This pregnancy isn’t my first rodeo, yet people still blow my mind {and not in a good way}. I remember when I was pregnant with Reese, our office was celebrating the month’s birthdays with cake and a coworker made a joke about how it looked like I didn’t need any cake.
Umexcusemewhat!?
Over the course of the last 7 years, I’ve grown 3 kids, been around a number of pregnant ladies, and learned a thing or two about what you should, more like shouldn’t, say to a pregnant lady.
Feel free to consider this a Public Service Announcement from pregnant women everywhere.
After not seeing her for a week or more, do NOT awkwardly bend over and look at her belly close-up, wide-eyed in wonder and amazement and say “woooooow!”
After she jokingly reprimands you for the previous comment do NOT say, “I can’t help it, you’re just getting SO BIG!”
After she not-so-jokinlgy reprimands you for that previous comment, do NOT say, “Is it twins!?”
After she responds that she’s walking away from you now before she says something that wouldn’t be very nice, do NOT shout down the hallway, “was it something I said!?”
Pro tip: pregnant ladies already feel large and in-charge…and not in the sexy domineering way…they don’t need to be reminded that they’re gaining weight by the minute. Do not ever, under any circumstances make any comment about anything other than how beautiful she looks. Period. Because if not? They may get “irritable“.
And yes, the aforementioned conversation actually happened.
29 weeks, tomorrow. Only 11 weeks left of stupid comments.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to eat my feelings. They taste like cookies.
