10 Types of People Pregnant Women Should Avoid
Funny, but true advice for moms-to-be
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The Know It All
You know that friend, she knows everything about anything including pregnancy. Didn't you know she moonlights as an OB/GYN? She will give you advice whether you ask for it or not, and if you try and tell her she is wrong she just won't hear it. This person will only make you feel even more out of control of your body and confused. Trust your gut and steer clear.
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The Story Teller
We all know one — she picks the most nightmarish tales of episiotomies gone wrong, vaginal ripping, and 42-hour labors, not realizing she is scaring the enema right out of you. Remind her politely that you don't need to hear these tall tales, and that in fact, your doctor told you to avoid stress as a result of bad storytelling — it’s bad for the baby and all.
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The Over-sharer
This is the mom who shares every hemorrhoid and post-partum gem on Facebook, Twitter, and just about everywhere. When you can’t sleep at 2 a.m., these are the not the status updates you need to read. Just get through today and hide her on your feed until you’re less afraid of this whole giving birth thing.
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The Single White Female
No, not the stalker from the movie, but the single friend who has no kids and no experience with them. Her advice and comments in most cases are less than helpful, so skip the conversations on pregnancy and parenting with her, and stick to fashion or gossip about the girls you went to high school with.
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The Bitter Mom
We all know one — she is pissed she has kids, pissed they ruined her perfect size-3 body, and pissed that she is stuck in the house raising them while her partner is out working and “living it up.” Run, do not walk, to the nearest exit. There are a few times in your life when what you're doing is so precious that you literally cannot handle someone else's bad outcome. Let her do her own thing until your life is more stable.
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The Clueless Father
You can pick him out of a crowd a mile away. He is the new dad that confuses ultrasounds with amnios and couldn't figure out how to strap a baby into the car seat if his life depended on it. The thing about a newbie father is that he doesn't seem like a full partner yet, because he rarely is, even if he wants to be. It seems like he both knows too little and talks too much, which just isn't helpful, no matter how well-intentioned.
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The Judge
“Wow! You are pregnant...again?” You know who they are — sometimes they’re family members, sometimes friends, but they’re always passing some kind of veiled judgment your way. You will encounter enough negativity in day-to-day life, so skip any added crap, or give it right back to them with snarky one-liners such as: "Yup, we just love having sex!”
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The High-Risk Mom
It seems like there are a lot of high-risk pregnancy patients out there today, and if you are not high-risk yourself their tales of prenatal appointments and bed rest may send you over the edge. Support your friend — it’s not her fault she’s the embodiment of all your fears — but allow yourself to tune out during some of her tales of woe to prevent yourself from becoming a clinical hypochondriac.
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The Out of Touch Professional
We all have a friend who works in some sort of medical facility, but just because these women work with doctors and nurses (or are doctors and nurses) doesn’t mean they’re experts in labor and delivery, unless of course, they work in labor and delivery. So, don’t trust everyone’s advice — it falls under the “everyone is an expert” umbrella — except your doctor’s or midwife’s.
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The Carefree Preggo
You know, the one who opts out of ultrasounds, doesn’t take prenatal vitamins, and doesn’t really have any kind of plan post-birth. Unless you are carefree, stay away from the carefree — they’re not always the most educated in the ways of birth. It's good to be relaxed, but being too relaxed can be a form of denial. Is she having a baby? Nope, she's just growing larger. To each her own, but you need someone to relate to.
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Wow… Like being told you’re having a high-risk pregnancy doesn’t suck enough without finding out you’re apparently screwing up all your “normal” pregnant friends by sharing your experiences. I get that the author’s trying to lump in high-risk pregnancies with scary-story-tellers, but she’s also just further stigmatizing and isolating those of us unlucky enough to be in that group.
Number8 I guess, if you knew this girl you would know that she herself is guilty of most of those personalities. You would not believe half the stuff that has been spewed out of her mouth over the years. She has NO CLUE what it is like to have a true high risk pregnancy. Gross me out.
Funny how 8 out of 10 of these describe this author to a tee! So all pregnant women, be forewarned now, steer clear of Danielle Elwood (Danielle625) and whatever she writes here on Babble or anywhere else. A complete fraud.
Love how #4 is titled Single White Female. What does being White have to do with anything.
Interesting the author wants us to steer clear of our husbands because they arent a “full partner yet.” (especially if this is our first child too. You think just because you were pregnant with the baby that you automatically know how to do everything right?) How is a man supposed to learn to be a dad if you dont let him figure it out?
HaHa! I loved these! Thanks for the good laugh. I tried to figure out which one I would be…maybe a mix between the over-sharer and story-teller.
Obviously the author does not understand why most women opt out of ultrasounds. Most women who do this are in fact more educated about pregnancy and birth, and are doing everything they can to ensure the healthiest pregnancy and easiest childbirth. They take vitamins, supplements, and/or minerals (and choose ones that are more easily used by our bodies than most vitamins on the market), eat healthily, try to stay active, and read everything they can about the natural process of childbirth and pregnancy. These women often choose a provider who sees pregnancy as a natural process, as this is the way they view it. Perhaps a woman who isn’t terrified of the process is seen as ‘carefree’ by the author? Regardless of that, she tried to lump two completely separate groups of women, and is, in fact, trying to mislead her readers.
LOL, these were great. I’ve had to shut down a few of these types myself.
I guess im uneducated…. I didnt take prenatal vitamins by choice. They made me sick and gave me heartburn in an ungodly way. Maybe people should steer clear of the author…. sounds like shes a know-it-all.
Why in god’s name are you promoting this crap? This is a horrible resource (the author especially)… you should have read the comments before you promoted this garbage. Get some real input for your site. The credibility STINKS on this page.
Why do you think this is a good list of people to avoid? This is a lousy list that probably wasn’t even written by the so called author of this. She was asking on her FB page and twitter for people to email her with the types of people to avoid. So this was written by a bunch of her fans and followers and yet she’s taking the credit for it. Sad thing is Babble knows this author is a plagiarist and yet they still have her writing for them. When will someone wake up and see this author is clueless, can’t write, and has no original ideas. Makes babble look foolish promoting and hiring so called writers like this.
Sounds like alot of sour grapes, many women today have no sense of humor. it’s a joke, people. I dealt with every single type on here, no harm came of me, nor did I harm any of them. It’s not serious, folks. it’s satire. I guess pregnant people don’t laugh anymore.
Why did that one have to be called the single white female? why not single female? as there are many out there of varying shades of color , also clueless father? hello not all men are clueless some know more then some idiotic mothers i have seen post on the interweb and news . what because they didnt carry the baby for 9 months and deliver them they are clueless jesters? and have no right to give helpfull advice that they researched or may have studied on? I have dealth with all sorts of people like this but i found it very helpfull, not terryfying in the least researched and helped me form my own opinion on things and how id go about them yea the know it alls get annoying esp when your child as an allergy but they tote how good it is for them but sometimes there advice is a life savor, take it in stride and dont take all the advice as if its fact. if you go through the same thing you have someone to share with and support . maybe this was a tongue in cheek article but that one with the single white female was not called for as there are many woman who are single just like there are many single men out there of varying degrees of ethniticity.
You need to add: “Competitively Pregnant”
I encountered these women a lot. They would ask about my pregnancy and in response to every answer I gave, they would try to “top” it by being either better or worse. So, if I said, “I had appendicitis during my 26th week,” they might say in an exaggerated tone, “Oh, yah! The doctors have been watching me to make sure that my blood pressure doesn’t increase – I am at risk for pre-eclampsia!” For my own entertainment, I would try to add a comment of the opposite type to see what they would do. This usually gave me a secret internal chuckle. If I added…”My baby was smiling in his last ultrasound, which makes any discomfort seem completely worth it…” They might say, “I know! I was just crowned for being ‘the world’s best mom’ and I haven’t even had my baby yet!” (or something equivalent). These women don’t actually care about you or your baby. They just want to be told that they are doing great. I found that the fastest and easiest way to get out of the conversation was to fawn over them and dismiss any inquiry about me that they made… “Me? Oh, well, YOU know what it’s like to be pregnant… You look fantastic!”
Babble needs to realize that once again they are promoting a less than honest person who needs to pay attention to her children instead of pulling ridiculous things out of her behind to write about. Babble makes themselves look REALLY bad by allowing this girl to write for them. I guess they don’t care that they are destroying their legitimacy by having this girl write for them. MANY people are aware of Danielle Elwood and what a fraud she is. Hope you are happy sending a paycheck to someone who should pay attention to the children she “writes” about. Get someone who knows how to spell and has grammar that is more than 4th grade level.
Ha, nothing here is an original thought of this author. She is every single one of these people when she is pregnant so how could she say to avoid them? Just pathetic that she continues to even write for Babble. And Babble is aware of her plagiarizing and yet she continues to write for them. She takes what she writes here and puts the beginning lines on her own blog now too. Doesn’t that go against your policy Babble? Aren’t all words here yours? And yet you continue to condone her thieving ways. She is a thief plane and simple. Stop letting her get paid for this garbage.
wow as someone who is highrisk i find No. 8 extremely offensive glad to know people should just tune me out
Everyone needs to shut up about the white in single white female. She was trying to make a movie reference. Stop taking offense and grow up.
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what she meant was they shouldnt really be telling a pregnant woman about all the wrong things that happened during their pregnancy. It just puts in their head that maybe the same things that happened to you will happen to them when in reality, more than likely its not.