https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:05:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1979014 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:54:03 +0000 Anya 1979014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! My coworker asked me around 6 weeks "you're pregnant again aren't you." and I was so unprepared for someone guessing that early that I admitted it (but she kept it to herself until I was ready to announce!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1976325 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 22:54:14 +0000 renee 1976325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I teach high school and a bunch of my students were asking questions like, "When do you want kids?" to try to get me to tell them I was pregnant. A few even asked other teachers, who promptly told them they were rude (they didn't know either!). When I told them, about 50% said they knew already. Apparently I looked like I should have been very thin but a had little bump. I'm just glad none of them came out and asked me! I told them at 13 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1976319 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 22:47:24 +0000 simplyfelicity 1976319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am pretty sure the ladies in my office know because I have called in quite a bit lately but, fortunately, no one has called me out...yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975965 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:24:02 +0000 daisyfay 1975965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I (uncharacteristically) refused a glass of wine at Thanksgiving my aunt asked me if I didn't want one or if I couldn't have one. I was almost 15 weeks and we had been planning on telling everyone at some point that day anyway, so it wasn't that big a deal...I was mostly surprised that it took 15 weeks for SOMEONE to call me out on not drinking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975609 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 14:29:01 +0000 Mrs. J 1975609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: That is AWFUL. I had a woman at work tell me that I must be having a girl because girls steal your beauty. Gee, thanks. ( I had a boy...) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975475 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:31:58 +0000 abmamma 1975475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not to my face but my boss asked one of my co-workers if I was pregnant with my first before I announced. I was in my second trimester by that point but didn't think I looked that pregnant but I guess I must have! I pretended like I didn't know she had asked when I told her shortly thereafter. My office is pretty gossipy so there is usually a lot of talk about whether someone is pregnant or not ahead of time, but no one ever straight up asks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975418 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:01:39 +0000 PawPrints 1975418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nobody, and I would have been pissed if they had. I worked pretty hard to keep it a secret and was rewarded by totally stunned reactions when we did announce, which was pretty wonderful. All these interactions on this thread are so rude! Don't people know better? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975345 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:14:49 +0000 Ash 1975345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was just called out this weekend at 13 weeks. But I don't feel obligated to tell people. I don't feel like a pregnancy needs to be "announced". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975344 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:14:49 +0000 Pirouette 1975344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: ughhhh. that would so piss me off! i feel like my face looks bloated whenever i get my period too...doesn't mean i'm pregnant every time i am retaining water! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975311 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 11:59:25 +0000 littleblessings 1975311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, a coworker of mine. I worked at a restaurant, and sampled things frequently. One day he came up to me and asked if I was pregnant. I said not as far as I know. I hadn't even tested yet. Sure enough over the weekend I took an FRER and got a BFP. I went back into work telling him that he was right. He was floored and so was I. Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975285 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 11:46:34 +0000 Rockies11 1975285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yup, lots and lots of people with both. I am small, look pregnant immediately, and have HG so basically no one doesn't know by about 6 weeks. It was really bad with #2 because I was having a lot of bleeding and absolutely didn't want to talk about and someone asked me every single day at work, pretty much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975268 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 11:36:26 +0000 catlady 1975268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of my really close friends asked quietly when he saw me turn down wine at a wedding. He knew we were trying and he kept it secret, so I was fine with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975255 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 11:31:44 +0000 lemondrop 1975255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My neighbor across the street has an uncanny ability to detect pregnancy. She asked me about #2 about 30 minutes after my positive test and asked about our first at only a few weeks along. </p> <p>Although now she is 2 for 4, she's asked me twice since #2 was born, better be wishful thinking cause I'm nowhere near ready for a third anytime soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975245 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 11:26:24 +0000 Corduroy 1975245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: Ugh - the face fat. My SIL told me she knew I was pregnant because she saw a picture of me on Facebook where my face was fat. Thanks b*tch, that pic was three years old (not pregnant at all then) and my cousin just reposted it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975176 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:50:54 +0000 LuLu Mom 1975176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, I was out shopping with my mom and we ran into DH's chatty aunt, she called my MIL right afterwards and asked her if she had some exciting news to share. I was about 10 weeks, and already had some major bloating going on which was hard to hide. </p> <p>My first pregnancy I had severe morning sickness so it was pretty hard to hid, anyone around me for a couple hours could tell since I was puking constantly and had no appetite and only ate grilled cheese sandwiches. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975169 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:47:33 +0000 loki 1975169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i had friends coming up to me at a wedding to check if i was drinking. and a coworker actually said to me in the elevator "you've got a bun in the oven" the day before i took my test and got my bfp! so bizarre but she was right. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975114 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:27:15 +0000 Mamasig 1975114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1st time no. 2nd time yes. I share an office and my coworker figured it out when I was about 6 weeks pregnant. Unfortunately I get bad indigestion when I'm pregnant and she heard me burp. So she politely asked me. I went ahead and told her. Another coworker saw me eating crackers and joked I was pregnant again. She saw my face and I couldn't lie. I told everyone at 8 weeks after I saw the doctor. I'm short and show very quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975109 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:23:44 +0000 Reese 1975109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: RUDE. I have been rotating between two pairs of maternity tights for the last week and a half. They are just so dang comfy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975105 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:22:51 +0000 Reese 1975105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: it's one thing for people to suspect but people who are going to "call you out on it" are a special breed. I think when you are glaringly obvious and my mentioning it... It's just awkward (?) I will have to tell my work when I am about 12 weeks. My schedule is booked months in advance and it will take a lot of planning and scrambling when I go on mat leave. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975042 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:57:56 +0000 Pirouette 1975042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Little Misters Mom: I was furious! i mean, she could have at least given me the heads up so i didn't try to hide it for another few weeks before i was ready to share the news. but what was done was done, so i had to let it go. you handled that situation exactly the right way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975033 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:53:03 +0000 HLK208 1975033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. My grandma always knew when people were pregnant before they said anything. She told my mom I was pregnant on the day she died - I took the test, which was positive, the day before haha.</p> <p>The third time was pretty noticeable by 10 weeks so people started asking early on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975032 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:51:52 +0000 Little Misters Mom 1975032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: That is appalling to tell when she'd overheard a private conversation with a doctor. I accidentally heard one of my male coworkers telling our boss about his wife (I was working late and obviously they though the suite was empty). But I just didn't say anything, and faked being surprised when he told me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1975017 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:45:59 +0000 Pirouette 1975017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TheReelDeal: a similar thing happened to me, though just a few management people, not everyone at work knew. One person had overheard me on the phone with the doctor and told her boss. </p> <p>Other than that, no, but when i announced, my MIL told me she knew because my face had gotten fat :bummed: other than that i barely showed until the 3rd tri so if not for my fat face i probably could've hid it longer ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1974937 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:59:03 +0000 blackbird 1974937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah i had a female coworker call me out on wearing a maternity shirt at 11 weeks. I had to give a presentation and had no other options. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1974928 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:55:04 +0000 avivoca 1974928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Someone asked me when I was nine weeks because I kept complaining about the smell of Bourbon at an event. I hate bourbon and the scent was making me nauseated. I was going to announce the next week, but I hated being called out publicly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1974899 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:28:24 +0000 Anutka 1974899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stayed with friends last weekend and I was falling asleep the whole time and getting emotional at things which is not like me at all. I was only 5 weeks and was not ready to say anything but they kept asking all weekend. Finally DH convinced me to just tell them. They were not at all surprised :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1974895 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:27:12 +0000 LindsayInNY 1974895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babycanuck: I definitely want to tell work before they can tell. My dentist's receptionist is like 20 weeks with her third and hasn't told. There's no way the dentist can't tell! He has two kids himself. I just think it's something that should be told before it's obvious? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1974893 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:25:00 +0000 babycanuck 1974893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I called someone at work out who was trying to hide her second...she was waiting for her manager to return from time off, and she was 4 months along at the time and so obvious, at least to me.</p> <p>I didn't say anything until after she announced, but she knew I knew from the way I looked at her tummy one day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1974892 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:24:45 +0000 wheres_c 1974892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I was asked when I turned down wine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-call-you-out-on-being-pregnant-before-you-told#post-1974891 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:23:59 +0000 LindsayInNY 1974891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reese: OMG that's ridiculous that she keeps doing it! I work with a lady who had IVF twins and knows about our struggles. So I fear she'll pick up on it if I'm around her too much. So I've been trying to avoid lol!</p> <p>@Little Misters Mom: I am expecting that from a couple of friends for sure! </p>