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@Rescuemom10: Oh dear mama - they continue!

One of the craziest I had AFTER pregnancy: We were in NY visiting family and it was 90 degrees, hot and humid. IT was nearly unbearable to be outside. My son was 4 months old, so we usually took him out in just a onesie, and brought along leg warmers for when were inside air conditioned buildings. We stopped at a deli for lunch with family and the lady at the counter asked me where my son's socks and shoes were - "Well, it's really hot outside, I don't want him to overheat." And she says, "all you new moms today, you think babies can't take it - but they can handle a lot more than you give them credit for! He needs socks and shoes on!"

ummmm excuse me?!?!?! My child can "handle" heat stroke, so I'm just going to test the waters?! my gosh. she was SO rude.

people asked me constantly if I was sure about my due date because I looked way too small.

A staples employee scolded me for buying toner, she said I was supposed to go near it whilst pregnant and it was very dangerous to me.

last week the cashier at walmart asked me how much my baby weighed and I told her he was estimated to be around 9 lbs or so. She then asked if I was having him naturally. When I said that was the plan she said "you gonna be ripped from front to back ohhh my god!"

@tororojo: OK totally unrelated -- where do you live that you have a Braum's?!?! I'm from Oklahoma and I MISS that place!!

After seeing that LO cut her top two teeth, "So you're still nursing her even though she has teeth?"
Me, "Yes, she's never even bit me. Only a couple more months until we hit the 1 year milestone so I'm just going to stick with it."
"Oh, well you'll change your tune soon. Just you wait until she bites you."

Ugh...... babies don't use their teeth to nurse. Even if she does bite me sooner or later, I'm going to make it to 12 months if it kills me!

@coacheswife123: Ha! People, ugh! I had to go in for blood work for my thyroid levels somewhere in the third trimester and the phlebotomist kept going on and on about how huge I was and how I was going to give birth to a monster. Worst part? I had to be polite and bite my tongue because she was sticking me with a needle.

People have no filters when it comes to pregnancy and babies - I don't get it. A coworker reminded me the other day to make sure I rough up my nipples before the baby gets here. Um yea how bout I don't do that- ever.

Just my coworker talking to me about my uterus exploding!

@MerryC: seriously? I know I don't know what you look like. It there is no way at 29 you look like a grandma!

"are you sure there's only one in there?"

OMG i almost had a stroke when one of the guys at work said that to me.

@Rescuemom10: I don't know. I work in real estate/construction, so it's mostly men I work for.. the same guy followed up with "I'd have a C-Section if I were you".
I wanted to say "If you were me you wouldn't be growing a human you stupid man!!!!!" LOL
I was pretty fed up at that point.

Once I tell them we're having a girl, I've had a few people say 'oh, is your husband upset?' or 'don't worry, you can still try for a boy next time!' Uhh what??

@charlotte: Well that's just... wow. I think I would have probably blurted out "Oh, did your Mom have this book too?"

There was a woman at work who insisted that pregnant people shouldn't wear heels. I wore them all the time pretty much up until my maternity leave, and she would comment every time I saw her, "When are you going to stop wearing heels? You know, they're dangerous for pregnant people!" Um...no.

The "Look how big you are!" comments were also plentiful.

A coworker of mine had gone through a miscarriage/preterm birth at 20 weeks last year. She told me (starting at 13 weeks when I told everyone) that she didn't want me to get my hopes up about this pregnancy and then kept continually telling me about how I might lose the baby. Every little symptom I had, she shake her head and say, "Yep I had that too. Be careful."I know it was because of her experience but who tells a pregnant woman that they are going to lose their baby? I finally had to tell her (after she told me at 26 weeks that my Braxton Hicks contractions were a sign of preterm labor) that it really wasn't helpful and I will listen to my doctor, Thank you. Jeesh!

Okay, so today it happened! I had a comment that shocked me!! Well, two actually, but one was way worse than the other!! My news has been doing the rounds of the office. Firstly today one of my colleagues asked me if the pregnancy was planned! Harsh but I expected it at least one then.

Then..... a colleague I hardly know said she knew I was pregnant because Id put on weight. I tapped my tummy and joked it was mostly fat... and she said "I know, its all on your face. You've got a fat little face. How much have you put on, anyway? I'm surprised they're not monitoring your weight more closely. Youre going to be enormous at this rate".

I have no words......

@Cherrybee: OMG!!!! I'm kinda really angry that a coworker would think that's ok to say to you!!