 "And
then I fell flat on my face…"
Pregnancy can bring embarrassing moments to many mums, as these
babyworld members revealed!
"Told off for taking my underwear off"
"Not sure if it counts but I kept getting told off by the midwives when
I was in labour with my first for keep putting my underwear back on every
time they examined me, I know they've got to see it but I'm comfy with
my pants on thank you and I'll take them off only when I have to." Al
"You'd have thought he was going potholing!"
"When I was 2 weeks overdue, I went for my fourth cervical sweep, and
this time it was done by the male consultant. With all of the previous
ones, it had been a case of whip my knickers down and then a midwife just
got on with it. With the consultant, he drew the curtains, and left the
cubicle while his assistant covered me with a sheet. Then he came back
in, turned the lower part of the sheet back ... and asked his assistant
for a torch! I nearly laughed myself off the bed - you'd have thought
he was going pot-holing!" Tracey
"I kept demanding a poo"
"Deep in the throes of labour, when I wanted to push, I thought I would
poo myself so I was shouting at the midwife, 'I need a poooooooooooo!'.
She said I didn't and that it was the baby's head. I kept shouting I needed
a poo and she assured me several times it was the baby's head but I wasn't
having any of it. She got me some pethidine after a male doctor stuck
his head round the door and said 'For goodness sake, someone take her
to the toilet!'. I never did want a poo - it was the baby's head!"
"She asked me if I had ID"
"My partner and me were in Argos buying the board game 'Dirty Minds'.
I was 8 months pregnant and the sales assistant really loudly asked me
if I was over the age of 16 and if I had ID!! I cringed, the whole shop
turned round and looked at me. My partner was on the floor laughing his
head off. I went red as a tomato and wanted the ground to swallow me up!"
Gezmaca
"I found the phone in the fridge"
"Another embarrassing moment while pregnant was when I lost the telephone
for days and didn't think to call it or anything! After days of looking
for it, I got all tearful over it and then I heard it ringing, so I tracked
down the noise and found the phone ... in the fridge! No one has let me
live this down yet!" Gezmaca
"My bump got stuck in the barriers"
"When I was about 6.5 months pregnant with my twins, I was so huge that
my bump got stuck in the barriers at Kings Cross Station. I was mortally
embarrassed but also p*ssed off at all the people behind me moaning that
I was causing a jam! Never mind that it could have caused some serious
harm to my babies. After that, every time the staff saw me coming (and
believe me, they could not miss me!), they opened the gates and ushered
me through." Jules
"I grabbed my midwife's breasts"
"When, in the deepest throes of labour, I got an almighty contraction,
I gritted my teeth, closed my eyes and squeezed VERY hard on the nearest
thing. I plungd my fingernails in like a wild animal, only to open my
eyes and discover it was my poor midwife's very ample breasts. The poor
love didn't say a word." Anna
"I had to climb over the back seats"
"At 38 weeks pregnant, I was getting my son out of the car when he grabbed
my keys out of my pocket and threw them into the far corner of the boot.
This wouldn't have been a problem except the central locking on my car
doesn't work so the boot was locked and we only have one key. So, in the
middle of Asda car park, I had to squeeze my very pregnant belly over
the back of the back seats so I could climb into the boot to retrieve
the keys. When I - eventually - got back out I saw about 10 people standing
round watching (so nice of them to offer to help)." Nicky
"This is Liz. She's lactating"
"The day that I was meant to be handing over to the my replacement whilst
I was on maternity leave was also the day that my colleague heard the
very sad news that her dog had cancer. Whilst comforting her in the loos,
my breasts must have mistaken her for a baby and starting leaking all
over the place. I was wearing quite a tight khaki t-shirt so was left
with two unmistakeable large dark circles over my boobs. My boss introduced
me to my replacement thus. 'Catherine, this is Liz. Apparently she's lactating.'"
Liz
"My husband walked into the wrong delivery
room"
"My husband funnily enough had a VERY embarrassing moment whilst I was
in labour. He went outside to phone his parents to let them know how things
were going and when he came back in he pushed the door open, entered the
room and looked up to see another couple in the very last stages of labour
and got a nice shot of their baby crowning. He was sooooo mortified and
mumbled sorry and legged it. He made sure he knocked on my door before
he came in just in case." Lisa
"I fainted in Asda"
"It would have to be fainting in Asda. I felt hot when stood at the
check-out and kept pulling at my cardigan. Then nausea came over me so
I made a dash for the toilets. I locked the door and then thought, 'I
am going to faint!' so I reopened the door, shouted to my partner and
was waving arms and all kinds everywhere. I then went to walk but fell
flat on my face, bruising my knees and chin. Then came the commotion afterwards,
'Omigod, lady down, lady down, heart attack…!' A whole crowd of people
gathered. I felt soooooooooooooo stupid. I then squeaked 'I'm pregnant!'"
Bethany
"Mortified at the chippy"
"I was talking to the woman in our local chip shop when I was about 18
weeks pregnant with my third child. She asked me what I was having. I
replied 'a boy'. My husband burst out laughing, saying they didn't serve
those. I was mortified at the time." Del
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