# What do you think of the term "baby bump"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 20, 2012, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386 "2012-04-20T07:06:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/21 "2012-04-20T16:29:42Z")
I have no reason to feel so strongly, but I hate the term “baby bump” with the burning fire of a thousand suns. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/22 "2012-04-20T16:32:58Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > No more offensive than “lovely lady lumps”. Well, now that you mention it, that kind of language IS kind of inappropriate coming from a Duchess of the Realm. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/23 "2012-04-20T19:23:01Z")
Let’s just say I like it better than the term “push present” and leave it at that. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/24 "2012-04-20T19:52:24Z")
I don’t really care, but don’t understand the media’s obsession with pointing them out. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/25 "2012-04-20T20:06:15Z")
I strongly dislike it, along with other phrases mentioned here like “push present” (puke) and “we’re pregnant.” ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/26 "2012-04-20T20:19:45Z")
Eh, the term itself doesn’t bother me. What I hate is gossipy TV shows putting up photos of random female celebrities whose abs may not be super-toned and shouting “OMG!!! IS THAT A BABY BUMP!!!” No, it’s just \>2% body fat. Shut up. (Yes, I’m often in the room when my wife watches E! News. The things we do for love…) I’ve never heard “Tot Mom” or “Push Present” before. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/27 "2012-04-20T20:28:50Z")
I don’t mind it, it’s a descriptive term and it’s not a euphemism. There’s nothing else you could possibly call that area, other than maybe “abdominally distended,” which sounds \*way \*worse. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/28 "2012-04-20T20:30:50Z")
I really dislike almost everything having to do with pregnancy, it’s discussion, and it’s ongoing status as something important that all Good People do. Anything two teenagers can do by accident in the back seat of a car isn’t a miracle, okay? ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/29 "2012-04-20T21:32:42Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I really dislike almost everything having to do with pregnancy, it’s discussion, and it’s ongoing status as something important that all Good People do. > > Anything two teenagers can do by accident in the back seat of a car isn’t a miracle, okay? And yet I’d like to consider that something that took me several thousand dollars, 4 months and a team of medical staff to achieve is kind of a miracle for me. In fact regardless of the method, it is pretty spectacular that a small bunch of cells can turn into a fully functioning human. But yeah - its hardly anything someone should be celebrated for to the scale of massive showers and push presents. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/30 "2012-04-20T21:56:15Z")
I pretty much hate any cutesy term for pregnancy, parenthood, babies, or anything related to them. I’m not a big fan of ‘cutesy’ in the first place, but procreation related cutesy is the worst. ‘Baby bump’ is horrible. So is ‘push present’. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/31 "2012-04-20T22:49:59Z")
Baby bump doesn’t bother me but “push present” and “babymoon” make me stabby. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/32 "2012-04-20T23:36:59Z")
I think the term “baby bump” may be more factual and accurate than claiming it refers to > [@obbn](#): > > a pregnant woman’s stomach. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/33 "2012-04-20T23:41:59Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Baby bump doesn’t bother me but “push present” and “babymoon” make me stabby. Not a fan of “baby bump,” (or any other twee pregnancy term) Never heard of “babymoon” before but I can safely say it makes me feel _stabby_stabby_stabby_stabby_stabby_stabby_stabby_ :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/34 "2012-04-21T00:05:00Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Baby bump doesn’t bother me but “push present” and “babymoon” make me stabby. Agreed on all counts. Also, “preggers” needs to die a horrible death. ---
**Author:** ![florez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@florez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florez)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/35 "2012-04-21T03:55:42Z")
Baby bump is like rump, hump, frump, and dump–all wrapped up into a lump. The term makes me want to vomit continuously, and not just in the mornings. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/36 "2012-04-21T06:17:51Z")
I don’t particularly hate the term, but would only use it to refer to the slightly distended belly of a pregnant woman at the beginning of her second trimester. After six months of pregnancy, it’s no longer a “bump.” What the hell is a “babymoon,” anyway? It makes me think of an infant Chibi-Usa (Sailor Moon’s daughter from the future). ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/37 "2012-04-21T06:58:36Z")
[babymoon](http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/travel/13surface.html). ---
**Author:** ![browncoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f08c70/32.png) [@browncoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/browncoat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/38 "2012-04-21T07:48:12Z")
No issue myself with baby bump, not keen on preggers, or bun in the oven though. ---
**Author:** ![secretsmile36](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@secretsmile36](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/secretsmile36)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/39 "2012-04-21T16:35:55Z")
I can’t stand it either. ---
**Author:** ![impatien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@impatien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/impatien)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386/40 "2012-04-22T00:26:31Z")
I despise the term baby bump. Also “we’re pregnant”. Those are enough to send me over the edge. On a side note, the skin tight, belly-button revealing maternity clothes people wear these days make me sick as well. It appears I’m over the pregnancy stage of my life! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-term-baby-bump/619386.md?page=3)