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Wtf is wrong with people??!
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What is it with the insensitive moms? You'd think they of all people would be nicer to their own daughters. My mom did it too
I'm two days out of the hospital and she says "you should look up some exercises for your stomach!" Right. I've got a baby to take care of, and a toddler, and maaaybe two hours' help a week from family... and she's concerned about my stomach?!
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@Tidybee: what in the sexual HELL!?
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My neighbor came to the door and I answered, when I was three days PP. We knew him well and he knew I was pregnant. My MIL walked up holding the baby. He said, "whose baby is that? Your nephew?" I said no, it was mine, I just had him. And he goes, "really??" Um, yes!
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I had a spinal headache from my epidural when I had E. My OB advised I go the ER to get a blood patch. She called ahead to alert them to expect my arrival. When I arrived and explained the problem to the ER Doctor all he could say was "well how do you know it's a spinal headache?" Um because I am pretty sure I am dying and we tried to treat it conservatively while I was in the hospital. I mean I was even asking for drugs, all I wanted was them to fix the problem.
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Urgh I have so many:
A guy when I was leaving the hospital (with my two-day-old) saying "looks like you'll be having another one soon"A woman asking how old my baby was and when I told her exclaiming "he's SO big! But, oh, of course, YOU'RE big!" Yes, because I just had a baby!!! Agh!
Then the other day the concierge asked how old baby was (two months now) and said "and you're pregnant again?"
I put on over 60lb so you can forgive people for some of it, but yeah.
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@Mrs. Microscope: that takes the cake!
Seriously though, that is messed up.
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Hours after my daughter was born, my mom texted me (since email would have taken too long for something so urgent) to ask me a question about FB privacy settings. I was like.... actually I'm going to focus on figuring out how to breastfeed this tiny baby and also how on earth I'm going to walk to the bathroom to pee with a million stitches in my crotch, but I'm sure you'll figure it out.
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Omg these are terrible! I don't remember getting anything bad..but #2 will be here soon, so maybe I'll be bumping this soon!
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@xInfinity: @oliviaoblivia: what in the hell?!
@Tidybee: um, excuse me? do you work in a professional place? the only way i see that being acceptable is if you work at a strip club. and if you do, then excuse my outrage at your boss.
@gingerbebe: sexual hell sounds interesting!
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I'm Asian, and Asians are notoriously bad at this kinda stuff. I was getting my makeup done by a Korean woman for my friend's wedding. She asked how long ago I'd had the baby. I said "9 weeks." She replied, "Oh, that's why you're still so swollen."
My parents came to visit me when I was 4w PP. My dad, who was obviously not very present or aware when my brother and I were babies, asked me incredulously, "Why do you still have a belly??" But I told him that really hurt my feelings, and he apologized and admitted he had no idea what he was talking about.
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My in laws came to visit PP and I ended up having to do something fairly physical. I mentioned to DH that I was surprised I could do it without much pain. FIL shouted out, "Oh please, it isn't like you have stitches", since I had a vaginal birth. I replied, "Actually I have lots of them, thanks".
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Omg who are these people
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Wow, some of these are so absurd. Luckily no one said anything ridonkulous to me or I would have retorted not so kindly....
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Random lady in the grocery store: "Are you breastfeeding? There's only one right answer to that question! I hope you will keep at it for at least a year, that's why they give you a years maternity leave you know!"
Cue my tears and attempts to hide the giant box of formula in my cart LOL
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My friend came to visit me at the hospital the day my baby was born. The first thing she said to me was "I can't believe how pregnant you still look!" Bear in mind she'd had 2 kids herself so it's not like she had no idea everything didn't immediately snap back into place...
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I lost 30lbs very quickly, by 6 weeks pp. My kids was (is) also a HORRIBLE sleper. I have two stories.
First, DH came home and said " Your make up is a mess. " I went "... What?" And he said " Yeah, you have HUGE black mark under your eyes! " "I'm not wearing any make up. I'm just tired."
Then my mom posted a picture of me on FB. She immediately got a phone call from a worried friend because I looked " seriously ill, worth dark bags and my face looked too thin " -
@oliviaoblivia: I would have laughed SO HARD. SOMEbody doesn't know how pregnancy/gestation/babies happen! lololol that is the craziest thing I've heard.
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I'm 3 months pp... and the other day at work the housekeeper told me I have competition. I was so confused. Apparently, because another nurse is pregnant. She looked at my belly and said "well aren't you pregnant?" Ummm... no, that's my pp belly.
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well it's obvious sexual education courses are limited.. I mean.. sure it takes a day to gestate a baby
my gma said " oh it's nice to see you in real pants" and "I'm glad you didn't get so big with this pregnancy" and "now you can focus on getting rid of that weight"
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@autumnlove: Omg! What's with old Asian ladies and their "helpful" weight comments?!
The worse comment I've gotten: "it doesn't look like you've used that thing in years!" (pointing at my exercise bike). Not everyone can bounce right back after having kids. Grrrr.
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Didn't happen to me, but my dad asked my sister a few days after bringing their 2nd home from the hospital if he was "suckling well." UGH. Vom.
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At 6 months PP, someone asked me when my baby was due. I was wearing a maternity skirt because my other clothes were in the wash and it was hot. I put up everything I wore during pregnancy that day (both maternity and non-maternity).
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@littlebug: Haha!
These are terrible. I don't think I had any weight related ones, but my Health Visitor (they come round to your house after the baby is born to check them over, give advice etc.) told me that I had better make sure to do my pelvic floor exercises otherwise DH would go and find someone with a tighter vag!
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omg these are so bad!!!
i just got a "when are you due" 3 weeks pp and had people get up for me on the subway a bunch which is funny bc when i was pregnant with A and rode the subway no one ever got up, it was only afterwards while she was in nicu..
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@SugarplumsMom: I know, right? She looked disgusted when she brought out the fried egg rolls. Yum!
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Do people not understand that your stomach doesn't just shrink overnight? Esp when you have your newborn with you?!
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In the hospital my mom asked me what my plan was for my hair (at that point I had been up for over 36 hours and had just had the baby!) she also commented that she was sooo tired and hadn't gotten much sleep the night before...ummm me neither, I was in labor and pushing out a 9 pound baby???
Also, a few days later my husband's aunt came over, she actually had the audacity to pat my postpartum belly and say "oh look you still have a belly!" I don't know her well at all and found it so offensive, who does that?!
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@autumnlove: Bwhahaha! I love that you still order and ate them!
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When my inlaws came to the house to meet DS (our 2nd child) they brought chocolate cake and chocolate ice cream. My MIL, passive aggressively told my DD that "mommy can't have any dessert". I asked why, she said because I can't have chocolate when breastfeeding. I told her that was news to me and proceeded to eat 2 servings. Who brings food to a new mom's house assuming the mom can't eat it?!
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My daughter was born with an angel kiss that the doc assured us would fade (it's gone now) and my mom was obsessed with talking about how we can get it lasered off. Umm no. She also told me to let her CIO at <1 week old and to give her water at night because she did that to her dogs?! Wtf. How she successfully raised 3 humans I do not know.
Not postpartum, but I got a prenatal massage at a spa and the woman said "ohhhh you have a lot of acne" I thought she was going to try to sell me a product or give me pointers, but nope t was just an observation. Thankssss didn't notice it lady!
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This thread is hilarious.
@catomd00: "because she gave it to her dogs" oh. Wow. -
@Tidybee: omggggg hello harassment lawsuit!
Wow some of these are terrible! I got a lot of "when are you due" right away PP but uh, i still looked pregnant, so I didn't think much of it.
@LC: I get this a lot with alcohol! "Oh you can't have X because you're breastfeeding!" Actually, I can, so GIMME. Like i'm going to give up alcohol for MORE than 9 months, HAHA
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@Veggiemama: This wasn't post partum, but when I was about 10 weeks pregnant the same friend who said she couldn't believe how pregnant I still looked said "So....are you just waiting until the second trimester to do something about your grey hair situation, or what?" I just laughed because I'm fully aware that she's lacking in tact and plus I knew that it was out of control, but come on!
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At maybe 10 months post partum I had a random old lady pat my belly and make a comment about having a second one already.
Before DS was born I was in Target with DH at maybe 37 or 38 weeks. Some random older guy asked me when I was due and I told him. His response was, "Oh that's why you're so big!"
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My SIL had her second baby 5 months before I had my first. She was home visiting when I was 4 months pp. DH's aunt was complimenting SIL on how awesome she looked and then told me "your tummy will get there, too." I had actually been feeling pretty good about my body before that comment. But, while I love this woman, she's the same one who spent several minutes discussing how fat my daughter's thighs were while I was changing her diaper at Christmas. Apparently she picked up on my frustration, because she did message me to apologize a few days later.
I'm two days out of the hospital and she says "you should look up some exercises for your stomach!" Right. I've got a baby to take care of, and a toddler, and maaaybe two hours' help a week from family... and she's concerned about my stomach?!
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