June 2015 Moms
mishmardhiono
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Harassed about delivery
mishmardhiono
member
Is anyone else getting harassed about delivering this baby!??? From 37 weeks all I've been hearing from everyone is there bets on when it's going to be and "has this happened yet? That's a sign of labour"!! Thank god it's only our families and a few close friends who know the real due date for this reason but god people make u being over being pregnant not your body..
Re: Harassed about delivery
I agree, OP - it's pretty obnoxious when people are constantly hounding you about when you're going to have the baby. I get that people are excited (which is very sweet) but honestly, how are we supposed to know? Plus it just makes these last few weeks seem even longer.
As for your actual question, yep, I'm getting those annoying questions, too! I think it comes with the territory of being 38+ weeks pregnant. I try to remind myself that people mean well and are just excited for us, but if I'm already in an irritable mood, it can be hard to keep smiling through the conversation. The worst (IMO) are the people who ask me - in person - if I've had the baby yet. Like, can you not see my gigantic belly?! Obviously not! I got asked that multiple times at church on Sunday and it was all I could do not to respond with a snarky, sarcastic answer by the end of coffee and donuts.
As much as I love everybody at church, I wish they could understand that we will let them know when she is here. Family keeps calling too acting like we won't let them know when we're getting closer or she's here, depending on which relative. I'm about to turn my phone off til it's over so I can rest.
..uhm...I have no clue. ALL I can say... My due is June 5th! Lol
Pp, I can't believe if someone asked if you'd had the baby. What a moron!!!! I just can't bite my tongue anymore.
I really don't feel 9months pregnant but god everyone else around really makes these last weeks drag and us suffer!!
I recently have got to the point of no nonsense and the little things irritate me to the point I want to KO all the irritating people I come in contact with :-w
I don't have a problem with someone being excited about meeting baby a bit early, especially family members, but it definitely causes me anxiety to think that we have less time than we originally thought, and comments that make it seem like I have control over this are annoying. And that I might have to put up with overbearing SIL right when baby's born gives me anxiety.
It's all out of love. It's all out of love. It's all out of love.
I fucking HATE being asked "how is baby doing?" I'm not just a baby factory, I'm a person. "How are you?" Or " How are you and baby?" I would consider appropriate. Or pretty much any other question - including the ones that seem to annoy other people like you haven't had that baby yet, etc - don't bother me so much beyond the fact I sometimes get tired of hearing them. But to be completely dismissed and rendered invalid... That shit pisses me off to no end.
..... "I don't know he didn't tell me today."
It's also a pun on my SIL because she believes her baby " communicates" with her and likes to post that on fb. Lol
The other one that's driving me nutty is "oooo what do you think it is? Do
You still have no idea?" STOP ASKING. I don't know, I have no clue and you have asked that everytime I have seen you for 9months. Just. Be.patient.
If I can be patient so can you.
I get asked everyday by a variety of people when are you due...what annoys me are the people who ask over and over and just say oh I can't remember what you said...um then don't continue to ask...or right it down and leave me a lone...I have 6 more work days and yes I am work up until my delivery date...I have shit to do, so can you please go do your work so I can do mine? If I don't work for such a large company and come in contact with so many of the people plus (both of our families are divorced, so we have more than double the amount of people asking us all these questions).
But right now my biggest urgggg is with my stepmom...don't get me wrong I love her, but she is so paranoid that I am going to go early just b/c my cousins both did (PS they are not cousins by blood either) this time around...I know she is just worried, but repeatedly asking me about ti isn't going to prevent it, and worrying doesn't really do much, so relax, cause you're annoying me with your neurosis...