Things to never say to a pregnant woman

Ok, so I've debated on how to write this post because I don't want the people who have said these things to feel bad (although most of them have come from random people who don't read this blog). However, know that if you've said them, I don't hate you and it's all in good fun, but I'm just surprised at some of the reactions I've received. A lot of these aren't just for a twin pregnancy, but I'll star specific ones I've gotten because of the twins. And also, I'm going to paraphrase responses I've received to maybe mask the comments a tiny bit.

- You look really cute now, but in a few months you wont be able to walk, or even wear maternity clothes, so enjoy wearing regular clothes now. (actually if you know me, you know my love for sweatpants. I change out of regular clothes as soon as I get home so I guess I should consider myself lucky there)

- Twins! You're going to get stretch marks like you wouldn't believe!* (that one made me cry..)

- Two? You're never going to sleep again. SO much crying, poop, and spit up. I don't know how you'll do it. I'd loose my mind.* (Oh thank you for the heads up. I'll call the insane asylum and make an early reservation.)

-"How far along are you?" "{insert # of weeks at that given time}, but there's two" "Oh honey, you're going to get so big."* (Thanks, I hope you don't die at the age of 30 from a flesh eating disease, but you never know, it might happen.)

-Don't you just love it when you get out of that stage where you don't look fat anymore? (Well, I'm assuming the last time you saw me you just thought I was just fat....)

-My worst nightmare is having twins.* (Oh thank you. Mine is being brutally murdered, but mother two kids sounds awful too...what???)

-Was it planned? ( I know everyone gets this question and I've asked it too, but when you're the pregnant person you realize how weird any answer you give is. Not so much offensive, just awkward especially when it's asked by someone you don't really know, but actually having someone ask you who you do know really well is weird too. Weird question all around.)

-Twins?! God bless you, you're going to need it.* (Well, I consider this pregnancy a blessing so I guess he already has. I hope he blesses you with some tact someday.)

-I don't know how you're going to do it. You aren't even done with school? Hopefully you can graduate, but I wouldn't count on it. (this isn't exactly how it went, but basically I was told fat chance for ever going to school again. Uh, thanks for having faith in me.)

-I can't even imagine how much this is going to cost you guys. (Yeah, we'll we're starting too and we're terrified. Thanks for the reassurance.)

-Wow, you're only that far along? Good luck...(Ok random girl at the quick stop. Good luck ever getting a boyfriend because your voice makes Fran Drecher sound like a lullaby.) (Ok, that was mean on my part I realize, but I blame it on the pregnancy hormones. haha)

-Are you going to be able to breastfeed both babies?* (ok, I hardly know you. I don't feel the need to discuss my potential lactation abilities with you.)

-I hope you can get some quality time together because once these babies come it'll feel like you're hardly married.* (Ok, so I know the dynamics of a relationship changes with kids, but hardly married? I know of many couples with twins that don't seem "hardly married". I'm pretty sure Josh and I have a strong enough relationship to not let these children turn us into just roommates. Again, I'm not naive about the lack of "us" time we'll have, but hardly married? Come on...)

-I hope you have lots of family around because you're going to need it BIG time! I would have died without my mother and I only had one baby* (actually, we don't and most of our friends are moving away from Logan after the summer, so thanks for letting us know how awful our situation is.)

-Don't twins come always early? Are they going to have to be in the NICU? Are you terrified? Does the thought of a c-section freak you out? You'll be on bed rest, right?* (Now, this isn't offensive, but I get asked these questions ALL the time. Yes people, there's a chance of all of this happening and nobody knows how a twin pregnancy will end so I've got no answers for you. That's what I'm scared of most. I have no idea how this will end. Hopefully with two healthy babies, but people are really quick to tell me their horror stories of what they know about twin births and since every twin birth ends totally different, there's no way to know what's going to happen this summer.)

and possibly my favorite...

-So, how did you conceive your babies?* (Um....do we really need to go there? You've got kids. How did you conceive yours? If you're still confused, go talk to someone about it, please.)

So there you have it. Things not to say to a pregnant woman (particularly someone with twins). I don't mean to sound like Negative Nancy and I realize how much support we actually do have. The supportive comments have completely outnumbered the weird ones, so I've very VERY grateful for that, but I'm always a bit taken back by some of the comments. I've been able to laugh them all off (except the stretch mark one) and it's pretty entertaining to see people's reactions. I'm slightly sad though because I've lost a lot of my identity and have become this pregnancy. I guess that's what happens to all moms at some point so I should get used to it, but since I exploded at 11 weeks, I didn't really get the chance to wrap my mind around any of it before the questions/comments started pouring in. Oh well, we'll make it and no matter how scared or how poor we are, we couldn't be happier. Josh and I are getting more and more excited each day and we can't wait for these little ones to arrive.

So, any moms or pregnant women out there that would like to add to the list? :)