What were your biggest pregnancy surprises and pet peeves?

Justin Rivera17 said:luxemburg - that’s exactly what this thread is for. :-)

Look, if you ask me, you should start practicing—specifically, how to handle people being condescending. The next time someone tries to lecture you or act like they know better, just hit them with a calm, deadpan: "So what?" or "Hey, we're all different, right?" Honestly, I just want to actually enjoy my food without feeling like I'm gonna barf... luckily, everyone's wired differently, I guess...

Just try to stick to healthy, varied meals. I know it feels like a massive uphill battle right now, but seriously, the nausea will pass.

A buddy of mine told me the other day that I look great, but then he totally panicked, thinking I was about to blow up because I started looking like a complete wreck for a minute there... This same genius told his wife he doesn't get why they're even deciding on the baby's name together—he claims when *he* has kids, *he's* the one picking the names, because that's just how it's done in The Family.

Honestly, I have no idea how he's still single, especially with an attitude like that.

amoralka;54404357 said:Ladies, I honestly don't know if anyone else deals with this, but I still have these pair of jeans that are right at my limit, though they aren't maternity clothes, and I can actually still pull them on without feeling squeezed. You might think, wow, she's so lucky, but it isn't about my weight at all; my mom bought them for me a few sizes up back when I wasn't pregnant, and she does this with almost everything she gets me, buying things way larger than what she wears herself, which honestly just makes me look like I'm drowning in fabric, but she seems convinced it’s perfectly fine.........]

The other day some woman asked me when my due date was and if I was still working, and when I told her I had already stepped away from my job—since she knows what kind of career I have—she looked at me, and she's probably in her mid-forties, and said, "You know, in our day, we worked right up until the very end!"
I can't even imagine how much tougher things were back then..................
Honestly, I haven't heard a single mindless comment from a man yet, it’s mostly been other women

Oh, absolutely.... It's exactly like that. I ended up gaining about 24 pounds total during my pregnancy, and one of the sillier questions I got asked—and this was toward the very end, maybe twenty days before I gave birth—was "where is your bump?" and I just wanted to tell her I left it at home while I went out for a little walk.

Jonathan Patel42 said:So, ladies, I was wondering if anyone else deals with this little quirk of mine. I actually still have these pair of jeans sitting in my closet that are right at the limit of fitting, but they aren't even maternity jeans—they’re just regular ones. And honestly, I can still pull them on without feeling any squeeze at all. Now, you might be thinking, "Wow, she’s so lucky to have kept her figure," but that isn't really the story here. It turns out my mother bought them for me, maybe two or three sizes up from what I usually wear, back from a time before I was pregnant. She does this quite often, actually; she buys me so many things that are significantly larger than what she wears herself. I mean, hello? It makes me look like I’m drowning in fabric, but in her mind, she thinks it’s perfectly fine.........

The other day, a woman approached me to ask when my due date was and if I was still working. I told her that I had actually stopped working—since she knows how much my job demands of me—and then she hit me with this comment. She looked to be about 45 or 46, and she said, "You know, back in our day, we worked right up until the very moment we went into labor!"
I honestly can't help but think about how incredibly difficult things must have been back then.................
And strangely enough, I haven't heard a single mindless or insensitive comment from a man yet; it seems to be almost exclusively the women who say these things...

mellowcobra82 said:If one more person asks me: "How's the pregnancy going?", I think I might actually snap. 🙂

It’s beyond irritating at this point. I can't even wrap my head around why people keep asking it! Fine, if someone hasn't seen me in ages and doesn't realize I'm pregnant, sure... But take my father-in-law, for example. We aren't exactly best friends, but we're on speaking terms and run into each other around town. Every single time he's seen me over the last six months, he hits me with the exact same question: "So, how are you handling the pregnancy?" 🙂 Seriously, are there no other questions in the English language? Try: "How are you feeling?", "How's the baby?", or "Is work getting too exhausting?" etc., etc. Honestly, if you don't have anything useful to say, just stay quiet instead of drilling me with the same repetitive nonsense fifty times! Elvis! What's the move here? I give him the same answer every single time: "I'm great, no issues at all, haven't had any since day one." And then, get this—I'm about twenty days away from giving birth, and yesterday he goes: "Well, you're certainly handling the pregnancy well, huh?" 😱

Or when my brother-in-law told me the other day: "Wow, you've really grown a belly; looks bigger than when we saw you last month." No, Sherlock, I'm due in a couple of weeks—I'll just pull the baby out of a magic hat. ☕ Are all men this clueless, or is it just the family from MM?