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June 2012 Moms
lisareznar
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Going into hiding
lisareznar
member
Anyone else just want to go into hiding until the baby gets here? I have talked a lot on here about the comments, etc, but now I just feel like I'm loosing my mind.... I don't want to be pregnant anymore. 
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Re: Going into hiding
Me!!! I just told my husband this yesterday. I'm shutting my phone off too. Im sick of people commenting on how I'm still pregnant, didn't "go yet", asking if im "feeling signs of labor yet"' etc, I know a lot of my friends and others mean well but it would be easier if they left me alone!!
I have 8 days left til my edd and I just want to relax and enjoy them!!
I'm in the same boat, due in 7 days. When people start to comment, I simply tell them that the baby's brain decides when the baby is ready. If the baby isn't ready yet, we're not ready yet. No one will continue to want to "rush" your pregnancy if the baby isn't ready yet.
Lets enjoy the last few days of pregnancy together. I'm sure we'll miss it once it's gone.
Ugh, I totally agree. I legit have been in early labor for like 9 days now... and everyday i get texts asking how i'm feeling. Which is totally a nice gesture and all, and when iIrespond miserable, still pregnant, or otherwise such as fine. I get "she will come when she's ready." It's not like she has a button that she pushes that says ok! I hear it so much I may literally go bat sh!t crazy.
Also if one more person asks if I'm still pregnant or can't believe I am still at work I may SCREAM.
I have an idea, unless I text you or talk to you about it don't bring it up! how about that! Trust me, I wish I wasn't pregnant and had good news to share but I don't so stop asking!
me! i just told a friend last night that i wanted to hole up in the house. i'm still feeling pretty great, but i just feel like i'm done doing things outside the house, with other people. running errands are fine, but i don't want to go visiting people. i'm also sick of hearing "oh you're going to have him on this day" or "you're not going to make it to the 23rd." oh really? not only does my doctor think i'll definitely hit 40 weeks, but she's confident we're going to go late. i haven't even had a hint labour, or even early labour. i'm getting pretty comfortable just waiting and have prepared myself to be pregnant through the end of june.
i made a quick joke at my sister's wedding on friday (after which, her mil gave me her "permission" to have the baby now) about trying to kickstart labour as i was eating some delicious pineapple, but it was actually just a joke and i was laughing about it. yesterday, my mom texted me that if i'm trying to go into labour i should watch a funny movie. she dilated to 3cm over a week "because" she laughed really hard one night. i told her i was just making a joke because i was eating pineapple, but i actually had no problem with him staying in past my due date. she sent back "cool..." whatever that was supposed to mean!
ugh i just want people to sit tight and leave me alone. but i just know that my mom will text me tomorrow and ask what my doctor said at my appointment, then she'll send her disappointment and "he'll come when he's ready" when i tell her there is no change. uggggggh. i've been purposely witholding information from people because i don't want them thinking they can predict anything or give me any advice. my mom doesn't know that the doctor thinks we'll go late, that she doesn't do internals, or that she'll induce june 30th. we're not calling anyone when i go into labour, and not until we're home with the baby so i don't want anyone having a good guess at when things start moving! dh and i agreed that if an induction is scheduled, we won't breath a word about it. obviously we'll tell people afterwards, but we're just going to go on still acting like we're just waiting.
Yeah, the constant texts/emails/FB msg do suck. And I REALLY was not expecting to be in the office today. I had it in my head that I was done last week, so now I'm super-duper unmotivated.
The well-meaning text messages are the WORST! Also, if you ignore one or two (a gal with this many chins has to preserve her sanity somehow, come AWN) then people REALLY go bananas.
I just started copying: "No baby yet
" onto everything. Seriously. I should have a (giant, huge, tent sized) t-shirt printed up.
Yep, me too! I've been avoiding my cell phone lately. If I answer, I have to deal with stupid questions. If I ignore it, they assume I'm in labor....
I told DH I was going to go into hiding and not even take DS to preschool this morning so I wouldn't have to deal with the teachers and parents comments.... alas, I took him anyway.
This is so weird for me though, b/c I was in a much better head space at the end with my other 2.
Absolutely, and I'm so glad I'm not alone in feeling this way. I know I should be thankful that so many people care about us and the health of our baby, but I soooo just want to hide. Over the weekend, I stayed home as much as possible, and even got annoyed the few times I did go outside because I'd run into neighbors who would say "How are you feeling?" "Still pregnant?" I told DH I wish ANYONE would ask me about ANYTHING else besides being pregnant. I hate walking around with this 'ask me how I'm doing' billboard, better known as my belly! Of course, first thing this morning at work, I got asked by 4 different people...."Oh, no baby yet?" "still here?" "How ya feeling?" etc. I hadn't even been to my desk yet and I already had a lot of smart-a$$ replies running through my head! :-)
Right there with you! My friend texts me everyday "How do you feel"... "Um I feel pregnant." ... today she asked "Cramps? Aches? Swelling?".... wth seriously? If anything changes I WILL let her know, in the mean time it's just annoying. As if I am not constantly thinking about delivery and going into labor and wish I could just hold my son already without others pointing it out as well.