Give me your 'gee your big' comebacks!

[~kellie~]

Thanks everyone!

I can't wait till someone makes one of these comments, and I can try some of these out!

Think I'm going to go with, 'yeah, I am feeling heavy, how about you make me a cup of tea' he he he

[Trillian]

Of you could just say "What? I'm not pregnant"

[beckoes]

I did the 'what im not pregnant' one a few times early on and that soon shut people up
Or id say ''yeah, thanks, shes gunna be so healthy!!''

Once i actually had a woman comment on what sex she thought it would be becasue my bum was fatter so it ment it was a boy/girl....WHAT THE HELL. how did she even know what size my bum was before i got pregnant!! I was SO amazed i couldnt even open my mouth...i think if id tried to have a comeback id have just ended up slapping her!!! (my bum did get a bit bigger...but still)

Sometimes i wandered if i was the first pregnant woman people had ever seen casue i wasnt 'really' that big and i got all the 'must be two in there' comments......Good luck and try to ignore the stupid people! hugs to you

[Kirley64]

aww Kel - i'm sorry you prolly got that comment from me, but only cuz i'm jealous cuz my bump isn't that big!!
I get the opposite, 'oh your not very big for x weeks'. Which is just as disheartening!! When i have the courage to reply i usually just say ' Well i do still have x months/weeks to go!!'.
how bout i trade you for a week

[Talia*L]

Hmm well I have had quite a few comments, BUT they are all from supportive people (mum, work colleagues, friends etc) so I know they aren't being critical - they are genuinely really surprised!!

But the crazy thing is (which I point out to them) is that I am *not* that big! I was measuring 19 weeks at 18 weeks, for example, when my MW measured.

Mum said last night (hadn't seen me for 2 weeks while on hols) WOW you look 9 months! I said 'no, I look 5 months. Becuase I am 5 months '

I pointed out to her how big she was at 9 months with my sister - I said, 'you just forget how big it is in the end!' which she agreed with...

[Hahamama]

I find it SO annoying and rude also, although I seem to get an odd mixture of comments. I'll have some people say, "Oh, I didn't even realise you were pregnant, you're so small!" and then others say, "Wow, you've gotten so big!". Not sure which is worse. You'd think people would have the decency to just keep their ridiculous comments to themselves.

I always had the girls at work commenting on whether they thought I was big or small, but usually I didn't mind cos none of them had had kids and I think they were just genuinely fascinated at how it all worked.

But the other week DF dragged me (literally) in front of a webcam he was having with his parents (they live in the UK) because he wanted to show them my bump, they hadn't seen any pictures of it at that stage. I was pretty unwilling and a bit annoyed at him for forcing me, I had just gotten out of the shower, had a towel wrapped around my head and wasn't wearing a bra! I REALLY didn't want to face the in-laws, even over a webcam. But he was insistent, so I succumbed. He then got me to stand side-on and held the webcam close to my belly, so close that you couldn't really see my shape at all! MIL then started exclaiming at how big I was, and asking me if I was sure it wasn't twins. She was joking, of course, and I kind of laughed along and said, "No, I'm pretty sure they would have told us if it was twins by now!" It's so stupid because like I said, DF had held the camera too close to me, they couldn't really tell how big I was, and I know I'm not that big! I guess it's cos it was the first time they were seeing me pregnant, but still. I did feel slightly hurt by it, even though I'm pg, having someone comment on how huge you've gotten makes you feel pretty self-conscious. GRRRR.

[TeniBear]

I wish people would comment on how big I am, I'm so disappointed I don't have a "proper" bump yet...

At my antenatal class on Tuesday, there was only one other girl due before me, but I had the tiniest bump in the room! Before we introduced ourselves and said our due dates, etc., I was wondering if maybe I'd joined the class to early since everyone else looked so much further ahead of me I was so surprised to hear that one of them was due in June - she looked like she was almost ready to pop.

I know it depends on shape, movement, etc., but I'm so sad that people still can't tell I'm pregnant and not just fat. All the "bump" photos I have of myself were kinda helped along a little by me pushing my tummy out and taking the photos from certain angles. I just want a normal round bump, not to look like I've shoved a pillow up my shirt.