A journey with pregnancy is truly magical . . . but can be frustrating due to the people around her. Sometimes, they say the most inappropriate things. Maybe they’re trying to be helpful or funny, but to a pregant woman, neither is true. Let’s begin with:
“Wow, you are HUGE, are you sure it’s not twins?”
Apparently, some people suddenly earn medical degrees just by looking at your baby bump. It’s annoying and makes the mommy-to-be feel like they don’t know anything about their pregnancy. As a matter of fact, it feels like this person knows even more than her doctor.
“You’re carrying low – it’s DEFINITELY a boy, I haven’t been wrong yet”
Wow, this person should definitely charge for their services. Knowing the gender without seeing the ultrasound? Amazing! (The person was wrong, btw, the momma had a girl).
“You thing you’re tired now? Um, you have no idea what’s to come”
Should momma be grateful now and stop complaining? It doesn’t matter whether you’re in the trying stage, the pregnancy stage, or the momma stage, tired is tired. There are just different ways of being tired. There’s no need to invalidate a pregnant woman’s thoughts about her body because guess what? She really is tired!
“You will never be the same again, no more jumping on the trampoline”
Every woman who is pregnant or wants to be pregnant should keep this in mind. This is very important, especially if you plan to keep jumping on trampolines.
This is a scene that no one needs to picture in their head. It was good enough to survive not knowing this momma actually had sex but to have confirmation they do has now blown momma’s mind.
“Want to know what giving birth is like? Passing a melon.”
Honeydew melons? Those are delicious! Seriously, though, some pregnant women are already anxious about the actual birthing process. There’s no need to add too much info about it, especially if she didn’t ask for it.
“You’re only 4 months along? Wow, you are going to be huge.”
Thanks a lot, family/friend/co-worker/other mommy/stranger. Momma didn’t know that at all. She thought she’d look exactly the same by the time she gives birth.
“Once baby arrives, say goodbye to doing your hair or makeup ever again”
Maybe some mommas can’t keep up but there are a lot of mommas who can still wear makeup and style their hair after giving birth. Was this person warning the momma or wanting them to feel bad? Who knows? It’s still up to momma if she wants to do all of this.
“Just wait until you see how many stretch marks you will get.”
Did momma ask about stretch marks? If not, please don’t say anything. Better yet, please don’t say anything, even if momma asked, in such a condescending way.
A journey with pregnancy is truly magical . . . but can be frustrating due to the people around her. Sometimes, they say the most inappropriate things. Maybe they’re trying to be helpful or funny, but to a pregant woman, neither is true. Let’s begin with:
“Wow, you are HUGE, are you sure it’s not twins?”
Apparently, some people suddenly earn medical degrees just by looking at your baby bump. It’s annoying and makes the mommy-to-be feel like they don’t know anything about their pregnancy. As a matter of fact, it feels like this person knows even more than her doctor.
