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3rd Trimester
DeAnna&DavidRyder
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"When are you due?" vent.
DeAnna&DavidRyder
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I'm due in January.
Oh what day.
GAH! BABIES DON'T COME ON A SPECIFIC DAY! They come when they darn well feel like it. I'm due in January. The day doesn't really matter.
Am I the only person that is bothered by this question. ?
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Re: "When are you due?" vent.
4 times today!!!!
And one was followed by a wow you are going to be huge
Another followed by, really it seems like youve been pregnant for 12 years
Wow, 12 years? really? WTH.
I get the same thing...I just tell them at the end of January, and then they look at me crazy, cause I do look like I'm about to deliver tomorrow :-)
esp sine I've only worked there two years and I did not tell anyone (but my boss) I was preg until after summer break, so my co workers have really only known since september.
Oh gosh. haha.
I now get to say "next month"! which is fabulous.
I seriously hear this question 30 times a day. Not even kidding- that's about how many patients I see, and they ALL ASK. ugh.
Then it's "is it your first" "what are you having" "what do you have now" "ooo a christmas baby maybe??"
So effing irritating.
I also get a lot of "well just dont have him on christmas" of course I dont want him to come a month early but really, perfect stranger, what would you like me to do if he does???
I started saying "at the end of January" because when I'd just say "January" I'd get "well, you should try to have her before the end of the year and get that tax deduction!"
Uh, no. I don't think I'd *try* to have a premature baby for a tax break. But, thanks.
HOLY EFFING COW! I jsut realized that I too can say next month... and that I am a like a month and 7 days away! OMG.... panick mode is now going to set in.
I try to narrow it down a smidge more than a whole month. I say "around new year's" and let people take that for what they will. I do not share the actual date. By at least giving the section of the month (early, mid, or late), it usually is enough to keep people satisfied.
More Green For Less Green
Well, my original due date (as calculated by me) was Jan 3rd and based on a 13 week U/S was changed to Dec 28th. Now, of course, LO has measured at least a week behind ever since (so I was right.)
So I don't even know what month or year to tell people. I tell them "around New Year's" because I refuse to say Dec 28th and have people start bugging me early. Due dates are kind of annoying in general.
THIS! OMG I am so frickin tired of hearing about the tax deduction.
the nurses in my dr office say I have had the LONGEST pregnancy ever and its been like 3yrs they swear.. Depressing much?
I get it too!
"when are you due?"
"early january"
"how sweet, what day?"
"whatever day she decides to come out.." dur.
well i'm due mid jan. haha. So Jan pretty much sums it up.
I've had people specifically ask which date just so they can say "oh well my birthday is the 14th, so make sure you have him then, ok?"
umm...sure?
Okay, not to be snarky or anything but you are complaining about people asking about a specific day you are due yet you have a ticker that says how many weeks/days you are along and how many days you have left. Isn't that a round about way of saying what day you are due? You can say it in a ticker but not in a response to someone? What is the big deal? I mean, a month is 28-31 days long. Saying you are due in January is pretty vague...wide span of time don't you think?
This!
My MIL drives me crazy with this. But she asks every single time I see her if my due date has changed! No it hasn't changed, and you should know that babies come when they are ready!!
Then this is usually followed up with "well so-and-so's bday is this day, and my bday is this day, that would be a good day to have him"
BAH!!!!!!!!