Tell us all about it! Pregnancy-Info's weekly newsletters have been producing some wonderful comments from readers, particularly about those pregnancy pet peeves. Now that you are pregnant, are you finding you have some new pet peeves? Does you partner chew too loudly? Does your coworker hum all day long? Share your stories about those habits that just drive you crazy! Click here to read about other moms' pet peeves! And check out Pregnancy-Info for information about the hormonal changes that may be causing those pet peeves!
Pass Along Your Pet Peeves
Name: Tracy • Due Date: n/a
My biggest pet peeve is that my mother in law is ALWAYS asking me all kinds of questions about my pregnancy. Like what are you eating? Are you walking? Are you sleeping too much? And now she has even gone to the extreme of taking a day off of work when I made the mistake of telling her when my next prenatal appointment was! She didn't even ask if she could come with me. She just called and TOLD me that she took the day off so she could go!
Name: nat • Due Date: 02/02/2007
I am 14 weeks and my pet peeve is the way already mums tell you what to do all the time. I also hated throwing up for about 5 weeks straight. And Im hating the acne. And the glances at my ring finger when someone finds out im pregnant. And getting up every 2 hours to pee. But I really love the fact that theres a baby growing up inside me.
Name: Nicole • Due Date: 12/19/2006
On the up side, I found out last week we're having a boy, which is what we'd been hoping for (though we really didn't care either way as long as it's healthy). I'm still sick of people petting my belly without asking. I stepped away from someone who went to do it one day, which pretty much told her without me saying that she wasn't invited to do so. Geez - boundaries, people! My husband and I are also 99% sure this will be our only baby - we decided to stop at one - and I'm tired of people telling us "Oh, that's terrible," or "Oh, you'll have more," just because they came from big families. Fine for you guys, but we're different - y'know? It's really rude when people make assumptions about how you should run your life - why do they think it's OK when you're pregnant?
Name: Tiffanie T. • Due Date: 11/30/2006
Wow..I think everything in my pregnancy is a pet peeve. LOL. I get very irritated by everything lately. I find myself squeezing my fist together and then I think..should I really be this mad? My emotions are just crazy. I hate the uncontrollable "bad" emotions. The other day I cried over some onion rings. LOL. It's just crazy. But I wish I people "gushing" over me sometimes. It seems like I'm supposed to be superwoman in this pregnancy. I work full-time. I'm about to start school full-time so I can finish up my Bachelor's degree. I'm a full-time mommy of a 2-year-old (a very, very active one). And I'm basically a maid. I get exhausted very easily, so it would be nice for some to say "Here..why don't you sit down and relax."
Name: Jessica • Due Date: 12/04/2006
I am am 20 wks along and have discovered that I have many pregnancy pet peeves. I love how everyone has so much advice that is pretty much useless. They say the stupidest things and I want to scream I got pregnant not stupid!!!! Or people with kids tell me how hard it is to raise kids, what do you want me to do I am already pregnant? For someone that is only 5 months along I am not showing that much and I have not been able to take my pre-natal vitamins (even flintstones, turns out I am allergic) and people always have something to say about that. They act like I am intentionally not taking my vitamins or not eating properly just to hurt my unborn child. I also broke my ankle during this pregnancy and had to have surgery. I get really nervous about something with my pregnancy everyone tells me that it is ok and not to worry about it. Don't I have a right to worry about it? Its my baby and my body. My mother has taken it upon herself to think that she is going to name my child like she helped me make it or she is the one carrying it or something. My mother acts like she is going to raise my baby and I am getting to the point that I don't know if I would even trust her, I have developed a fear that she is going to try and get custody of MY child. Since I haven't been able to walk without crutches I have had to rely on my husband to put away stuff (got married and got our own place a month ago) and clean. Neither of these things get done unless I yell, scream, and complain. I feel like a slave driver and he get fustrated with me, but it doesn't get done unless I do these things. He doesn't understand that I don't want people at my house when there is a sink full of dishes and boxes in my living room. He also don't understand I don't want to go out to a bar when I am pregnant and crippled right now. Why would I want to go out and sit in a smokey room and watch people drink? But my absolute favorite is when men tell me they understand how I feel b/c there sister, wife, best friends wife was pregnant. Hello you are a man have you ever been pregnant, nope!!!!! I wish people would maybe come help me put my house together and clean rather than calling/coming over to tell me useless things or critize everything I do. I am the one who is pregnant and I am about to the point where I am going to lock myself in my house and not let anyone in or out so I can enjoy being pregnant.
Name: Monique • Due Date: 02/01/2007
My pet peeve is that when you find out you're pregnant and share with a co-worker or friend they all of a sudden want to get pregnant again or feel pregnant. It is so annoying.
