What NOT to Say!

I will start by saying that I generally love being pregnant. 
- I love feeling a baby move inside me.
- I love knowing that my best friend and I created a life together.
- I love the smiles that I get from total strangers.
- I love the anticipation of meeting our child.
- I love seeing how excited my other little ones are about a new baby.
- I love the way Phil loves it when I'm pregnant!
- I love the experience of childbirth.
- Overall, I just LOVE it!

That being said, I feel as though I should be allowed to carry a taser to ward off all the ridiculous people who say ridiculous things to pregnant women.

(Picture taken at 30 weeks.)

Examples of comments I've heard just in the last week:

(The responses were in my unfiltered prego brain...not actually spoken.)

- "You must be due today or tomorrow, right?!"

(No, I actually have 6 weeks left, so my baby would not do very well if born today or tomorrow.)

- "Are you sure they calculated your due date correctly?"

(Actually, we calculated our due date based on conception.  Want me to tell you more about that?)

- "There's only one in there?"

(What do you mean? I'm not pregnant!)

- "You're going to be done after this one, right?!"

(That is absolutely inappropriate and none of your business.)

"It's like you're not really fat...you just have a huge belly."

(Umm...let's talk about fat for a minute.)

 

"I swear you're pregnant every time I see you."

(I swear you're ________ every time I see you.)

Comparing Pictures:

(Picture taken at 33 weeks.)

(Picture taken at 33 weeks with ISAAC.)

 (Picture taken at 32 weeks with CLARE.)

As I was looking for old pictures, I came across this post from when I was pregnant with Clare.  Apparently, people just don't know what to say to pregnant women:

Post when pregnant with Clare