I'm so glad I'm not the only one ready to snap. And now that it's closer and my coworkers have a delivery date poll going, including prizes. They've now began doing everything possible to try to get me to go into labor or hold off, depending on the date they guessed. Today a few wanted me to go get pizza with them because they guessed this weekend and think pizza will induce labor. I hope they're right. But does anyone know any truth behind "baby will stop moving a day or two before going into labor"?
If a baby stops moving go to the doctor! That is not good
That's what I thought. And told the crazy lady. But she has had two kids. So I wasn't sure.
I am right there with you, people are super annoying. However really the only person who asks me all the time how I am is my mom or hubs. Literally the rest of my family I've heard nothing from them, not even a phone call. My sister won't even call me, I've haven't heard from her in awhile (besides her wanting me to donate a kidney, long story lol) I call her but never hear back, my FIL is too wrapped up supporting my BIL and his wife who is a bitch and because they 'hit a rough patch' are sucking him dry financially and keeps saying I'm lying about my pregnancy....yah clearly. The family that literally lives next to us out here on the ranch, I see drive by everyday doesn't call or stop by to even just say hi. Uggh I could go on but it's really making me sad, maybe it's the hormones maybe I'm overreacting but I would love, at this point, to be bugged by family members rather than strangers.
Ugh, for me it's the "there's no way you are due in two days" "Are you sure you're due so soon?" "Your baby is going to be super tiny" "You look great for how far along you are"
Yes there is a way I'm due in two days, I'm positive I'm due very soon, no I doubt my baby will be tiny, h and I were both 8lbs Xoz. And thank you, but if another person says I look great I will gladly kick them with my SEVERLY swollen legs. My belly may look small, but I have become so swollen that no, I do not look great. At. All.
I'm 39 weeks due the 22nd.... Like all of you I'm OVER the comments and advice. I get weirded out by people telling me on my Facebook to have sex constantly (SO's family is on my page). Yes I'm a ftm, no I'm not an idiot. I can read, I've been around newborns and infants my entire life, and I'm actually really smart. If I hear "you're never gonna sleep again!" "It's so different with your kid" etc I'm gonna scream!!! X(
Yes yes a million times yes to all the above comments. My bug bear is friends and family have been texting or calling daily asking me if the babies arrived yet. Now tbf I'm currently 41+1 but I've been getting these comments for weeks. And do people really think once he arrives I'm going to keep it a secret?! Erg maybe I will that will teach them
I've been experiencing all of the above and yes, it's very annoying but once again, MIL takes the damn cake.
She called last night and said "How late is Molly? She needs to go to the hospital and tell them to induce her NOW. Just say she's in a lot of pain. Doesn't she know the baby could breathe in her poop and get really sick??"'
Guys, I could've f*cking killed her with my bare hands. 1. That is not how inductions work. 2. OF COURSE I know about meconium aspiration. It's been a big worry, especially since my scheduled induction got pushed back another 5 days. I'm glad she's getting the extra lung/brain development but I also worry about her every day she goes later.
I could not believe the insensitivity and ignorance his mother displayed and immediately started crying. Stupid, stupid woman stay away from my family!
I'm 38 weeks and 3 days. And I just wanna scream at anyone and Everyone that says crap like "just wait a few extra days and you can have her on my birthday" "oh no way your making it to ur due date." "Wow you are gunna have one small baby!""wow". "No way your so tiny." "You just started to show." "How are you due so soon?" The next person to say something. I swear I am gunna punch someone. I am so over EVERYONE! Ugh I feel so annoyed sometimes I'm annoyed I wanna cry
I am sooooo right there with you. I'm not working anymore so I don't have the daily comments to deal with but I am even getting annoyed with the texts from people asking if there has been any progress. It's like, I'll let you know when there's something happening! I am anxious enough as it is, i don't need to deal with other people being anxious too. I guess it's better than them not caring at all but it just gets old.
THIS EXACTLY!!!! I get a text every day from my mom, my aunt and at least one other person asking if there's anything new or how I'm feeling... I feel exactly the same as I felt 24 hours ago when you asked me and trust me, I'll tell you when something changes!!! I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one getting annoyed by everyone else!
My LO was super active the night before he was born , so I would sat that lady is crazy! People just need to learn to keep their comments to themselves!
I also get tired of the "you should have the baby on my birthday" comments. Seriously?? Why? It's bad enough I'm scheduled to be induced the morning of my dads birthday, which I'm not happy about. (Going in the night before and getting some kinda med that's gonna soften my cervix? I think. I can't remember exactly what my doc said. But I know it's gonna drag over past midnight)
September lurker. Due 9/2 so possibly could be august but any ways.....yes! My hate for people began a couple of weeks ago. I'll be 38 weeks tomorrow and if i hear "When are you due? Is it your first? Wow any day now huh? How you making out in this heat? I know you are ready huh? Its rough being pregnant in the summer, ain't it?" Ima be put in prison for murder! It's baby #3 which is just as exciting as the first 2. I didn't realize how much I hated that question until it was asked numerous times. Yes any day now, just waiting on baby. It's 95 degrees how are YOU making out with this heat?! This isn't my first rodeo,I've been pregnant all summer with my other two as well. At least I'm on maternity leave now and don't have to hear my coworkers AND patients ask how much longer. Oh and no I don't wanna go seven hundred different places with you since "i dont have to go to work and will be home all day" i wanna take a nap or watch Netflix. Uugghh my tolerance level is at an all time low, nearly non-existent. Rant over!
First, let me just say that any of us August mamas who are still pregnant and working should get a medal and a giant ice cream cone.
Tomorrow is my last day of work and I will be lucky if I don't throat punch some one by then. Here it goes...
My coworker who is in his 70's is a typical 1950's style dad. He's seriously afraid that I'm going to go into labor in my cubicle and have to deliver my baby. I'm surprised he didn't take vacation this week just to get away from me. He's actually had to utter the phrase "...not that being pregnant is a disability or anything..." He has shared his wifes birth story with me at least 3x, including how he didn't want to do have anything to do with what was happening "down there".
Today he said "You're almost in the club. Although, I'm not really sure why people complain about newborn sleep deprivation. In my opinion it wasn't so bad. Up for a couple minutes in the night and that's it."
I contemplated slapping him. I'm already not sleeping at night, and I have very little patience for the stupid going on in my office.
Hang in there mamas! We're almost there. And here is some good news... apparently newborn sleep deprivation isn't that bad!
September lurker. Due 9/2 so possibly could be august but any ways.....yes! My hate for people began a couple of weeks ago. I'll be 38 weeks tomorrow and if i hear "When are you due? Is it your first? Wow any day now huh? How you making out in this heat? I know you are ready huh? Its rough being pregnant in the summer, ain't it?" Ima be put in prison for murder! It's baby #3 which is just as exciting as the first 2. I didn't realize how much I hated that question until it was asked numerous times. Yes any day now, just waiting on baby. It's 95 degrees how are YOU making out with this heat?! This isn't my first rodeo,I've been pregnant all summer with my other two as well. At least I'm on maternity leave now and don't have to hear my coworkers AND patients ask how much longer. Oh and no I don't wanna go seven hundred different places with you since "i dont have to go to work and will be home all day" i wanna take a nap or watch Netflix. Uugghh my tolerance level is at an all time low, nearly non-existent. Rant over!
Hi all. (Original poster here) Still pregnant. Due tomorrow, as I've told 13 people today. Still not much action. Dilated to a 2.5 and 90% effaced. Today's idiot may be my favorite. In the restroom when a woman from a different department enters, "wow. That's quite a bump. I'm not sure Id even call it a bump." Oooook. So what would you call it lady? Because I didn't realize I'm hugely pregnant with my nearly overdue baby. Beginning to wonder if I should join the Sept. Moms Group.
Sooo tired of comments! While I enjoy the "you're so tiny" comments, everyone else can go fall in a hole. There have been plenty of creepy comments from men. One was "oh what happened?" Seriously? WTF says that to a stranger? Luckily, my mom has fielded a lot of the update sharks. She had to jump in the middle of my aunt because she was literally calling her 5 times a day to see if I had gone into labor. Why can't people mind their business?
I know people are just trying to give me a compliment when they say things like "you're so tiny" "there's no way you're due so soon!" and "your baby's going to be really small" but my pregnant brain doesn't hear it as a compliment(especially the small baby one) it feels like an accusation. Like I'm depriving my baby or something. I mean hello people I know you might not know how I looked before but I've gained 35 pounds so far which is exactly how much I was supposed to gain!
I know people are just trying to give me a compliment when they say things like "you're so tiny" "there's no way you're due so soon!" and "your baby's going to be really small" but my pregnant brain doesn't hear it as a compliment(especially the small baby one) it feels like an accusation. Like I'm depriving my baby or something. I mean hello people I know you might not know how I looked before but I've gained 35 pounds so far which is exactly how much I was supposed to gain!
My EDD is tomorrow & I decided to go get a pedicure since it will probably be a while. (let me tell you, I paid extra for a spa pedicure that had a 10 minute foot/leg massage & a hot stone massage too - worth every penny!!!) Needless to say, I was asked about when I was due, and said tomorrow. The woman who asked was great! She looked surprised that I was due tomorrow, but rather in a "wow, I didn't expect that" kind of way. Right after I told her, another woman in the salon leaned over to her daughter and whispered loudly "Did you hear that! She's due tomorrow. Why is she even here?!?!" I wish she said it to me - I had an answer for her! It's hot, I'm sick of being home, I wanted a little time to myself before I gave birth! So annoying!!!
BFP#1 9/14/2013 || EDD 5/25/2014 || mmc discovered on 11/1/2013 || d&c on 11/6/2013
BFP#2 12/8/2014 || EDD 8/19/2015 || please be our RAINBOW
I know people are just trying to give me a compliment when they say things like "you're so tiny" "there's no way you're due so soon!" and "your baby's going to be really small" but my pregnant brain doesn't hear it as a compliment(especially the small baby one) it feels like an accusation. Like I'm depriving my baby or something. I mean hello people I know you might not know how I looked before but I've gained 35 pounds so far which is exactly how much I was supposed to gain!
Yup! Same!! Starting to get paranoid about it too! Ugh! :-/
My EDD is tomorrow & I decided to go get a pedicure since it will probably be a while. (let me tell you, I paid extra for a spa pedicure that had a 10 minute foot/leg massage & a hot stone massage too - worth every penny!!!) Needless to say, I was asked about when I was due, and said tomorrow. The woman who asked was great! She looked surprised that I was due tomorrow, but rather in a "wow, I didn't expect that" kind of way. Right after I told her, another woman in the salon leaned over to her daughter and whispered loudly "Did you hear that! She's due tomorrow. Why is she even here?!?!" I wish she said it to me - I had an answer for her! It's hot, I'm sick of being home, I wanted a little time to myself before I gave birth! So annoying!!!
Good for you on the pedi. I was so hoping I'd go early I got mine a week ago. Really wishing I'd waited until this week. Don't let people's ignorance get you down.
I don't do well with stupid and rude comments. I'm a southern belle, but honestly... I shouldn't have to put up with rude nonsense just because I'm pregnant. I never thought it would be this bad!! Today a lady was STARING me down, it made me SOOOO uncomfortable. I She saw me catch her and just KEPT staring. I finally asked her "Excuse me, can I help you?" To which she said "I'm just so shocked at your generation... you're so pregnant walking around in public, covered in tattoos, and obviously not married. I pity America and your child".
Needless to say....
my response was not very polite and may have ended with her crying and a group of people clapping....
Don't mess with the 39W4D preggo who has mulitple degrees requiring excellent manipulation of the English language.
I'm to the point hubby is really getting on my nerves. God forbid he pampers his 40w pregnant wife who's uncomfortable. He always wants something in return. Screw you! :-w
Re: Getting cranky. Tired of people.
"Are you sure you're due so soon?"
"Your baby is going to be super tiny"
"You look great for how far along you are"
Yes there is a way I'm due in two days, I'm positive I'm due very soon, no I doubt my baby will be tiny, h and I were both 8lbs Xoz. And thank you, but if another person says I look great I will gladly kick them with my SEVERLY swollen legs. My belly may look small, but I have become so swollen that no, I do not look great. At. All.
Yes I'm a ftm, no I'm not an idiot. I can read, I've been around newborns and infants my entire life, and I'm actually really smart. If I hear "you're never gonna sleep again!" "It's so different with your kid" etc I'm gonna scream!!! X(
She called last night and said "How late is Molly? She needs to go to the hospital and tell them to induce her NOW. Just say she's in a lot of pain. Doesn't she know the baby could breathe in her poop and get really sick??"'
Guys, I could've f*cking killed her with my bare hands. 1. That is not how inductions work. 2. OF COURSE I know about meconium aspiration. It's been a big worry, especially since my scheduled induction got pushed back another 5 days. I'm glad she's getting the extra lung/brain development but I also worry about her every day she goes later.
I could not believe the insensitivity and ignorance his mother displayed and immediately started crying. Stupid, stupid woman stay away from my family!
I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one getting annoyed by everyone else!
Tomorrow is my last day of work and I will be lucky if I don't throat punch some one by then. Here it goes...
My coworker who is in his 70's is a typical 1950's style dad. He's seriously afraid that I'm going to go into labor in my cubicle and have to deliver my baby. I'm surprised he didn't take vacation this week just to get away from me. He's actually had to utter the phrase "...not that being pregnant is a disability or anything..." He has shared his wifes birth story with me at least 3x, including how he didn't want to do have anything to do with what was happening "down there".
Today he said "You're almost in the club. Although, I'm not really sure why people complain about newborn sleep deprivation. In my opinion it wasn't so bad. Up for a couple minutes in the night and that's it."
I contemplated slapping him. I'm already not sleeping at night, and I have very little patience for the stupid going on in my office.
Hang in there mamas! We're almost there. And here is some good news... apparently newborn sleep deprivation isn't that bad!
Still pregnant. Due tomorrow, as I've told 13 people today. Still not much action. Dilated to a 2.5 and 90% effaced.
Today's idiot may be my favorite. In the restroom when a woman from a different department enters, "wow. That's quite a bump. I'm not sure Id even call it a bump."
Oooook. So what would you call it lady? Because I didn't realize I'm hugely pregnant with my nearly overdue baby.
Beginning to wonder if I should join the Sept. Moms Group.