistake of asking) and others are from my fellow Mom Bloggers or family members and friends who have been pregnant. 

 

Without further adieu, in no particular order, pregnant women do not want to hear…

  • “You better get all the sleep you can now because you won’t sleep at all once the baby is here.”
  • “Do you want a boy or a girl?”
  • “I hope your labor is better than mine–it was AWFUL!”
  • About any pregnancy/labor article that you found on Yahoo
  • “Baby shoes are a waste of money, they won’t keep them on anyways!”
  • “There is no point reading those parenting books–it’s a waste of time because your baby WILL CONTROL YOUR LIFE!”
  • “Please don’t be one of those moms who puts gigantic bows on her babies!”
  • “You paid how much for that mamaroo thing?! What a waste of money! Any swing will do!”
  • “There is no point in buying an expensive car seat, the cheap ones from Walmart will work just fine!”
  • “Well, when I was pregnant…”
  • “Don’t you just feel so wonderful?!”
  • “There is no way you are that far along, you look tiny!”
  • “Are you sure there aren’t twins in there?”
  • “You look like you are about to pop! Are you sure you will make it to your due date?”
  • “Hey, Mommy/Momma!”
  • Overbearing opinions on the best methods to feed and/or diaper.
  • “Little girls steal your beauty!”
  • “What names are you considering?”
  • “Please don’t name your kid anything crazy or too long to monogram.”
  • “Oh, that’s an interesting name…I’ve never heard that before…”
  • “It looks like you are gaining more weight in your back than your front!”
  • Any of the following words: plump, huge, gigantic
  • “When will you have another kid?”
  • “Wait, how old are you?!”
  • “Oh, girls/boys are the best!”
  • “Did you get pregnant on purpose?”
  • “How many kids did/do you want? Will you try for another?”
  • “How much weight have you gained?”
  • “I can definitely see that bump today!”
  • “You really shouldn’t be eating that” or “ignore what the books and doctors say, eat whatever you want! I did and my kids turned out just fine!”

 

And pregnant women of multiples/not their first child especially don’t want to hear…

  • “Don’t you know how that happens?”
  • “Bless your heart!”
  • “Were you trying for twins?!”
  • “Why did you space your kids out so far? You’re starting all over again!”
  • “Now you have one of each so you can be done!”
  • “So if this one is a boy too, are you going to try for a girl next?”
  • “How are you going to manage three under the age of 3?”
  • “Did you want twins?”

 

Are you guilty of saying any of these? If so, from now on, you might want to stick with a simple “Congratulations, you look amazing!”

What is the worst thing you were ever asked while you were pregnant?

 

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Alana Livingston
Alana is a small-town Oklahoma girl who now resides in Edmond with her husband and 1 year old daughter. She has a bachelor's degree in Business Management and an MBA in Marketing. Alana quit her job as a Marketing Director to be a SAHM when her daughter was born. She is a former Foster Mom with a huge passion for foster care. Alana loves to spend her time playing with her daughter, binge watching Netflix and Hulu, practicing yoga (practice being the key word), and hanging out with her husband.

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