# "We're pregnant."

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant/514627>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 21, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant/514627 "2009-10-21T16:59:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Neeps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@Neeps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neeps)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant/514627/61 "2009-10-27T13:56:44Z")

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I have a confession to make. Although I hate the phrase myself, and mocked my brother mercilessly for using it with his wife a few years ago, I’m 18 weeks pregnant and have had to resist the urge on a few occasions to say “we’re pregnant”.

I’m not sure why, but it is definitely not because we are some cutesy couple wanting to announce our achievement to the world. I think for me, because it was so difficult getting pregnant, and because we had to go through IVF (which is stressful on both parties), it subconsciously felt like more of a joint venture. Hell, there were a team of people involved - maybe I should start name-checking them!

Also, I’m pretty shy, and hate being in the spotlight (inevitable if you are the pregnant one!), so again, I think it was my subconscious trying to shift the focus away from me.

You’ll all be delighted to know, though, that I have always stopped myself actually saying it.

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**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant/514627/62 "2009-10-27T23:52:47Z")

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I got pregnant not long after my sister-in-law, and she and I and my husband and my brother agreed that if any one of us EVER said ‘We’re pregnant,’\* the other three should feel free to whap him or her upside the head until he or she got sense.

It’s a close thing, but I think I actually find ‘We’re pregnant’ more nauseating than morning sickness.

\*referring to the couple in question. Not to me and my sister-in-law. We got to say ‘We’re pregnant’ if we wanted to, since we were.

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**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant/514627/63 "2009-10-28T15:24:43Z")

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> [@eclectic\_wench](#):
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> I got pregnant not long after my sister-in-law, and she and I and my husband and my brother agreed that if any one of us EVER said ‘We’re pregnant,’\* the other three should feel free to whap him or her upside the head until he or she got sense.
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> It’s a close thing, but I think I actually find ‘We’re pregnant’ more nauseating than morning sickness.
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> \*referring to the couple in question. Not to me and my sister-in-law. We got to say ‘We’re pregnant’ if we wanted to, since we were.

The footnote is funny! 😃

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**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant/514627/64 "2009-10-28T15:47:30Z")

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Oh yeah? Well, my girlfriend is carrying a fetus. We’re pregnant. I’ll say what I want, so suck it.

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