Things NOT to say or do to a pregnant lady!!

Why you ask did I do this? Well my sister and I are both pregnant almost 7 months along, and Both of us have heard most of this (I have received some from other ladies and the internet) and yes half of the stuff had made us cry and NO NOT BECAUSE WE'RE HORMONAL. its hard giving up your body for 9 months to create life, but we do it because we WANT the baby!


I WILL KEEP ADDING ON IF I THINK OF MORE IF ANYONE ELSE AS ANY IDEAS

-"No matter what shirt you wear you'll still look big"
-"Are you sure there's ONLY one in there?"
-"You look like your ready to pop"
-"Oh! How cute your waddling"
-"you are HUGE!"
-"Wow your finished eating already?"
-"OH! you gained how much?"
-"You should really watch your wait or you'll never be able to lose it"
-"How are you feeling?" (How do you think we feel? We gain tons of weight, have cankles, a double chin, morning sickness and constipation! But hey thanks for asking!)
-"It only gets worse"
-"Wow you really are eating for two!"
-"When you throw up please be quieter!" (LORI AND SAMANTHA!!!)
-"Your spier veins are SO GROSS!"
-"Awe your face is getting rounder!"
-"You look 11 months pregnant!"
-"Are you sure you want to eat that? You've already eaten quite a bit" or "You're still hungry?"
-When the woman is close to her due date don't say, "You haven't had the baby yet?"
-When the woman voices a concern about her weight gain don't say, "Maybe you should work out."
-"You're only (blank) months along! Wow! You're pretty big!"
-No pregnant woman wants to hear about how hard your labor and delivery was. I'm sorry it was difficult for you but it's not the best idea to share your scary story with a woman about to give birth.-If you have easy pregnancies, it's probably not the kindest thing to do to rub that fact into the face of someone who is going through a horrible one.
-When your five or six months pregnant don't say "oh, I didn't realize you were pregnant! You can hardly tell!" (Yeah, I am not normally so freakin' fat! And all in one place!)
-"did you swalow a watermelon for lunch?"
-"is this your first?" (What kind of question is that? When it IS your first they goo over you, but every kid after that it's like, "oh, I see." What the heck?)
-Camielle-"wow your getting big"
-"you haven't had the baby yet?" (OBVIOUSLY NOT!!!)
-"Should you really be eating/drinking that?"
-"Was it planned?"
-"Are you going to have anymore babies?" (Hello let us get through this one first!)
-"I only gained ___ pounds when I was pregnant."
-"Is your back hurting you already? That's not good."
- "You're only ten weeks pregnant?" [points to my stomach] "Oh, so all that is yours."
-"You're quitting work already? Why?"
-"Are you going to keep it?" (hello personal)
-"Are you sure you can afford a baby?"
-"I"ve never had morning sickness" (well lucky you!)
-"How much weight have you gained?" (yes because we like sharing that!)
-"You should really try not to eat so much while pregnant"
-"If you go into labor being nervous its just going to be worse" (I'm sorry weather your pregnant or not I still don't think ANYONE should say this.)
-"Oh i'm so glad you told me you were pregnant, I was afraid to ask..."
-"Right now the baby is only 3lbs, so you if you feel uncomfortable just wait..."
-"I'm not poking you I'm poking the baby" (HELLO!!! the baby is in MY body)


HUSBANDS WHAT NOT TO SAY TO YOUR WIFE!!!- I got this off line haha
1. "I think cankles are sexy. "Insulting and sarcastic, this one will cost you. For those of you who aren't familiar with the term cankles, it is when a person's ankles are as wide as their calves.Calves + ankles = cankles.
2. "Those stretch marks will go away, right?"Women loath stretch marks and are sensitive about them. You'll probably never see her naked again.
3. "I'm not going to buy you new clothes if you keep outgrowing them."Her credit card will probably start smoking soon from overuse during a spite-inspired shopping spree.
4. "Wow, that woman looks great for having two kids."You don't say that to a woman who isn't pregnant.
5. "Why are you so tired?"She is going to tell you why. In great and graphic detail. She may use one of the pregnancy terms I mentioned before. “Well, maybe because my uterus is stretching to over 1,000 times its normal size!”
6. "What is wrong with you?"Have you spoken to a woman before? Do you never learn?
7. "Will you get me something from the frigde?"Unless she's within relative proximity to the refrigerator, any item she retrieves from there will be delivered at high speed and aimed at your head.
8. "You're starting to move like a [anything]. "Brace yourself, she will both hit you and cry, but not necessarily in that order.
9. "You're not as much fun as you used to be."This will go one of two ways, either silence or verbal tirade from her. Either way, don't expect to talk to her for at least another ten minutes. If it does go the way of the tirade, expect some more pregnancy vocab words.
10. "Are you really going to eat that whole sundae / sandwich / pizza ?"Don't make a fat joke. Don't make a fat joke. Don't make a fat joke. Just make sure you're not making her feel self conscious about eating and that she does get proper nutrition
11."Y'know, looking at her, you'd never guess that Pamela Lee had a baby."
12. "I sure hope your thighs aren't gonna stay that flabby forever."
13. "I finished the Oreos."
14. "Darned if you aren't about five pounds away from a surprise visit from that Richard Simmons fella."
15. "Fred at the office passed a stone the size of a pea. Boy, that's gotta hurt."
16. "Not to imply anything, but I don't think the kid weighs 40 pounds."
17. "I'm jealous. Why can't men experience the joy of childbirth?"
18. "Are your ankles supposed to look like that?"
19. "Get your own ice cream."
20. "Geez, you're awfully puffy-looking today."
21. "Got milk?"
22. "Maybe we should name the baby after my secretary, Tawny."
23. "Man! That rose tattoo on your hip is the size of Madagascar!"
24. "Retaining water? Yeah, like the Hoover Dam retains water."
25. "You don't have the guts to pull that trigger."


THINGS NOT TO DO TO A PREGNANT WOMEN!!!

-Don't touch, poke, or rub us, weather your family, friends or strangers! If you want to feel the baby kick let us then tell you its okay to touch us. Why do people feel that since we are giving life its okay to touch us? how about I touch you as much as I want?! thats what i thought.
-Men shouldn't .complain about any physical pain when they are around a pregnant woman. Period. Especially if it's only a headache
-Don't "try to wake baby" its not comfortable, its hard enough carrying life inside of you, if baby is sleeping LET IT SLEEP we'd rather not be kicked as much as possible! AND it's not funny if they kick something thats uncomfortable for us

Just an Update on the Barker family

Since its been awhile since I've blogged I guess I should update people. Lets see, currently Tanner and I are living with my parents trying to buy a house (which by the way is a major pain in the butt!!!) We had an offer in and was supposed to have the house close end of July, well it expired and so we would have to sign another contract, and so we decided to look at other houses to make sure that was the house we wanted well every house we loved that wasn't short sale would already be in contract and blah blah blah well our last offer on a house that wasn't a short sale ended up having more then one offer and we offered full price on the house but someone else offered more then the asking price. So now we have 3 houses that are short sales that we are waiting on 2 offers have been accepted by the owners not the banks so we'll just see how that turns out. Wish us luck because I'm really hoping we will have a house and be moved in before baby Joseph joins our little family.
Well these last few months have been crazy, my older sister Nikki got married so Tanner and I got to go to Denver which had its ups and downs, I for sure didn't get a lot of sleep and with all the work and walking we did I had NO ankles!!! But the wedding went great and Tanner got to see stuff from his mission. Unfortunately while we were there Tanner's Grandma passed away and so we had to figure out away how to get him off work while still in Denver and figure out how we were going to rearrange going from Denver straight to Utah since that's where the funeral was, it was a hassle but since we had a layover in SLC from Denver we just got off then and had the airport have our luggage off then. It all worked out we just stayed in Utah longer then needed and of course I had only packed long enough for like 4 days so I was always doing laundry, from the lack of sleep from Denver and the lack of sleep in Utah I ended up getting super sick so asking the in laws to be quiet Tanner and I went to sleep at like 7pm and I slept in until like 10 so the sleep was MUCH needed. Anyway besides the fact that we were in Utah for a funeral we did have a good time with family. The funeral was beautiful and well put together. Well we finally got home Sunday after being out of town for almost 2 weeks I was relieved but once home I got horribly sick again (morning sickness) and once I started throwing up blood my ob FINALLY gave me morning sickness pills! They help so much. Well we did have plans to go back to Utah the next weekend for Tanners brother and sister in law to see them get sealed :-) but since Tanner had to take off so much work that wasn't planned he wasn't able to get it off and so we stayed.
That weekend however was our Anniversary on August 9Th! We have been married for 1 year! We stayed Saturday night at the Grove hotel. We went and saw Ice age 3 and then went to our hotel. We took a nap and once again morning sickness killed me and so instead of going down to the restaurant we did room serves which I had never done so it was exciting, and they had GREAT food. Well Sunday being our anniversary we just went back to my parents house (since we didn't want to break the Sabbath too bad) we read and rested and just spent time being us. Well Monday guess what? I started going into premature labor! I swear I thought at first something was exploding in my stomach but calling my OB they thought I may of pulled a ligament or something but after hours of it lasting I called again telling them no better they told me to go to the Labor and birthing floor in the hospital and they called them to let them know I was on my way. After 3 hours of frequent contractions 2 shots and a pill they sent me home since I was dilating at all and told me if it got worst to go back. I was up until about 3am with them but they finally stopped and I was able to sleep. I was pretty sore the next few days but I'm fine now and the baby is 100% okay! That's all that matters.
Well now we're here at my parents waiting for a house and waiting for the baby and I'm NOT patient. Tanner starts school full time next week as well as working full time so his days go to work and his nights go to school. So my weekdays will eventually just be me and Joseph. It makes me sad, I'm going to miss Tanner SO much, and I worry about him burning out, but he thinks he'll be okay so I'll try my best to make sure to make life at home as simple as can be with a baby. Well I'm not going to bother with pictures this time but here's our life from now and hopefully we'll have more updates about a house SOON!