Best piece of ’well-meaning’ advice.

My childless friend asked me (about 12 hours after i had a c-section) "are you home yet? I'd like to come see you!" - She knew I had had a 43 hour labour then emergency CS. She also went on to ask me 2 days later if we would all like to go out to dinner that night?!?!?

MuppetsMama wrote: i had one lady at the supermarket ask me every time I came in from about 6 months onwards, "still havnt had that baby yet huh?" and then proceed to tell me it must be a boy because I was putting weight on in my bum! ETA: It was a girl...

LOL which is opposite of the olds wives tale! Boy's no bum, girls = bum.

I remember a check out lady when I was in (in hindsight) prelabour say something to me, DH had to quickly stand in front of me before I either decked her or lashed out verbally.

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Not when pregnant but my BIL was shocked to know that my DD (then about 4mo) hadnt taken a bottle. I suggested that bfing straight from the spout (so to speak) was easier/less time consuming for me and how I chose to feed her.
He then in an all-knowing tone said 'well you'd better get her on a bottle soon otherwise shell never take formula and youll never have a life'
Okay boss....

Question....how would anyone know what it was like to pass a slowly rotating pineapple hahahahahahaha. And youch, I reckon that would hurt more, at least babies don't have spikes!

haha these are great!! That bum comment reminded me of years ago when I had to go to the bank to deposit money each day there was a pregnant woman that did the same and one day the teller told her she was having a girl (I think it was this way around) because a girl steals the mother's looks, whereas a boy makes the mother beautiful. So in effect she told this woman she looked like crap. hehehe

My favourite from when I was pregnant last time, was a friend saying that I needed to make sure I had a brazilian wax before giving birth as she had two student nurse friends present at a birth and they were grossed out by all the hairy women!!!!   Um, no actually I'm not and I'm not having a student either now!!!

The very best peice of advice I ever got was this -
Don't listen to everyone elses advice!

Love this I get the wow you going to be busy.   Comment I get it now when. Am with one or 2kids peope are shocked to here I have 4. Our latest has been hope you not having anymore lol their face when I say yeah course actualy we want 2more

not a piece of advice but yesterday when i was in the mall toilet a lady with a newborn said 'how much longer to go?' i told her and she said 'oooh sweets that will be THE looongest few weeks of your LIFE."

thanks lady.. appreciated.

then another lady spoke to me while i was washing my hands, 'do you know what your having?' yes a girl i said 'oh... (look of disappointment) are you pleased?' yes we would have been pleased either way i told her

'oh it must be your first then.'

i had forgotten my standard 'a baby' response to the what are you having question.. sigh..

Gosh some of this "advice" is shocking!!! I agree with a few others, yeouch on the pineapple!! That was too much, I had to share it with DF and we both cracked up laughing over it!

Ok, advice. I got asked if I was going to be breastfeeding and when I replied with an affirmative I got told "Oh it hurts, believe me. It's absolute agony!!"
Erm, thanks. Lol. I got a 5 minute tirade about how much this woman was in pain every time she breastfed. I would have told her to naff off but she's family

Same person asked us if we had a name picked yet and when I showed her the list of possibilities she went through it saying "Dont like that one, nope not that one"
Jeesh, and I thought -I- was the one having the baby and thus I thought -I- was going to be naming it! With DFs input of course lol.