People wait until you are very very pregnant to say stupid stupid things to you. At this point you are oozing hormones out of places you did not know hormones could come out of, and this is not the time to start something with me.
Coworker: My I see someone is eating for two
Me: (in reality) stunned into silence (in my head) yes well my belly goes away after the baby comes out, what is your excuse
Brother in law: blah blah blah… babies die all the time…. blah blah blah
Me: ( in real life) you don’t know what you are talking about (in my head) Too upset to process this.
Friend: Oh you will have to stay at the hospital for 4-5 days, I laugh when I think you want to leave before then ( we got permission from our dr to leave in 24 hours bc there is no need to stay in a hospital if you are healthy)
Me: Thats funny I don’t know of a single person who stayed that long, maybe 30 years ago when you had kids that was the case, but not anymore. ( in my head) really you are going to school me. I could dance circles around your lack of education fool.
Too many people to count: So what day are you having the baby? (literally, they wanted an exact date the baby would come)
Me: When I go into labor. (they did not like this response) ( in my head) um, seriously no one knows the exact day the baby comes stop asking me that. How the hell am I supposed to know.
nevercontrary 
I had one hospital birth and vowed no more. I had the next two in a birthing center. I would certainly never stay 4 or 5 days. It ain’t the Ritz, people!
Squish was due on my birthday. If I had a quarter for every time someone told me to have my doctor induce me on that day, I could BUY the Ritz. Induction is one of my biggest peeves/soapboxes. There are docs around here whose inductions rates are above 90%.
Scary. Inductions scare me too. Wish we had a birthing center around here.
I wish every low-risk woman had the option of a birthing center. I’d do a home birth, but I don’t want to be responsible for the laundry afterward.
Oh the midwives here do the laundry before they leave.
SOLD!
I had to work hard to be able to leave the hospital after 1.5 days. I had to tell everyone a million times that I wanted to go. I want a home birth next time but you should hear my mil (the OB) respond when I mention it…
Some people are just stuck in their own way.
One thing I hate more than much else is unsolicited advice.
Punch them all in the ear.
Will do!
Oh, just wait. You think these comments are stupid? Try breastfeeding.
People gave you crap about breastfeeding? People gave me crap about not breast feeding my first. No one has said anything yet about me breastfeeding this one. we shall see.
Oh wow. I must do a post one of these days about what total strangers told me!
Yes !
Knock ’em down and sit on their heads.
How did you know I used to sit on my sisters head?
I’ll never tell : x
There are many great things about Canadian healthcare, but one bad thing is the hospital stay after having a baby – it’s often 12 hours or less! My son was 1 month premature so they let us stay about 18 hours after he was born.
Great post!
See I would love a short stay. One that was so short I didnt even go into the hospital to begin with. lol.
I explained to your brother in law after that conversation that you can’t say that to a pregnant woman!!! Men can be oblivious sometimes. But he’s sorry. 😉
I know he is, which I why I didnt say anything 🙂
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Thanks for the reblog!
I’m right there with you. Every day brings a slew of people correcting me saying “You’re just pregnant.” JUST pregnant?
Yes I am JUST pregnant what is your excuse for behaving like you do?