Comments on: What Not to Say When You're Co-Worker is Pregnant http://blissfullydomestic.com/2008/what-not-to-say Your Life. Your Bliss. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:33:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jamie http://blissfullydomestic.com/2008/what-not-to-say/comment-page-1#comment-5775 Jamie Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:48:27 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/uncategorized/what-not-to-say-when-youre-co-worker-is-pregnant/#comment-5775 Ya'll seriously rock with the comments. I think I had shut most of these awkward pregnancy moments from hell from my mind! ;) Ya'll seriously rock with the comments. I think I had shut most of these awkward pregnancy moments from hell from my mind! ;)

]]> By: Sara http://blissfullydomestic.com/2008/what-not-to-say/comment-page-1#comment-5774 Sara Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:43:08 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/uncategorized/what-not-to-say-when-youre-co-worker-is-pregnant/#comment-5774 Sweet Lord I love this post! I'm pregnant with my first child right now. I'm just starting my second tri-mester and I'm definitely starting to show. It's at that awkward stage now where people look at you and think is she fat or just pregnant? I gained 10 pounds within the first 4 weeks of my pregnancy and that was very hard for me. People feel it necessary to make a comment on how much weight you are supposed to gain and so on. I work with a nutritionist who even had the audacity to come to me with a weight chart of how much a pregnant woman is supposed to gain over the months. Her direct comment was: "Well, I have three charts, one for underweight women, one for average, and one for obese. We know your not underweight, so here's the obese, and I guess I could give you normal." What a beast! This was in the first week of me knowing that I am pregnant and I wanted to kill her. Also, another tip for the readers, don't touch the belly!! I don't care if you are great friends or just met the person... NO TOUCHY! Also, women, don't share your stories of how you only started showing when you were 6 months along. That just makes the rest of us feel like heffers. Thanks for the great post! Sweet Lord I love this post! I'm pregnant with my first child right now. I'm just starting my second tri-mester and I'm definitely starting to show. It's at that awkward stage now where people look at you and think is she fat or just pregnant? I gained 10 pounds within the first 4 weeks of my pregnancy and that was very hard for me. People feel it necessary to make a comment on how much weight you are supposed to gain and so on. I work with a nutritionist who even had the audacity to come to me with a weight chart of how much a pregnant woman is supposed to gain over the months. Her direct comment was: "Well, I have three charts, one for underweight women, one for average, and one for obese. We know your not underweight, so here's the obese, and I guess I could give you normal." What a beast! This was in the first week of me knowing that I am pregnant and I wanted to kill her. Also, another tip for the readers, don't touch the belly!! I don't care if you are great friends or just met the person… NO TOUCHY! Also, women, don't share your stories of how you only started showing when you were 6 months along. That just makes the rest of us feel like heffers. Thanks for the great post!

]]> By: Linda http://blissfullydomestic.com/2008/what-not-to-say/comment-page-1#comment-5773 Linda Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:07:14 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/uncategorized/what-not-to-say-when-youre-co-worker-is-pregnant/#comment-5773 My friends and co-workers all made the same mistake.... they told me ".... but you're 19!" Like I didn't know that.. like I'd been celebrating two birthdays a year for the past 18 years or something.. *lol* How better to say you don't approve than SUCH a comment! My friends and co-workers all made the same mistake…. they told me

"…. but you're 19!"

Like I didn't know that.. like I'd been celebrating two birthdays a year for the past 18 years or something.. *lol*

How better to say you don't approve than SUCH a comment!

]]> By: Jamie http://blissfullydomestic.com/2008/what-not-to-say/comment-page-1#comment-5772 Jamie Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:44:18 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/uncategorized/what-not-to-say-when-youre-co-worker-is-pregnant/#comment-5772 Steph: That's a GOOD one! ;) Steph:

That's a GOOD one! ;)

]]> By: Steph http://blissfullydomestic.com/2008/what-not-to-say/comment-page-1#comment-5771 Steph Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:41:17 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/uncategorized/what-not-to-say-when-youre-co-worker-is-pregnant/#comment-5771 by the time I was pregnant with my seventh child, I had heard every comment in the book! my fvorite was when people would ask if we were mormon (we're not) or catholic (we're christian)...finally I just started saying " no, we just REALLY like to have sex!" by the time I was pregnant with my seventh child, I had heard every comment in the book! my fvorite was when people would ask if we were mormon (we're not) or catholic (we're christian)…finally I just started saying " no, we just REALLY like to have sex!"

]]> By: anne http://blissfullydomestic.com/2008/what-not-to-say/comment-page-1#comment-5770 anne Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:03:44 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/uncategorized/what-not-to-say-when-youre-co-worker-is-pregnant/#comment-5770 I had a male co-worker (who I didn't know very well) ask me how my amniotic fluid levels were doing. He was dead serious and I had no idea how to respond other than "um, fine?" I had a male co-worker (who I didn't know very well) ask me how my amniotic fluid levels were doing. He was dead serious and I had no idea how to respond other than "um, fine?"

]]> By: Nikki http://blissfullydomestic.com/2008/what-not-to-say/comment-page-1#comment-5769 Nikki Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:23:56 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/uncategorized/what-not-to-say-when-youre-co-worker-is-pregnant/#comment-5769 Great post! I'm pregnant right now I'm surprised almost every day at the comments I've been getting (especially from the men at work). If I hear "wow, you look really pregnant today" I might scream. Or "I thought you were due much sooner than that". And my personal favorite "you're not nearly as huge as my girlfriend said you look". I know they intend well and are just acknowledging the obvious but it is sooo inappropriate! Great post! I'm pregnant right now I'm surprised almost every day at the comments I've been getting (especially from the men at work). If I hear "wow, you look really pregnant today" I might scream. Or "I thought you were due much sooner than that". And my personal favorite "you're not nearly as huge as my girlfriend said you look". I know they intend well and are just acknowledging the obvious but it is sooo inappropriate!

]]> By: Jamie http://blissfullydomestic.com/2008/what-not-to-say/comment-page-1#comment-5768 Jamie Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:36:15 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/uncategorized/what-not-to-say-when-youre-co-worker-is-pregnant/#comment-5768 W: Your comment actually made me remember a comment made to me toward the end of my first pregnancy. I gained about 42 pounds and I am barely 5 ft. 2 so I was huge. Any way, I was waddling down the hall one day and a guy who worked in the office next to mine asked me if I was having TWINS! Talk about a social faux pas! ;) W:

Your comment actually made me remember a comment made to me toward the end of my first pregnancy. I gained about 42 pounds and I am barely 5 ft. 2 so I was huge. Any way, I was waddling down the hall one day and a guy who worked in the office next to mine asked me if I was having TWINS!

Talk about a social faux pas! ;)

]]> By: Jennilu http://blissfullydomestic.com/2008/what-not-to-say/comment-page-1#comment-5767 Jennilu Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:30:52 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/uncategorized/what-not-to-say-when-youre-co-worker-is-pregnant/#comment-5767 About 3 months after the birth of my cousin's second child she was still carrying a little (ok, a lot) of her baby weight. She was out one day with the newborn in tow and was approached by a woman wanting to look at the baby; ask if it's a boy or girl; and coo a little bit. Then the woman looked at my cousin and asked her when she was due to deliver her next child. OMG - that lady was lucky my cousin is so nice! About 3 months after the birth of my cousin's second child she was still carrying a little (ok, a lot) of her baby weight. She was out one day with the newborn in tow and was approached by a woman wanting to look at the baby; ask if it's a boy or girl; and coo a little bit. Then the woman looked at my cousin and asked her when she was due to deliver her next child. OMG – that lady was lucky my cousin is so nice!

]]> By: W http://blissfullydomestic.com/2008/what-not-to-say/comment-page-1#comment-5766 W Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:12:26 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/uncategorized/what-not-to-say-when-youre-co-worker-is-pregnant/#comment-5766 My wife recently had twins. When we told people she was carring twins, a goodly number of random strangers asked if they were natural or if we had some sort of fertility treatment. My wife recently had twins. When we told people she was carring twins, a goodly number of random strangers asked if they were natural or if we had some sort of fertility treatment.

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