RANT ALERT.....why do people feel the need to comment on bumps? I am 17 weeks pregnant and I am showing quite a bit. I wasn’t exactly small when I had Pickle so I was expecting to show sooner with baby no 2 but I am bigger at this point than I thought I would be.
16 weeks pregnant with Pickle
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17 weeks pregnant with baby no 2 |
“You look like you’ve swallowed a bowling ball”
“ Are you sure there is only 1 in there?”
“If your this big now then how big are you going to be when you’re 9 months gone?”
“Wow... your all bump aren’t you?”
“Blimey, I was that big when I was ready to pop not half way”
WHAT IS THE POINT?!?!?! How am I meant to response to ANY of those statements???? There is literally no answer to any of them. I’m not going to say thank you because you’ve just basically called me fat. I’m not going to start pouring my worries about my bump out to you as these things are normally said in quite public and inappropriate settings. I’m not going to bite your head off and say what I really want to say (which would be something along the lines of “just fudge off!”) because I’m too polite and don’t want to hurt your feelings like you’ve just hurt mine!
So next time, if anyone out there wants to comment on the size of a pregnant woman’s bump just stop for a minute and think. She is probably hormonal, uncomfortable and full of self doubt and low self esteem at her ever changing body so instead of insulting her why not try one of the following:
“How far gone are you now? Your looking glowing!”
“So how have you been feeling?”
“You’re blooming! Are you getting excited?”
“Bless you... I remember what it was like being pregnant. Do you want a cup of tea or anything?”
Or if you don’t like any of my suggestions of what to say then go right ahead and tell her how round she is.... at your peril!!!
This post is linked with:
https://www.letstalkmommy.com/2018/02/bumps-babies-linky-5-52/
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