To us outsiders, being pregnant seems like such a beautiful experience. Months of researching baby names, learning about the human body during doctor’s appointments, and bringing a new life into this world. Honestly, it sounds so magical.
But the everyday life of pregnancy is so much more than that. And way less glamorous than the movies want us to believe. Stylish maternity clothes are really expensive and hard to find, and that “glow” that everyone keeps mentioning is more sweat than sprinkles.
To paint you a more accurate picture of what it’s really like to grow a human being in your belly, Bored Panda has compiled a list of honest posts that mothers and their loved ones made about them expecting.
#1 Unsolicited Advice
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#2 Oops
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#3 A Gift My Husband Made For Me To Use When Strangers/Family Get Too Grabby Towards My Belly Without Asking First
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#4 Feelin’ Like A Whole Chicken
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#5 I Texted My 36 Week Pregnant Wife To Ask How She Was Feeling, This Was The Photo I Got In Response
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#6 My Pregnant Wife Had To Dress Up As A Superhero For Work Today
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#7 My Pregnant Wife Is Practicing Her Swaddling. Skittles Isn’t A Fan
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#8 Pregnancy Problems
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#9 Help Your Wife Out
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#10 My Wife Sneaking Up On Me
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#11 My 39-Week Pregnant Wife Went To The Store To “Get Stuff For Dinner”. This Is What She Came Home With
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#12 My Pregnant Wife Wanted Pancakes In The Middle Of The Night. I Delivered
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#13 Pregnancy Struggles
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#14 My Wife Is Pregnant And She Thought It Would Be Funny To Take A Picture Of Our Dog’s Feet Looking Like They Are Her’s
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#15 Pregnancy Probs
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#16 Pregnancy Is Beautiful They Said. You’ll Glow They Said
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#17 Pregnancy Brain
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#18 My Pregnant Wife Has Been Practicing Her Swaddling Technique On The Dog
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#19 Pregnancy Problems
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#20 Before And After
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#21 My Wife Is 39 Weeks Pregnant And Really Wants To See Deadpool 2
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#22 My Husband Found Me Hiding In The Bathroom, Pants Down, Shoveling Cookie Dough Ice Cream In My Mouth And Hiding From Our Kids. This Is Pregnancy (29weeks)
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#23 Pregnancy Struggles
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#24 Pregnancy Hormones
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#25 Pregnancy Brain Is So Real. My Daughters Daycare Lady Sent Me This. I’m So Embarrassed
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#26 Looking All Over The House For A Good While… And Freaking Out Since Already Running Late, Finally Found My Damn Keys
Common side effect of parenting while pregnant.
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#27 Too Hot To Wear Pants And Dresses Are Mostly All That Fits Me So I Had To Figure Out A Way To Shave My Legs While Not Being Able To Bend Over
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#28 8 Months Pregnant And Came Out Of The Bank To Find This… (I’m The Blue Car)
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#29 Pregnant In A Heat Wave
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#30 I Heard “You’re So Big!” And “You’re So Small!” Literally Within The Same Day In Pregnancy And I Was Like Wut
What is it about our baby bumps that makes people think they can give us their UNSOLICITED comments and suggestions?
Here’s a tip: Just wish us and our baby good health and safe delivery.
What’s the worst unsolicited comment you’ve heard about your pregnancy?
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#31 Cracking Up At The Hilarious (& Oh So Relatable) Difference Of My Undies From March vs. Today At 37 Weeks
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#32 The Next Person That Asks Me How My Pregnancy Is Going Will Just Be Shown This Picture
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#33 Technically This Conversation With My Husband Happened Yesterday, But I Swear It Feels Like I Have A Similar One With Him Everyday
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#34 I Sent This Series Of Texts To My Hubby Just Now
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#35 How Many Breakfasts Have You Had Today? This Is My Third
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#36 Nailed It
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#37 My Husband And I Took Our 5 Year Old To The Amusement Park For The First Time Today. I’m 9 Months Pregnant, This Was My Favorite Ride
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#38 “Let’s Watch Football And Eat Nachos Together All Day!” Not
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#39 Pregnant Women Problems
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#40 Pickle Juice Popsicles
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#41 No, I Am Not Enjoying Contractions. Also, I Had A Baby This Morning
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#42 Im Not Saying That She Has Pregnancy Brain… I Mean It’s Also Possible That She Made Chocolate Waffles. Either Way It Smells Like A Delicious Campfire In Our Kitchen
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#43 Pregnancy Is Weird
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#44 Pregnant Wife Ordered Cheese Fries, This Isn’t Going To End Well
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#45 My Friend’s Wife Is Pregnant. She Got Cravings For Sweet And Spicy
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#46 Preggo Brain At Its Finest. Opened My Front Door This Morning To Find These In It
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#47 Pregnancy Struggles
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#48 Pregnant Problems
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#49 Let’s Say I “Hypothetically” Forgot To Take A Pyrex Lid Out Of The Oven Before I Preheat It And It “Hypothetically” Melted
What would be the best way to get the plastic off the hypothetical oven rack? Or would one need to just throw the whole damn oven out? Asking for a friend.
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#50 Third Trimester Probz
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