"No, I am not pregnant"

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So today I am outside of my office, and along comes a guy walking past me and stops to ask "Are you pregnant?"

:angryfire

(I am NOT pregnant, nor am I even fat..maybe a little bloated!) OK Im 5'11" and maybe 140lbs... So I just stare at him in shock and say NO, then I walk straight inside without looking back at him.

I am SO mad!!!!!!!!!!!! and a little sad! :bluecry1:

Specializes in LTC, Subacute Rehab.
I am fairly thin on my top half, but I have a bit of a belly, and I have been asked "Are you pregnant?" a few times.

I have two answers. "No, just fat."

My other answer is "No, are you?"

I've got the same problem - size 10 upper half, size 14 lower. Nobody's come right out and asked, but I get "What, no babies yet?!" a lot from the older Filipina CNAs.

And yes, NO BABIES YET. Not for a good long time. :D

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Specializes in keeping all options open right now..

Being overweight, I've been hit with the 'when are you due' on more than one occasion. I try to approach it with humor, and just answer them with the statement of "..well, usually its 9 months AFTER conception..." This either stops them in their tracks and they get embarrassed, or they giggle about it and apologize.

If they decide to continue along with sarcasm, or even go so far as to get derogatory in their comments about my weight, I usually stay with the humor aspect, telling them that I love being a flabulous woman...or something along the lines of preferring to keep my assets with me at all times... or even that my boyfriend loves big women, and boy, did he hit the jackpot with me...eventually they give up trying to get the better of me, or they burst out laughing.

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Specializes in CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU.
Well, the scrubs we got to wear in the OR area are made by men, for men.

Nice, just when I'd about given up all hope of finding scrubs made for men! You should post this in the Male forum...every guy there will thank you. :redbeathe

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Specializes in NICU.

i actually had a co-worker experience the opposite problem. one of the residents who had done his rotation 3-4 months ago was back on my unit for on-call duty. we were just chit-chatting when "sally" walks past. he looks her up and down then whispers to me... "woah, i don't mean to be rude but... sally got fat."

i reply: "dude, she's 8 months pregnant."

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i actually had a co-worker experience the opposite problem. one of the residents who had done his rotation 3-4 months ago was back on my unit for on-call duty. we were just chit-chatting when "sally" walks past. he looks her up and down then whispers to me... "woah, i don't mean to be rude but... sally got fat."

i reply: "dude, she's 8 months pregnant."

OMG...that is the funniest thing I've heard all week. :yeah:

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Specializes in DD, HHC, Med Surg, PCU, Resource.

I didn't read the other responses but I just had to post.

My dd who is 17 is slightly overweight carries it all in her middle just like her mama.

In the past month she has been asked 3 times whether she was pregnant.

At first she laughed it off, and we used humor to try to diffuse it. This last time though, she was pretty upset. It makes me angry when people don't use their brains before they open their mouths. By the way, these were all adults who said this. :no: Some people should receieve etiquette lessons before they are let out.

Anyway, I feel your pain.

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i actually had a co-worker experience the opposite problem. one of the residents who had done his rotation 3-4 months ago was back on my unit for on-call duty. we were just chit-chatting when "sally" walks past. he looks her up and down then whispers to me... "woah, i don't mean to be rude but... sally got fat."

i reply: "dude, she's 8 months pregnant."

Hope you weren't working L&D ;)

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Asking me if i am pregnant when i am not will be an offence to me even if i dont reply the person,when i am alone i'll be pondering over it.Well,i have 2 weeks and 2 days to the end of my gestation period.i am lookin forward to the D-day.

Azor

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Specializes in Oncology, Cardiology, ER, L/D.

When I worked in an OB/GYN office, I had this very pregnant perky drug rep ( who I hated with the fire of a thousand suns) come up to me to do a "belly bump". She acting like it was the cutest thing, hee hee, look at our cute bellies. The only problem, of course, was the fact that I wasn't pregnant! Definitely in the whole "keep your mouth shut if you don't know for sure" group.:coollook:

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Specializes in Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy.

This just happened to me last week. I was standing next to a pregnant nurse and another nurse comes up to us and says, "twin bumps." Except that I am NOT pregnant. I do have a bit of a tummy and what I was wearing sort of emphasized it. Still, a very rude comment.

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Specializes in Peds.

That happened to me. I am 5'3 and at the time weighed maybe 110. I got asked boy or girl. I said I'm not pregnant. She said oh did you just have a baby? I mean come on! I was wearing loose scrubs what made her think that.

I know how you feel!

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WHen people ask me that (and it doesn'thappen often) I just reply "Nah, I"m just fat" with a straight face!

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