About the pregnancy cartoons
After many sleepless nights spent pondering the humorous nature of pregnancy, our yet-to-be-pregnant cartooning artist realized she was going to need some help from moms who'd been there. Happily, a beautiful collaboration between the artist and our snarky freelance mom blogger, the sarcastic journalist, sprung up to save the day! The humor was conceived together and each panel was hand-drawn by our relieved cartooning artist.
Pregnancy Week 19 : Cartoon
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and have that.,,thaghsrhgowe thats stupid
Anyone who actually believes that drinking caffeine will produce a three headed baby is so ignorant, they deserve to think that! The idea is completely preposterous!!! That's what makes the cartoon funny. I personally have given up caffeine, because caffeine has been linked to miscarriage and I have already suffered one of those. So don't tell me to relax or that I'm uptight. If you choose to continue consuming caffeinated beverages and this cartoon makes you feel bad about that choice, that's your problem. It doesn't make the rest of us paranoid.
if caffenated drinks do this then id have a 3 headed monstar!!!lol but my baby is just fine
lol.
she looks like crap she needs some sleep..
I hate people telling me what to do, especially older women, who have all kinds of weird beliefs. A woman actually told me not to rub my belly because the baby was going to be born spoiled. She also told me that I can't wear any heels because it will make me have a miscarriage. ugh, it just boils my blood.
P.S I think it's hilarious :)
Jennifer, I know how you feel. When I got pregnant with my first and I found out about caffeine being a bad choice, I freaked out. I had been drinking about 3 or 4 cups of coffee every morning. I was actually craving coffee. Weird I know. Has anyone else had that happen? Anyway, Jennifer, you'll be ok. My doctor just said to get decaf instead and as far as soft drinks go, I can't stand them now so I don't have to worry about that. Just ignore it hon. By the way, how far are you? Good luck and God bless.
This is Horrible!!! I'm always worrying about my caffeine intake like many mothers to-be, and now this stupid cartoon just made me worry A LOT more! The People that are saying "Lighten Up" obviously have never been pregnant before or forget what its like to be a first time mother.
i thought this comic was hilarious!!!! i'm diabetic so i have to watch my diet very closely, my child is going to be born with a birth defect possibly but i don't feel sorry for him or for our family because it was predetermined from the start. everytime i drank a diet soda people would look at me and whisper or some would even have the nerve to make a comment like, "do u know wat caffeine is doing to your baby?" and i'd be a smart allec and say, "get him wired for the day?" to everyone who finds this offensive u need to chill out its poking fun at the people who think the know everything not the 3 headed baby, if u don't want to be offended get rid of the internet, smash the tv and sit in the dark and never go outside.
oh please some people should just get a life!!!! REALLY. It is funny, get over yourselves and relax!! I craved coke and what we call biltong (which is dried raw meat - but only treated so its not rotten.....)this side of the planet (south africa). I guess much like beef jerky??? (sp). the other day my gynae even told me to have coke before visiting her so the baby would be active and we could see what it is. and it worked!!!! Im having a boy!!
i thought this was very cute and i got it, like other's have said you all need to relax...... when i was pregnant with my son i drank soda just about everyday if not everyday and other things but he is now a year old and the healthiest baby i have ever seen. to everyone who is affended by this dont read it. there is nothing what so ever affensive about this, and you all need to stop worrying so much about every little thing you do that other's think could harm your child, dont listen to them listen to your gut instinct you havent had someone there all the time telling you what to do your whole life your grown women and can do what you want to do just as long as you dont think that your hurting your child in anyway. i just say stop worrying what everyone else thinks and just worry about what you think and how you feel, its up to you not you and the whole world. good luck to all that worry to much
Whoever said this isnt funny needs to relax. lol Its a joke...and its very funny hahah
haha this is why I gave up soda and only have two cups of coffee in the morning!
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Hey Carrie, I'll bet Abigail and Brittany Hensel would think this cartoon was hilarious! Conjoined multiples like this are called dicephalic. Goes to show what you (or the "artist") know.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_and_Brittany_Hensel
This is awful! Like women aren't already made to feel guilty about everything they do during pregnancy and even after the baby is born, this cartoon is tasteless and crude. Ugh.
These cartoons suck.
I am not offended at all but I don't think this cartoon is funny. It is insensitive and kinda cruel. I know for a fact that there is atleast one set of two headed twins out there and it's just not nice. Maybe if you would've changed the joke. It's not so much the picture but seeing the women gossiping in the backround and then just putting the fear out there that if you slip up AT ALL something like that can happen. It's not right. I would adjust this one if I were you.
I think this is very funny. I am 20 weeks pregnant and I cannot say enough how many times I have gotten an "Evil eye" or someone trying to tell me what I can and cannot do. This just compliments that. There are so many women out there that take everything serious and doesn't realize what you can really do.
This would be something if this were really true. And no, I do not think that this comic strip is making fun of anyone or anything. It just shows how judgmental people are and how serious they take pregnancy.
Good job! Keep it up
I think to really get this you've had to have had people around making a big deal about every little bit of caffeine you drink. Just the occassional sip of DP from my sister or fiance evokes a response that I've somehow seriously messed up my future child. It's funny.
Oh my goodness! I'm 38 weeks and just found this website - I wish I'd known about it all along! I would've printed out this cartoon and showed it to everybody who gave me "advice" about how to have a healthy pregnancy! I've listened to my body and my doctors and things are going great. Maybe I'll tell all those people who yelled at me for continuing to drink Diet Coke that I had to have the baby's other two heads removed before I could bring it home from the hospital! HA!
And honestly, if anybody out there, first time pregnancy or not, truly is offended because they cut out caffeine in order to prevent this, or because they are afraid they might actually HAVE a three headed baby... seriously, get off the computer and go cancel your subscription to the Weekly World News, okay? Even conjoined multiples don't come out with extra, fully functional heads while being completely normal from the neck down.
As a first time mom-to-be, I was a little nervous after seeing this cartoon. We all wonder what the consequences of our actions will be especially to our children. The cartoon is intended to be funny but for someone like me the first thing that would come to mind is guilt/nervousness/worry not laughter. The other cartoons were funny! This one is borderline, hence the numerous comments.
I love this cartoon! I feel guilty every time I even THINK about having a Mountain Dew or a cappuccino... but one once in awhile is what I let myself have.
*I mean UNUSUAL.
Obviously.
Wow some of you really need to calm down. The cartoon is clearly not making fun of children with disabilities or deformities, if that's the way you see it maybe you need to get off the internet because everything is going to offend you.
I don't see how anyone can miss the fact that the cartoon is simply poking fun at the kind of people who see an usual situation and immediately start listing what someone must have done "wrong" to create it.
Geeze.
OMG'sh!! Lighten up ladies!! I think it's totally funny and so true how people can be!! For crying out loud it's just a cartoon! and what are cartoons supposed to be for? LAUGHING, so therefore you know this is humor, not trying to hurt someone's feelings, get over it already!!! = ) Love the cartoon!!!
I think this is funny. She isn't trying to make fun of 3 headed babies. She's making fun of not only the people that have advice and doomsday warnings about everything pregnancy related but us too. My first can of coke after I found out I was pregnant I was panicked and guilty and wondered what really could happen. Yes some people might have deformed babies... but this cartoon isn't making fun of them... it's making fun of the people that will whisper behind their backs saying it was something stupid like caffeine or lunch meat that caused them to be so.
This didn't make me happy, rather it made me sad. Think about it, every woman no matter how carefree you are is always carefull about what you indulge in during pregnancy and tend to have even the littlest guilt if something isn't just right with your baby after birth. I'm sure you wouldn't really be laughing if you've had a deformed baby b4 or had to abort your baby cos of some medical reason. Let's be a tad more considerate. That apart, i've enjoyed your cartoons till now.
I didn't really get it at first, but I didn't find it offensive upon reading the comments here. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and there's nothing wrong with sharing your thoughts either! I also think that there's too much fear planted in expecting mothers already, and having caffeine is not going to damage your baby like that. So LOL away if it makes you happy! :-)
omg LOL i'd hate to see what mine is gonna look like, im CRAVING mountain dew.
mine might come out looking like rambo. knife and all LOL
Oh.. I LOVED when my non-pregnant friends would try to advise me on what to eat/drink
well i think it is funny there is nothing wrong with it u know when ur having them bad days and them days where u have that pain well just look at this and read the rest of the jokes and u shouldnt have a bad day as bad lol anyways so ya that is what i wanted to say so bye
lol...yeah..pregnant moms freak out too much abut that caffeine in their drinks. I don't think thiz cartoon is bad at all. It's just sarcastic....so moms watching thiz..don't get offended. She's just making fun of the ones that are freaked out by too much caffeine...
i get the joke, but it truly would offend someone who is raising or expecting siamese twins or triplets. the tentacles would have been much funnier and less offensive...
This is hilarious! I'm glad to see that not everyone is worried about being politically correct! If it scares you that you might have "defective" children then get over it. Children are precious no matter if they have special needs or not and every parent should be appriciative and pround of any child they have, no matter how they get here...every child needs love and you'll find alot of special children just want to be treated like any other child.
I personally would have preferred some tentacles.
very funny. anyone who doesnt think so needs to chillax.
I didnt understand the joke but the picture was hilarious!!!
That's sooooo scary. making me worry
Lighten up ladies...I think this is really cute!! It goes to show how much people judge you when you are expecting. Look at the way you some of you are reacting.It's no wonder people are so judgemental.
OMG!!! THIS IS THE FUNNIEST YET!!! People freak out WAY WAY to much about this and that. Lighten up people!! Thank God this doesn't really happen after drinking cokes, or I'd have some of these!! LOL I am still downing about 3 two liters of DP a week!! LOL
This is hilarious!!! Im a first time mom...paranoid about pretty much everything..And I still found the humor in this!!
So hilarious!! All these people on here trying to be so proper and say it isn't funny. That makes it even more funny. You know you laughed. It's just a joke. Everyone knows you can have some caffeine and it's not gonna cause something crazy like that. Lighten up and learn to laugh!! :)
I totally don't see why everyone's saying this "isn't funny in the least"... I thought it was **HILARIOUS**!!!
funny so many ways that you can take it and all are rather funny.....i know babies that act just like this...def not because the mom drank caffine though....actually if you ever get a headache they say its better to try a can of coke than to take any kinds of meds...
This is funny and who all says it isnt needs to lighten up its not makeing fun of anything and yall are just trying to see the down side like shayna said its a joke lighten up
I dont care what anyone says, this is hilarious and instead of sitting around fretting if anything bad is going to happen to your baby you can see this and see it as possibly the one thing you wouldnt want to happen and LAUGH and LIGHTEN UP a bit!!! ITS A JOKE!!!
i don't think this is the least bit funny. It's like making fun of the handicapped/disabled. Sure, it could be translated as funny, but try show this to someone who are raising/expecting siamese twins? bad joke
Oh hysterical... imagine if that really was the concequence of that sneaky glass of wine or coke cola?! Nice one, keep it up!
this is hilarious and so true. people are judging you everywhere you go! I dyed my hair once (my DOCTOR said i could) and I was getting lectures by even my boss at work.
I don't think this is funny.. at all?
yeah... is it suppossed to be an overactive hyper baby or 3 headed? it's funny though.
I think you should do one about the age differences in pregnancy. like a 32 year old mom vs. a 20 year old mom. that'd be awesome!
Ok, so maybe I'm confused. Was it supposed to be one baby that's freaking out or a baby with literally three heads? If it's the first, I thought this was absolutely hilarious. People freak out over caffeine way too much.
That isn't the least bit funny, especially if someone is having twins, this cartoon just puts more fear into a woman that having twins or triplets
i instantly loved the idea and enjoyed drawing a three-headed baby much more than i thought i would. i think they/it are/is rather adorable actually.