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“Ultrasound Tech Said ‘Oh No, It Died'”: 30 Wild And Horrifying Things Said To Pregnant Women
If you've ever watched What to Expect When You're Expecting, you probably know that pregnancy can be very different for each woman. Some remember it as the most joyous period of their lives, while others see it as less rosy. People's words also matter, and sometimes, they might say things that are a bit crazy.
Just the other day, pregnancy and postpartum fitness coach Emily Snell asked women to share the most inappropriate things people said to them while they were pregnant. While some of these are quite funny, most are just plain unacceptable. What happened to treating others how you would like to be treated?
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#1
I had a lady look me up and down and said “how old are you?” Mind you I’m very petite but I was 25 at the time. And I just go “I’m not a teenager in trouble, I just age more gracefully than you” 😇
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#2
A stranger on the bus “no wedding ring? Do you know who the father is?” Me- “I’ve been trying to get your dad to tell you for a while but he’s scared how you’ll take it. You can call me mom too”
#3
I lost two babies to miscarriage and stillbirth. My ‘friend’ asked me when I was pregnant with my third “if this one dies too can we have your crib and stroller, we’re broke”. I considered violence…
Glen Ellyn 8 months ago
Oh. My. Stars! How heartless can one woman be?? 🤬🤬🤬 I'm assuming she is no longer a friend. Downright cruel and thoughtless.
Pregnancy can take an emotional toll on a woman. Pregnancy mood swings are not a myth. Changes in estrogen and progesterone levels can cause a pregnant woman to feel a whirlwind of emotions. As each pregnancy is different, some might feel elated and joyous, while others have periods of anxiety and sadness.
Experts say that no matter what kind of emotions a mom-to-be is feeling, they are valid. And it's not just the hormones that are impacting the mood swings. Some future moms might be experiencing body image issues, stress, and fatigue. When you consider that a pregnant woman might be dealing with all of these, you might want to think twice before making a witty comment.
#4
my mom said something along the lines of "thank God it's a boy, boys are so much easier than girls" in front of me and my sister. mind you, our brother is in prison for SAing me.
#5
well yesterday I said I was as big as a house and my man just goes "technically you are a house, his house" in reference to our son, I've never laughed so hard like he really got me there
#6
“Maybe don’t k**l this one honey” said my MIL when we told her we were pregnant again after I suffered a MISCARRIAGE!
One of the biggest no-nos when it comes to things you should never tell a pregnant woman is comments about her body. In 2020, The Bump polled its members and asked what insensitive comments pregnant women received most often, and comments about their bodies either being too big or too small made it to the second place.
The first place went to questions about whether the baby was planned. Soon-to-be-moms were also annoyed with people asking them whether they were planning to have more kids in the future, as "Are you guys done now?" was the third most aggravating thing new parents were sick of hearing.
#7
I got “are you sure it’s not triplets” at 33 weeks and I just word vomited back “I ate the last person that said that to me” and the stranger was horrified.
#8
“We will understand if you don’t keep it.”My fiancé was k**led in an accident and 2 weeks later I found out I was pregnant. My son turned 35 in January. He was the gift that saved the rest of my life
#9
I was starting to get symptoms of preeclampsia. I called my husband crying bc I was scared. His boss goes "she'll be fine. My wife was like that too." My response was "no uterus, no opinion."
Nadine Debard 8 months ago
Fùck him, preeclampsia is a lethal condition, and even in developed countries mothers and children still die from it, it is an absolute emergency so let him STFU (I got one, don't recommend).
Some expectant mothers also have no desire to listen to other moms tell them their stories. Just like with unwarranted advice, hearing a stranger tell you how she puked all through her third trimester brings a pregnant woman no joy. Psychotherapist Anna Mathur told the BBC that the other person should always think about how the comments and stories will make the pregnant woman feel.
#10
I had a miscarriage shortly before Mother’s Day and to make me feel better my husband got me a gift anyways and a family member out loud said “but your not a mother your baby died” I CRASHED TF OUT
#11
My OBGYN told my ex "You need to chain her down and stop feeding her" I was 32 weeks pregnant and went and found a new Dr that day
#12
“your baby needs to build their immune system so im going to kiss them anyway” i Immediately went no contact🙏🏽
Jungle Empress 85 8 months ago
Anti-vaxers have made me unable to take "build up the immune system" seriously.
"Secondary trauma can come to those who are vulnerable to the retelling – for example, hearing about a traumatic birth when pregnant," Mathur pointed out. "It can provoke anxiety and fear. When speaking to an expectant mother, rewind back to how you felt at that time. Think of what might bring her hope and comfort her instead."
#13
My baby dad told them to give me the husband stitch. He was kicked off the floor until my OB left. (My OB stayed until 12am I gave birth at 12pm) he was forced to sit in the waiting room and not tell
#14
After a miscarriage, a therapist told me it was for the best as the baby would have been mixed race.
April Pickett 8 months ago
You're not a client of that therapist anymore, are you? Is there a Board of Therapists that you could report him to?
#15
Not the prompt but when my mom found out she was pregnant with me and my brothers she went into the ultrasound and said “as long as it’s not twins!” And the doc said I have good news and bad news…
#16
A man at my husband's work told him to "Make sure they put in a husband stitch..." My husband was shocked and I was filled with RAGE when he told me. My husband don't talk to him no more
Dread Pirate Roberts 8 months ago
The thing to say would've been, "Husband stitches are barbaric, and my wife's v****a is none of your d**n business."
#17
almost 40w pregnant, looking like a whole fucking house and a shed too, going to a drs appointment on a very busy bus, asking someone if I could sit down, only to be told by a middle aged man with a pot belly sticking out over his pants that I "didn't get special treatment just because I was fat". so I kicked him in the shin so hard I actually made him bleed and we both got kicked off the bus.
#18
SEVERAL men, literal strangers I'd never met, came up to me and asked if I was gonna get the husband stitch.
#19
Not to me, but my ex’s mom tried to convince MY mom to put an abortion pill in my food while I was in the restroom. My mom OBVIOUSLY told me.
#20
Pregnant with my boy in june last year (36 weeks pregnant) old lady looks at me horrified "how old are you 16?" (im 22) no, im 14, how old are you 80? she walks away😂
#21
My ex MIL said she was so jealous of the attention I was getting, that she just wanted to push me down the stairs.
#22
I found out I was having twins at 10pm, called my sleeping mom & told her. Next morning she told me about her awful nightmare that I was pregnant with twins. They’re 17 now and very loved by all 🤣
#23
a stranger in an elevator asked "boy or girl?" I said "both it's twins" they looked horrified and said "that's awful... maybe you'll just end up with one though" 💀💀💀 I was speechless
#24
Found out at 10 wks my VERY WANTED twins had less than 50% chance of making it and was obviously crying. Coworker laughed and said “you’ve got 2 months to abort that shit”…. My twins are 3 now!!!
Dread Pirate Roberts 8 months ago
Glad mother and babies are ok 💙 Hope someone bitchslapped that coworker though
#25
Woman at work: "You're quite young aren't you? Planned?"
"Er, no"
"Hmph. It's so unfair that people like my daughter have to spend years doing IVF while people like YOU just stumble into pregnancy"
April Pickett 8 months ago
You are not to blame for her daughter's problems getting pregnant. You could have told her that you weren't the problem, she was.
#26
My mother in law called me weak in so many words because I took my FULL maternity and FMLA paid. She said she went to work right after. She also lost all her kids to cps for neglect and a**se sooooo
#27
MIL berated me saying she WILL be there in the room when I give birth and I wasn’t considering her feelings! Yelling and asking are 2 diff things. Lol in fact she was not there I wouldn’t allow it.
#28
I renewed my license at 39 wks and the guy said to use my pre-pregnancy weight. When I gave him my paperwork he look at me and said “ma’am, I said use your PRE pregnancy weight” I almost punched him.
#29
i have a history or miscarriages and when i went to the l&d er thinking i was having another one the ultrasound tech said “oh no, it died” and she meant the machine for ultrasound…my heart went to my a**
#30
Someone asked me when I was due. I informed him I wasn't pregnant and he wished me condolences for my loss, assuming I had a miscarriage.
I've never been pregnant.
Glen Ellyn 8 months ago
Some people are too dense to realize that you NEVER ask this question!
#31
I fainted in the cvs because pregnancy makes me weak and likely to faint and my husband said “please dont do this here” like what😭
#32
We live in a different state, so most of our family members didn't really see me during my pregnancy. On my babyshower my aunt said: "Wow, you have gained a lot of weight since I last saw you". She started laughing and I took this as my opportunity to say: " At least I can explain why I have gained weight, what is your explanation?"
#33
I was in the er for back pain so bad at 20 weeks, could barely walk and a male doctor told me it was because I was fat….i called for a follow up appointment with my female OB and it was kidney stones…
April Pickett 8 months ago
Never go to a male doctor if you're female. I learned a long time ago that they are not interested in you or your symptoms.
#34
my mom lifted up my shirt without consent IN PUBLIC in front of her coworkers and said "look how gross" referring to my stretch marked covered pregnant belly
#35
My husband said ‘well okay pregatron’ in an argument 🤦🏻♀️
Panda Kicki 8 months ago
OK, this was a bit funny. I might have killed him anyway, but still hilarious
#36
My mil said “what if it’s not a boy you have to try again.” I said “we aren’t having another.” She looked at my husband and said “and you’re okay with that?! You have to pass on your name!!!”
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
"The kingdom shall never accept a female heir to the throne - sire thou a son, sire!" There. That's what you sound like, you absolute lunatic.
#37
My dad asked me if I would get the husband stitch. He recommended it to my husband. My dad claims he had experience because my mum didn’t get it.
#38
"he's cute! I hope he's worth going to hell over." said to me by an older woman at church bc i wasn't married to the father of my son yet.
#39
I was in ER for an ectopic pregnancy. The registration lady said congratulations are you finding out what you are having… thru tears reminded her why I was there.
V 8 months ago
When my GP gave me a letter to take to the ER because she thought I was having an ectopic pregnancy other people in the waiting room got pissy when I got rushed through (I understand, but also having worked in medical settings I also know that you DON'T want to be the one that's the priority, that does not mean good things for you).
#40
After looking at my face when I told them we weren’t finding out gender, “it must be a girl because they take away all your beauty.”
#41
My SIL had a tragic still birth a couple months before I found out I was pregnant and my in laws constantly say my baby is going to die too. So yeah 👍🏻
#42
My FIL handed me a picture of myself from the previous year and said “here’s a picture to remember what you looked like skinny” I was 8.5 months pregnant and had preeclampsia….
Nadine Debard 8 months ago
Preeclampsia causes kidney failure, and as a result a general edema which makes the woman swell up. I took 7 kg during my 7 months pregnancy, and 10kg more during the week before giving birth because of acute kidney failure.
#43
I was pregnant at the same time as my sis but had a miscarriage. I didn't want to spend much time with her and my mom said "this has been really hard for her. you are causing her unneeded stress"
#44
My boss told me that I better not be as fat when I come back from maternity leave
#45
my HUSBAND looked at me and said "Hows my stuffed turkey doin today??" he was VERY VERY proud 🤣😭😭
#46
miscarriage in Oct 24, pregnant again in Nov 2025 and when we told my MIL she straight up said I didn’t know you guys were still trying thought you learned that this wasn’t a good idea.
CF 8 months ago
Wait. I'm so confused, is it 2025 or 2026 right now? I had to write two important checks today (very rare thing for me) and put 2025 on them. Can't find the year on my phone, never thought I'd be asking Google what the current year is! ETA: OK it's still 2025 I'm good. But that means this "pregnant again in Nov 2025" post is confusing.
#47
Teacher here. 8 months pregnant at parent teacher conferences a mom told me I chose a bad time to have a baby in the middle of the school year. To this day I regret not having a good comeback.
#48
My due date was 9/11… & my grandma goes “too bad it’s not twins, then it’d be like the twin towers”……………😭
#49
My grandma commented on my announcement Facebook post "Shannon, please tell me this is just a cry for attention. Let's go see an abortionist, I'm too young to be a great grandma" 💀😂
#50
My mom died unexpectedly on my due date.... I was still pregnant at her funeral, and someone said "I really expected your baby to be here. Like, a life for a life, you know?"
#51
my mother in law scheduled her vacation for the week before im due, told me I have to wait til she gets back 🤬 truly hope I go a little early
#52
When we announced to my husbands family his mom didn’t acknowledge me but looked right at him and said “are we sure it’s yours?”
#53
when i told my daughter's father (who I'd been dating for 2½years) that i was pregnant he said "I've been seeing someone else and this could really mess that up"
#54
I had hyperemesis. I was told I was being dramatic. and that all pregnant woman have a little morning sickness. I lost 38lbs and was hooked to an IV for 8months.
#55
My ex’s mom took my first baby clothes I got, opened them in front of me, laid them on her own stomach, rubbed her stomach, and then thanked me for buying HER baby clothes.
#56
Husband “this is going to be a long 9 months for me”
#57
"Do you think this one will make it?" -lost 2 before that😳
Nadine Debard 8 months ago
Oh my... I had "let's hope for the best", which was annoying but still said with good intention.
#59
I had a miscarriage in 2022, followed by a HEALTHY but disabled baby boy in 2023, and got pregnant mid 2024 and someone said “hopefully third times the charm”
#60
Someone asked to see my stretch marks and after I showed them they proceeded to tell me that how I looked was their biggest fear 💀
#61
After I miscarried, my stepmom sent my fiance a TikTok about how me miscarrying was his fault because “miscarriages happen due to the males genetics”. 😍
#62
I had twins and someone said “I hope you have 2 boys or a boy & a girl. I can’t image 2 girls. Too much attitude, you know?” 🙄 I had 2 beautiful girls 💞
Robin Roper 8 months ago
I'm one of 4 daughters. Our dad is 98 and the 4 of us visit him 6 of 7 days each week. Try that witch!
#63
When I was pregnant with my 4th baby, an older man told me that I need to “kick my husband out of bed sometimes.” 😅
Ivy at Eve 4 months ago
When my sister, number 5 in the row, was born, the midwife asked my dad if you could still love that one. He always regretted not hitting her and more so 3 years later when we lost her.
#64
“Oh, you’re having twins? Did you know that one of them could literally eat the other?” 😱 No Susan, I sure didn’t know that. Thanks 🫠
#65
I wasn’t technically pregnant anymore (just found out my twins were 💀) a friend of mine wanted to go to cedar point and she told me my dead babies wouldn’t want me to be sad, they’d want me to go🙃
Serena Myers 8 months ago
Cedar Point is an Amusement Park in Ohio, google says. Insensitive remark.
#66
technically after, but my sister had an emergency C-sec, and my nephew spent 2 weeks in the NICU, and for Christmas her in-laws wanted THEM to drive to ANOTHER STATE because they wanted to host
#67
One of my coworkers looked me dead in the face last week and said “thank you for being my biggest form of birth control the past couple months”
#68
I was rubbing lotion on my tummy & I look over at my husband absolutely dying. I ask him what’s so funny & he turns his phone around to show me the jimmy neutron hamster picture & said “that’s you”
#69
Someone asked how my baby was, I said “kicking my bladder like it’s a soccer ball” they then said “not even born yet and he’s already b3at!ng women like Chris brown”😀 EXCUSE ME
#70
I was 37 weeks pregnant, i had preeclampsia so i was very swollen, i went to a gas station before my appointment and a older lady told me I looked like i was having triplets.
#71
At a Mother’s Day brunch someone went around passing out Mother’s Day cards. When they got to me she said “ I didn’t get you one bc you’re not a mom” I was 8 months prego.
#72
I had preeclampsia and ALOT OF SWELLING AND WATER RETENTION my doctor had the audacity to walk up to me grab my stomach and say “that’s not baby your getting fat” I was 7months pregnant 😒 I cried 😐
#73
My OB told me “you don’t have preeclampsia again, your migraines are probably just from a brain tumor” I did in fact have preeclampsia again
#74
fell pregnant at 18 (yes I know not ideal) but a family member (not mentioning which side) said that I didn’t deserve to be pregnant and that they wished I miscarried my baby. That baby is almost 7🩷
#76
Not that out there, but the male ob that was delivering my baby told me to be quiet and stop being so loud while I was actively pushing out a human because I was laboring at night
UpupaEpops 8 months ago
Yeah. That attitude nearly cost my grandmother her life and it did end up costing her her uterus. Baby made it though, it was just an absurdly big one for a petite woman like my grandma.
#77
My first baby died from me having complications from preeclampsia. In my second pregnancy someone told me to watch my salt intake so that wouldn’t happen again. That’s not how that works
#78
ex bsf -“ youre pregnant? why? i think you should skip on this one” we were 26 and i was married 🙃 yeah that friendship went bye bye.
#79
I announced I was pregnant at work and a coworker said to me “oh I KNEW you were pregnant, your nose is HUGE!” … I did not realize my nose was swollen at all? 😭
#80
My husbands uncle told me if I ate a single bite of cheesecake that I’d get preeclampsia, gestational diabetes and have a still birth…
MonsterMum 8 months ago
There are health risks with unpasteurised soft cheese so I guess he was incorrectly thinking of that.
#81
I was pregnant with my son and my daughter was 2.5, we went to dinner and she yelled “enough mama, you ate bubby already” in the middle of the restaurant…🙄😅
#82
“You don’t even look pregnant!” As I’m 35 weeks pregnant 🫣 you’re telling me I look like this all the time?!
#83
I was developing preeclampsia and had several family members tell me “there’s NO way you’re making it to August (when I was due) you’re too huge!” I then delivered a preemie who had to be in the NICU
#84
I had a FRIEND ask if I still did OF at 20 weeks pregnant because he wanted to subscribe. I blocked him
#85
An older lady at the grocery store got loud with me in anger, insisting I was pregnant with a girl after she asked what I was having. Was a boy. She was so ticked & almost completely raged. Dunno why?
Serena Myers 8 months ago
Old myth, if you are carrying "high", it's a girl, if you're carrying "low" it's a boy. No basis in fact.
#86
Im a tattoo artist, one of my clients texts me to cancel her appt cuz she just found out shes prego, i answer ‘is this a congrats or a condolences?’ 😭
#87
I developed preeclampsia and had to have an emergency c section at 27 weeks. When my husband asked my gyno what the chances are our baby being okay was, she said “uhh like 50/50”. That was not true.
Nadine Debard 8 months ago
27 weeks is very premature and many complications can occur, though.
#88
I had severe preeclampsia, and almost died. A now ex client of mine told me that I was making excuses and being over dramatic. (I was in and out of the hospital for several months)
#89
😅 The amount of people who feel comfortable asking “were you trying?” And “are you having more?”…. Like do you realize what you are asking?
#91
with my first kid my aunt said "you should really think about getting an abortion because you are so young and you don't want to ruin your life." he is now 10 years old 🥰
#92
My husband and I went to an outdoor mall and I was hugely pregnant. I’d gained almost 100 pounds and eventually got diagnosed with preeclampsia. I couldn’t keep up with hubby and was wheezing because I was so big and this 🤬starts calling me Baby Dee and asking me what cupcakes are about to drop for the new snack season🤣
HeavyMetalHeart 8 months ago
Who is Baby Dee and what does it have to do with pregnancy or cupcakes? Google is giving me nothing 🤷♀️
#93
*after having a cryptic pregnancy resulting in stillbirth* “oh, what? are you going to keep it after what happened last time” - my mil.
#94
I was picking up a prescription and the pharmacist said “how far along are you” I was like 30 weeks or so.. she said “you look like you’re over it” 🤨 yeah it’s Georgia heat in August...
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KatSaidWhat 8 months ago
I came to be offended and I was not disappointed... the answer to the husband stitch should be maybe you should look into p***s enlargement.
Mark Alexander 7 months ago
I'd say "You mean stitch your p***s slit closed to stop your stupidity from reproducing? Sure. Do that."
Load More Replies... Beak Hookage 8 months ago
Thank goodness some of these were funny because most of the rest of it was just evil. And SO many references to that whole "husband stitch" BS which is literally mutilating a woman for no reason.
KatSaidWhat 8 months ago
I came to be offended and I was not disappointed... the answer to the husband stitch should be maybe you should look into p***s enlargement.
Mark Alexander 7 months ago
I'd say "You mean stitch your p***s slit closed to stop your stupidity from reproducing? Sure. Do that."
Load More Replies... Beak Hookage 8 months ago
Thank goodness some of these were funny because most of the rest of it was just evil. And SO many references to that whole "husband stitch" BS which is literally mutilating a woman for no reason.
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