Pregancy Etiquette

With only 44 more days of pregnancy to go and having an appalling number of people say and do things that have dropped my jaw, here is a quick lesson on pregnancy etiquette:

-NEVER ask a pregnant woman if she is having twins. It makes her feel fat. If she's having twins, she'll let you know.
-NEVER stare at a pregnant woman with wide eyes and an open mouth and exclaim : "Wow you're big" or "You still have 2more months to go?!?!" or even "Whoa!". I get it, I'm big.
-Please don't tell a pregnant woman's husband that he looks pregnant too. Those sympathy pounds make her feel better and make him feel worse--you don't need to point it out.
-Touching a pregnant belly is acceptable, in my opinion, if you actually know the person. Randomly touching strangers bellies just because they have a baby in them is usually a weird thing for all involved.
-And last but not least, don't talk to a pregnant woman about your sister's, friend's, cousin who had a horrific birthing experience where the baby came early and it's head was sticking out all the way to the hospital while she was screaming in labor pains and the car ran out of gas to they had to walk 3 miles to even get to the hospital where the epidural didn't work and the baby was in the NICU for 3 months because of complications at which point they had to declare medical bankruptcy because of the bills. Believe me, EVERY pregnant woman has thought about all the things to go wrong. We don't need to add to that list or freak out about what could happen.

Thanks for listening to me on my soapbox. That is all. :)

P.S. To readers: I'm not overly upset at these things, in fact they make me laugh.