Lauren Conrad announced that she is expecting her first baby with her husband William Tell earlier this month.
While her pregnancy is still in its early days, The Hills star has already noticed the well-meaning, but insensitive comments that are often made towards pregnant women.
“Most people only mean well when they are commenting on a pregnancy, but it’s one of those situations where it’s hard to know what to do or say,” the 30-year-old wrote in a blog post called Ladylike Laws: 4 Things to Never Say to a Pregnant Woman.
“I may only be in my second trimester, but I’ve already noticed quite a few etiquette missteps when it comes to how people behave around someone who is expecting.”
Conrad’s first rule applies to before a pregnancy is even announced. Conrad insists that it is to never ask a married couple when they are planning to have children because it is an “extremely personal” topic.
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Ugh, I so agree! My in-laws are all constantly on at me about when we're going to have babies (married 5 years, not yet trying) and I just find it so rude. My parents had a terribly difficult time conceiving me and it's possible I'll have the same difficulty, so I hate to think what it'll be like when I am trying! But moreso, it's just no one else's business. I personally never ask anyone anything about their fertility unless they bring it up first. You just never know what they're dealing with behind the scenes. The only thing I ever say to my pregnant relatives and friends is how beautiful they look, even if they don't feel it, because it's true - every pregnant woman is a beautiful miracle in progress.
This was my thought process going through this article:
'Hmm, haven't heard of Lauren Conrad, she must have a famous husband. William Tell, haven't heard of him either, and something tells me they're not talking about the guy who ends up shooting an arrow through an apple sitting on his son's head. Looks like she's in a program called 'The Hills', well bloody hell, I don't know anything about that show either!'
The time has officially passed when I knew who celebrities were.