People that love to tell me about pregnancy

By C
@ShyBear88 (59306)
Sterling, Virginia
March 12, 2012 10:47pm CST
For some reason a lot of people lately have been telling me I don't know anything about being pregnant as if I was never pregnant. Excuse me I've been pregnant before a year ago and I'm pregnant now with my second child so what makes them think they can tell me that I don't know certain things about pregnancy. I've been there done that and these people have never been pregnant nor are they a doctor that works with women that are pregnant. This always tells me what people think of me. It makes me feel as if I'm stupid but I'm sorry being having a learning disability doesn't make me stupid. I know not all women go through the same thing when pregnant or in labor. No two pregnancy are the same so just because I comment about something being different in my second pregnancy doesn't mean I don't know anything or that I've had a baby before. I told my husband I don't know what it is about his friends and family but they really know how to make me feel good about myself and stuff. Although my husband cousin she told me I'm a good mom and I've been through this ones and they haven so you do know a little bit more about what is going on at least inside my own body and with my own baby. Till they have been pregnant there thoughts and comments don't matter. Doesn't mean I can't learn something new with each pregnancy about things. I've learned a lot so far in my second pregnancy.
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2 responses
• United States
14 Mar 12
Congratulations on your second baby. I enjoyed all the times I was pregnant and yes, each one was totally different from the next. I would take those comments with a grain of salt and realize that they really don't know if they have never had a child or the fact that they don't know your body like yourself. Don't take it personal, they may mean well but in the same sense if it does bother you, make sure you speak up and tell them you don't appreciate thier comments. They will never know if you don't tell them. Have fun with this pregnancy!
@ShyBear88 (59306)
• Sterling, Virginia
14 Mar 12
Oh yeah I know my body better then anyone else next to my doctor maybe. Having two kids with in a year apart I know pregnancy for my body well. Yeah of course this one is a bit different from my last one and I think that is pretty normal but other people don't see it as that because they have never been pregnant or haven't been pregnant in a really long time in such a long time that lots of things have changed but some thing never change. I try to let it go in one ear and out the other and try not to say anything mean or rude back. Some times I have to wait a few minutes before saying anything to that person. I normally bring up to my husband like what they don't think I've done this before. The only differences is that I have different insurance this time which means I get different things at different times then last time and with a history already some of the things they can just skip. I just say what like I've never been pregnant? I'm sure I have since this is baby number two. My experiences from this one and the last one will be different as well as other women. None of my friends have ever been pregnant that I know of and the only two sister in laws have and are pregnant. I know my brothers wife with when pregnant with my daughter was telling me what labor was like and I kept thing you have a c section because you have a panic so I told her your labor will be different then mine I don't want a c section and I didn't have one so I didn't see what all the big fuss was about labor but she has a low pain tolerance. Now my husbands sister she is pregnant and thinks she knows more about pregnancy even though this is her first. Tell her all of the time you never know what is going to happen when your pregnant and you don't know how labor or what its going to be like for you to be a mom till your in labor and the baby is here. How things where for me might not be the same for her. She is till ever young in the head so she says things like that all of the time and I ignore it. She was trying to tell me all kind of things with my daughter and even wished I losted my daughter while I was pregnant with her a year ago because she didn't believe that stress can cause a miscarriage at any time in a pregnancy and she was making me really extremely upset and I told her to stop it but she didn't. That and she was trying to scary by saying my daughter would be in the NICU after she was born because I was 35.5 weeks early and I was in the hospital for 24 hours watch one night at 34 weeks and the reason they gave me shots was because my daughter wouldn't be strong enough. No that is just part of there system all mothers under 36 weeks have to have certain test and shots that doesn't mean anything is wrong with my daughter and that she will need special care. I was right of course she was healthy and can home with me and my husband with in 24 hours.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
14 Mar 12
I have not yet been pregnant but I have noticed with others that they like to tell pregnant women what it is like. It's annoying and if they do that to me I will be very mad. I can understand if it's constructive advice, but especially if it was to be my second or third time around I'd be like "my body, my pregnancy so shut up". People think they are being helpful or informative, but all they are being is insultive. To me it'd be like telling me how to raise my child, and ain't NOBODY gonna tell me how to do that.
@ShyBear88 (59306)
• Sterling, Virginia
14 Mar 12
Yeah that is how I feel. When talking to other moms that have been through a pregnancy its totally different because you'll get all kind of answer to things especially about pregnancy and first time moms they don't get right way that no two pregnancy are the same even after your first kid some times your second or third can be way different then first. I always tell people you know all you need to know about pregnancy if its in the first 5 years of your first or second child. I tell people yeah I know that I've been pregnant before and we aren't doctors so I'm not talking like a doctor so I'm going to talk like a pregnant parent with a second child on the way. This what they tell pregnant moms and if you don't like how its says well then too bad. Some people think they know best because they read a few things or think they no more because they might have more education or something then other person or because they help out with other peoples kids. It's totally different when its your own body and your own baby. When I talk to other moms and they have a question I just tell them about my own experiences and if I think its normal or not what they are going through from what I've read. Of course it hasn't been more then a year since my last child was born so I do have a lot of current information on infants and young toddlers. Some things its just common knowledge but I try not to hurt other pregnant woman's feeling. Yesterday I got told that I'm not in my second trimester till I'm 14 weeks and I'm 13 weeks. My answer to this women was my baby book said I'm in the second trimester as of tomorrow and my doctor said the same thing to me last week when I was at the doctors office. Every doctor and book will say something differently so you can say I'm in the second trimester as of 13.5 weeks which would be 13 weeks and 3 days or 4 days. She her reasoning was that women are pregnant for 41 weeks so there is 13 to 12 weeks for each trimester which is untrue because a full term pregnancy is 40 weeks but doctors will let you go till 42 weeks depending on there comfort and the baby. The 3rd trimester is the short in my opinion because by 36 37 weeks your pretty much full term the rest of the weeks is just extra to make sure the baby is fully developed and that is from what I read if someone reads differently or told by there doctor differently that is fine.