Anyone who has been pregnant has had one of those experiences. That time when someone says something so totally absurd about your pregnancy that your jaw literally hits the floor. You cannot imagine how these people get through life on a daily basis when such total and utter stupidity can come out of their mouths. Even worse is that the majority of these comments come from women who have also endured the 9 long months of pregnancy and the emotional hurdles that go along with it!

Stupid Things People Say to Pregnant Women

We all loved when people commented on our weight, judged our decisions and constantly told us how we were going to harm our child before they were even born….because we weren’t freaking ourselves out enough – we for sure needed their assistance in pushing us right over the edge! Well sit back and enjoy some doozies! These will knock your socks off! (on a happier and more positive note – check out these super cute Gender Reveal Party Ideas!)

Thanks to all of you for for submitting your “stupid things people say to pregnant women” on my Facebook page! I sifted through and pulled out the best of the best (and I couple I wanted to include, but just couldn’t…. they were SO not okay!!)

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  • I am going to start out with one of my own! I was pregnant with my third. I already had two beautiful boys. A work colleague asked me if I knew what I was having. “Yes, it is a boy!” I answered excitedly! “Oh No….I am SO worried that will happen to my daughter too!!”

Here are some of my great reader responses! All anonymous, of course!

  • “I didn’t do an epidural because I love my baby.”
  • While I was pregnant with my 3rd child my Mother-in-law introduced me to someone and proceeded to tell them that this was my 3rd and final. Umm who made her boss over how many children I will or will not have?
  • One guy asked if I had double checked with the doctor because it looked like I was having triplets… talk about a meltdown moment
  • “Are you pregnant? AGAIN! Like mom said, you can teach ignorance, you can’t teach stupid.”
  • “Wow! Your tits and ass are huge!” (from a 74 year old male patient of mine)
  • A guy walking behind me didn’t realize I was pregnant, when he walked passed me he said, “oh wow, You should put a sign on your back that says WIDE LOAD!”
  • “Are you having twins?” “No I’m not having twins.” “Are you sure?” No I’m so stupid I have no idea how many babies are in my stomach.
  • “Aren’t you a bit big to be that far along?”
  • When I went to my first Ob app. The nurse asked a list of questions. The stupidest, “do you and your husband have sexual intercourse?” I looked at her, then my belly, then her again. I said uhhhh yeah…..
  • A woman I never met blurts out,”you’re pregnant?!” I just stared at her and someone said,”well yeah!” She retorted with,”I didn’t know, we all carry weight differently.”
  • Not to take a bath or the baby will drown.
  • “How much weight have you gained?”
  • Some told me that I didn’t look pregnant and wanted to know if I was only faking the  pregnancy to marry him and get his money?
  • My favorite one wasn’t actually said to me, but to my husband… and from his mother no less… she asked him, actually had the audacity to ask if he was even sure that the baby was his.
  • “It’s nice because you’ll still look pregnant after you have the baby, so you can use the pregnancy parking.”
  • “You’re pregnant again? You don’t need to have them so close together cause you can’t spend enough time or love with them.”
  • From my Mother-In-Law “Maybe you’re wrong..maybe u’re not pregnant..you shouldn’t be pregnant before my other daughter-in-law”
  • “You don’t look old enough to be pregnant. Are you going to keep it?” I was 20.
  • “Is it a boy or a girl?… Oh.”
  • Someone told me that I was going to be in a wheel chair when my daughter graduated from college… I was gonna to be a old mom!! I was 23 when I had her.
  • “Was it planned?”
  • While shopping with my other children and pregnant with my 3rd…”you didn’t learn the first two times how babies are made?” Then pregnant with my 4th… “Don’t you think you have enough kids?”
  • “Are you pregnant or just bloated?” I was about 32 weeks pregnant at the time.
  • “I knew you were pregnant when I saw you in March,”  Except I wasn’t pregnant yet.
  • I was on the table waiting for my c-sec with my twins. I was talking to the NURSE and telling her they were boy/girl. Then she asked me “are they identical?” I said not when we change the diapers. You would think a nurse would know better.
  • “You look better with a little fat on your face.”
  • We all get this question over and over… but I ADORE this answer – “What’s it going to be?” I told one person I was hoping for a puppy they didn’t look impressed
  • From my husband…on mothers day….”eeewwww….why are your nipples so dark?”

So…what have we learned here? First of all, be very careful with what you are saying to pregnant women… a foot in the mouth comment will stick with us far longer than you would ever think. AND, being on the receiving end of these comments is part of the badge of motherhood… it happens to all of us. Just nod, smile, walk away ….. and blog about it later!!

P.S. What is the stupidest unsolicited parenting advice you have received from a stranger? See some of our readers answers here! You won’t want to miss them…trust me!

Had the baby? Check out this one!!!

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  1. i WAS ONCE TOLD TO COVER UP ON THE BEACH, BECAUSE IF I GOT A SUNBURN, MY BABY WOULD COME OUT BURNT…

  2. I was crossing the road outside my place of work and it’s a busy road so I had to wait in the middle to get safety across, I was around 7 months pregnant and my male work colleague has been watching from the window, he very nicely said as I entered the office , ” you looked just like a roundabout there! ” I near choked , funny guy…………

  3. After two easy pregnancies, I really struggled to have my third. I was on complete bedrest, had to take hormone suppositories and had had a heart attack. When things were stable, my doctor told me I could go out once a week for a very short amount of time. My grandmother and daughter took me to a clothing store where I relished in the few moments of freedom I had to look at baby stuff. When I finally got to the check out, a long line had formed behind me.

    My daughter grabbed all of the bags and said “don’t pick anything up, mom!” The cashier said “she’s pregnant, not disabled.” All of the women in the line laughed and I walked out to my car which, ironically, was parked in the handicap spot since I had been given a sticker for my car due to my health. I wish I could go back in time and tell them all how mean they were.

    1. Wow! I am so sorry that happened. I would have stood up for you. I know so many things can happen during pregnancy. The worst I would have assumed is that your daughter loved the heck out of you and wanted to be extra helpful. Bless you and your children.

    2. Sounds like you have a wonderful daughter! People can be so rude… If I were you, I probably would’ve been in tears!

      1. AGREED DEVON! Couldn’t have said it better myself!!! Kudos to a wonderful daughter and a wonderful mother who raised a wonderful daughter!!

    3. I am so sorry that was said to u!
      I was on bed rest from the Beginning as well, it just shows you have raised a very beautiful and respectful daughter unlike alot of those people who laughed!

  4. After being together for four years and married for another 3, my husband and I were excited to finally announce we were going to have a baby. His grandmother said to me, “I guess it’s his huh?” I was so upset.

      1. This is what my own mom said about both my children. After my first, she actually told me she wants my next child to be with someone else because she hates my husband. Sorry mom, you don’t get to pick who I choose to have babies with.

  5. I have two..
    1. With my third child “do you know what causes that?

    2. Well! aren’t you the baby making machine of the family?

      1. Oh, Jennifer & Vicki, didn’t your moms tell you? It’s from holding hands and kissing at the same time.

    1. My fiancé and I had been together 9years; we owned a home together and had been engaged for years. We had done a round of IUI and two failed attempts at IVF before we became pregnant with my daughter. I was 33 and my fiancé was 37; neither of us had any children, this would be our one and only.
      We went to a family event and one of my relatives said to us both, “you two are old enough-you should know what causes this! (As he was chuckling at his own joke.)
      We had not told any extended family about our fertility issues, but I was FUMING mad!!!

  6. From my husband:

    1. As I walked towards him, he said “Wow! You’re so big!”. Ahem, 3rd pregnancy. I thought he has seen that before?

    2. “Oh, so baby is currently at this weight and so far, you’ve gained… Hey, that’s a lot of extra weights you’re carrying for yourself!”

  7. Where I work you must tell your manager as soon as you know you are pregnant for safety reasons. My husband and I were so excited but planned on keeping it a secret from family and friends for a few months until we knew everything was great with me and baby. When I told my manager she totally squashed any excitement I had for when I finally got to tell my coworkers by saying “No one is going to be happy for you. No one here thought you’d ever have kids.”

  8. I told my mom I was pregnant and she replied, “Well let’s see if you can carry it first”. Sad but true, and I had no reason to doubt I could not carry a baby to full term. Which I had no problems!!

  9. My husband and I had to go to a fertility clinic. When we told my mother in law she called me back and began to harass me saying, “why did I have to rush so fast to get pregnant (we had been married over a year and I’m almost 30) and why did I need a fertility clinic? Don’t you get horny like normal people? “

  10. When I happily announced to my Dad that I was pregnant with my third child, he asked me if my husband and I realized it was just another mouth to feed.