Oh the ‘perfect family’ comments bug me sooo much! We didn’t found out either, but once our son was born that was all we heard from everyone! Because, yes if I ended up with 2 daughters it would have somehow been less perfect !?! Anyway, the icing on the cake was when my father-in-law came to visit us in the hospital. He told me he had spent the last nine months praying that it was a boy, and he ‘won’. Um, ok.

I will say, as for the size thing, you have to admit, there’s no winning with that one. At least when someone says “you’re small” (not thinking about how that may make you paranoid or otherwise affect you), their sentiment is more in line with a societal preference for thinness, where telling a woman she is skinny (when not pregnant) is generally considered a compliment.

At least you’re not like me who is getting lovely comments like, “you’re huge!” from strangers in the elevator at work. Or, “wow, you’re getting bigger everyday!” (duh) from my coworkers, who of course are only pointing out the obvious (one does tend to get bigger during the course of pregnancy) and not understanding how that might make someone feel flat out fat!

You’re right – everyone would be better off keeping their mouths shut, but in their defense, thre’s no way to win when it comes to size comments.

Well, we added another granddaughter to the mix. But I LOVE my baby girl and wouldn’t trade her for all the baby boys in the world.

As much as I really want to get pregnant again, I am not at all ready to endure the “I hope it’s a boy!” comments.

The only opinion you need to listen to is your doc’s! Congrats again!

I hope you continue to have a great pregnancy!

I had a boy first as well and was surprised to have a girl second. I actually wanted another boy – it was the known aspect to me. I knew little boys… baby girls scared me. But yes, everyone instantly assumed we wanted a girl. And they also (my pet peeve) assume that now that we have one of each we are done having kids because that would be the ultimate goal, right? The verdict is still out on #3 for us.

Congratulations!

Sometimes I added that I hoped it wasn’t kittens. I was just grateful to be pregnant, finally.

The size thing drove me nuts too. During my third pregnancy people constantly told me how big I was. The baby was 8lb. 3 oz. During my fourth pregnancy people told me I was very small. The baby was 8 lb 6 oz.

Really, the only thing one should say to a pregnant woman is “You look beautiful. I’m so happy for you!”

“Yes”.