“Oh, are you having those painful afterbirth contractions?”
(especially if she, say, had an emergency, unwanted HYSTERECTOMY three days ago.)
(I’m a moron.)
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To the list of things not to ask a pregnant (or recently pregnant) woman, add:
09.10.09 | foot in mouth disease | 5 Comments
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This is one of many. I’m pregnant right now. Here are a few more things NOT to say to a pregnant woman:
Are you SURE you’re not having twins/triplets?
You look like you might be retaining water.
You have how much longer? I thought you were ready to deliver (say this while giving an astonished glance at her belly)!
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After birth contractions? What?
Another scary reason to keep me from having kids! Yikes!
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Jane Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 8:24 am
I looked online, and they’re also called “afterpains.” They’re really not that bad, especially with the first kid, but they do get worse the more kids you have (at least in my experience. It’s when the uterus is contracting to get back to its normal size, and they’re usually triggered by breastfeeding. They only last a few days. (don’t let THAT keep you from having kids — I’m sure there are much better reasons not to procreate
).
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Sounds like something I would say. And then make 10 times worse when I try to unsay it. It is the backpedaling that does me in everytime.
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Jane Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Me too. The long silence and then my frantically trying to apologize — not good.
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