Women take to Mumsnet to moan about others ‘acting like they’re the first person ever to be pregnant in the whole wide world’
From expecting a seat on the bus at two months pregnant to endless Facebook posts, have you experienced any of these demanding mums-to-be?
MUMS have taken to the internet to moan about pregnant women who act as if they’re the first person ever to carry a baby.
They are posting on Mumsnet, under a thread called ‘’.
From managers who ban fag breaks because they can't smoke anymore, to women who expect a seat on the bus at two months pregnant, the messageboard is dedicated to demanding mums-to-be?
The user who sparked the debate wrote: "Don't get me wrong - pregnancy is the most extreme thing I can think of happening to a human body without even getting to the whole birth part.
"I know complaining and grumbling is completely within the right of any pregnant person and it is normal for there to be pain etc in pregnancy.
"However, how many of you have ever had to listen to someone who acts like they're the first person to ever be pregnant?
"Moaning and complaining constantly over the tiniest of things, even if they're not exactly pregnancy related they somehow become because of it!
"Example: 'My headache is so bad, pregnancy is so hard, I didn't realise it would be this awful! I'm going to have to go to the doctor to get some strong painkillers'. This is at about 6 weeks.
"I am happy for her, I think it's lovely that she's having a baby.
"I do not like listening to her complain constantly over none issues."
A lot of other ladies understood her frustration.
Among them was Anthea Belveden, who said: "I had a manager who was the first person to ever be pregnant.
"She stopped letting people go on fag breaks because if she couldn't smoke anymore then nobody should be able to."
Cinderella Foot added: "The woman I know who was exactly like this now has an eight-month-old and still acts like she's the only one in the world who has a baby!
"She's forever posting about sleepless nights, how she can't function without sleep, how hard it is to get anything done, how she's got the flu but still has to deal with the baby. Suck it up buttercup!!"
While Evil Step Mum 01 vented: "#feelingblessed is quite possibly the most nauseating hashtag ever. Also the most overused."
And Itchy Foot wrote: "The couple I know that are the first people to ever get pregnant post endless pictures of what they've bought the baby.
"At this point I could give you a comprehensive list of the babies entire wardrobe right down to the socks!
"Drives me mad - I don't think I've have a conversation with her since she found out about how hard being pregnant is!"
Queen Liz III: "I've had to unfollow one of my friends on Facebook following the birth of her baby. It is driving me mad.
"She doesn't even call herself her name anymore or her dear husband his name, she refers to them both as mummy and daddy. It is really sickening.
"We had two years of wedding photos constant reminders of it for two years after the marriage. Now it is updates every few hours on baby. You'd think no one else had ever had a baby before.
"Whereas one of my other friends has two dear children in less than two years and one of them with Downs Syndrome.
"She never posts a thing. She just gets on with it. It really does say a lot about the individual... the ones who need an audience."
And smEGGtoplasm said: "My sister-in-law reserves the right to be the first pregnant person, the first person ever to be stressed, the first person ever to have children who are ill or to be ill themselves.
"Nobody is allowed to feel more pain than her or even to talk about their pain because that's not fair, she has it far worse than anybody else. Obviously."
However, others were more sympathetic to the first-time expectant mums.
Kay Tee 87 said: "First trimester is bloody awful. She obviously considers you to be a good friend if you knew she was pregnant at 6 weeks.
"To be honest you sound a bit mean but maybe you're just blowing off steam and don't mean to sound horrible about it?
"Just stop seeing her if you can't sympathise or be happy for her."