I have no reason to feel so strongly, but I hate the term “baby bump” with the burning fire of a thousand suns.
Well, now that you mention it, that kind of language IS kind of inappropriate coming from a Duchess of the Realm.
Let’s just say I like it better than the term “push present” and leave it at that.
I don’t really care, but don’t understand the media’s obsession with pointing them out.
I strongly dislike it, along with other phrases mentioned here like “push present” (puke) and “we’re pregnant.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
Baby bump doesn’t bother me but “push present” and “babymoon” make me stabby.
I think the term “baby bump” may be more factual and accurate than claiming it refers to
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
stabbystabbystabbystabbystabbystabbystabby :mad:
Agreed on all counts. Also, “preggers” needs to die a horrible death.
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.
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).
No issue myself with baby bump, not keen on preggers, or bun in the oven though.
I can’t stand it either.
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!