Gwyndolyn Quaintly

With the recent chatter about pregnancy and the like- I was wondering...
what has been the most idiotic comment or 'bit of advice' people have foisted on you unsolicited regarding pregnancy or babies?

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athos

1. "giving birth - it's just like shelling peas" ...yeah right, nice little gem from someone at work.

2. regarding contents of nappies etc .... "it's different when it's your own child" ...er, no it's not - poo is still poo no matter whose it is, and it's still yuk

Devlin

"Drop it on its head"

I couldn't believe my ears!

Meiko

When rocking a baby to sleep in his pram - Your making a rod for your own back doing that.
Not sure I had any stupid advice.

Sally Buttons

"You forget the pain as soon as the baby is born"
Do you bollocks!!!!! My son will be 19 in December and I can still remember every single hideous second of it!

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Gwyndolyn Quaintly

Yes. Yes I have a particular 47 hour experience that left a recollection considerably more than 'it smarts a bit', now that you mention it.
Edited to add:
Actualy...Yes...I've a good mind to write a formal complaint to whoever is in charge of giving sweet ickle 19 year old chickies 47 hour labours. That's not on at all. I demand my money back!

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Cal Soulshadow

"You'll feel differently when you're older."

I turn 40 next year and I still have absolutely no inclination to have children.

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Futt

Pfft wimps. I had bruises all over my arm after my daughter was born!

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Lenore

Well I find that its genrally true up untill i get pregnant again then it all comes wooshing back.

Bustywench

Yup...that one's right there with the "You'll feel differently once its born" statement.
How many mothers that really did never want children for one reason or another have been fooled into having them with that statement I'll never know.

Motherhood is certainly not something designed for every woman.

Ebony&Markus

I agree. It is good we live in an age where you have a choice. The choice to decide not to have kids, in the old days you didn't have much choice!

Yay Contraception!

angels_and_daemons

"I'd be really worried about getting pregnant because all your teeth fall out"

I worked with a woman who said that during a lunch break...

Her reasoning behind the statement was that a friend who was pregnant lost a tooth. Well there we go, proof positive that at the instant of conception your teeth fire out of your mouth never to be seen again

Gwyndolyn Quaintly

All your teeth fall out. Oh man, tha's funny. I think the reasoning there must come from a time back in the mists of yore when people were hard pressed to find a bit of calcium, so the evil paracite baby would be seen to nick what it needed for ossification from its mother's stores- bones and teeth. Someone needs to tell that girl that her theory is slighty...er...arse.

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cherry

if you go down the route of spinal topped up by an epidural there's very little pain to remember *grins*

just a lot of weird side effects instead :P

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