Kylie Kelce has some rules for how to talk to her — as well as other pregnant women — as she expects her fourth child.
The mother of three is currently pregnant with her and husband Jason Kelce’s fourth daughter, and there is one thing she’s sick of hearing from others.
“Don’t ask if we’re gonna keep trying for a boy,” Kylie, 32, said on the Thursday, Jan. 9 episode of her Not Gonna Lie podcast. “If another person asks me that, I’ll warning you right now, you might get dropkicked. I don’t need to have a boy.”
The former field hockey player is mom to daughters Wyatt, 5, Elliotte, 3, and Bennett, 22 months, and is excited to have a family of “four girls strong.”
“Watch out, world. I do not need to have a boy,” she said of her family with the former Philadelphia Eagles center. “We were meant to have all girls.”
But that’s not the only thing Kylie wants people to stop saying to her and other pregnant women. She warned well-wishers to avoid commenting on any pregnant woman’s size.
“This week baby girl has definitely popped, so there’s no more hiding her,” Kylie said. “Stretchy pants are in full force, as is commentary from friends, family and, of course, perfect strangers… don’t comment on her size. This includes comments like, ‘You’re huge. How much weight have you gained? Are you sure it’s not twins?’ ”
True to form, Kylie kept it real, adding, “I still can’t believe that people think that women who are building a human being want to hear anything about their size. Newsflash, they don’t. Cut that s— out.”
As for “dos” when talking to pregnant women, Kylie urged listeners to keep their opinions on baby names to themselves and to check in and see how their pregnant friend is feeling.
“Let’s be real here. Asking this question implies that you know she definitely feels like s—, and you need to make sure that you’re prepared to get her honest opinion,” Kylie advised. “And be prepared to receive that in an open minded way.”
The mother of three also wanted to make sure that listeners weren’t commenting on the mom’s decision to breastfeed or not.
“You know what that is? None of your f—— business,” Kylie declared. “The whole ‘breast is best’ nonsense. The only reason you’re saying that is to take other women down. Sometimes it’s not in the cards. Whether it’s a latch issue or maybe mom has her own medical need where she’s unable to breastfeed. Let’s just mind our damn business.”
And while Kylie admitted that she “wants to know every detail” of some women’s “traumatic birth experiences,” she advised other mothers not to share details unprompted.
Another “don’t” was touching a pregnant woman’s belly without permission.
“I still can’t believe that people reach out and touch another person’s midsection without asking permission, specifically when strangers do it,” Kylie noted. “That s—’s bananas. Keep your hands to yourself. It’s so simple. Don’t touch someone unless they have given you permission. “
And her final note was for people to not tell her she’s “glowing.”
“The glow you think you’re seeing is my nausea sweats that you’ve mistaken for glowing. Okay? So I’m not glowing. Don’t tell me that,” Kylie quipped. “I am swollen. I am sweating. I am nauseous. Don’t tell me I’m glowing.”
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Kylie and Jason are expected their fourth baby girl this spring, sometime around late March and early April. Jason, who co-hosts the popular New Heights podcast with his younger brother Travis Kelce, recently told PEOPLE that he didn’t tell his wife there were any topics off-limits for her podcast.
“We’re a pretty open family. We don’t really hold back a lot,” Jason told PEOPLE. “I think we’ve collectively chose to not show our kids as much, but I think that we’re pretty much on the same page. I don’t know that there’s anything that she would say that I would deem off limits.”
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