Anybody use the "I think I'm in labor," excuse?

Re: Anybody use the "I think I'm in labor," excuse?

• nlwz123 member

  January 2016

  Nope...can't say that I have..

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• maddisonwallace member

  January 2016

  I haven't but I have totally considered it. I wanted to pull a Pam from the Office and keep a water bottle in my purse just in case I needed my water to break unexpectedly... lol

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• BarrettJ89 member

  January 2016

  Not exactly, but a few weeks ago we went to see Christmas lights at the zoo. It was miserably cold and we ended up waiting in line for over an hour just to get into the zoo! Of course, I had to pee. Big time. The line for the bathrooms was literally over a 30 minute wait. A man looked at me and asked if I was Ok. I told him that I just really had to pee. He grabbed me by the hand and physically dragged me into the women's bathroom, all the way to the stall while yelling "extremely pregnant woman, gotta pee!"
  
  I was equally mortified and thankful.

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• Life is Exciting member

  January 2016

  If I got stopped by the cops for speeding, I'd totally consider it!

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• anightintunisia member

  January 2016

  As far as the restroom people always ask if I'm okay and let me ahead even if I say that I'm okay to wait. It's like VIP access to a club. It's also nice when people offer their seats to me as well.
  Ditto to using the excuse of labor if I ever get stopped by a cop!

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• arghhhhhhhhh member

  January 2016

  I wonder if a cop would try to escort you to your destination or just tell you to take it slow. I've wondered about this since last pregnancy. I'm going to ask an officer at husbands work next time I see them.

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• acastl24 member

  January 2016

  I never used the excuse (unless I was actual in the hospital) but SO used "She thinks she's in labor" more than once to get away from family or to leave work early. Annoyed the crap out of me.

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• Ebiejay member

  January 2016

  aulrey92 said:

  I never used the excuse (unless I was actual in the hospital) but SO used "She thinks she's in labor" more than once to get away from family or to leave work early. Annoyed the crap out of me.

  That would annoy me too, makes us sound like we're crying wolf all the time or being wimpy or something!
  
  I've not had the opportunity to use the 'labour' excuse, and tbh the most I've gotten from strangers regarding being very pregnant is they hold doors for me. Nobody has let me in front in restroom lines or offered me a seat or helped me pick up something I drop. I'm ok with this as I don't feel I'm entitled to it, but it would have been nice!

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• arghhhhhhhhh member

  January 2016

  aulrey92 said:

  I never used the excuse (unless I was actual in the hospital) but SO used "She thinks she's in labor" more than once to get away from family or to leave work early. Annoyed the crap out of me.

  Haha, excuse by proxy. SO might be toeing a fine line between convenient excuse and enraged pregnant lady. •_•

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• acastl24 member

  January 2016

  @arghhhhhhhhh the worst was when I went to the hospital at 37 weeks with contractions at 10:30 PM on a Sunday night. They monitored me, decided it was false labor, and sent me home. I was back in my bed at 2:00 AM. SO was too tired to go to work that day (he would have had to leave for work at 4:45) so he called in and used me "maybe being in labor" as an excuse. Well, his boss adores me and so decided that I needed to have SO close just in case, and gave him three days off! I was livid! We needed the money way more than I needed him making a mess around the house!

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• arghhhhhhhhh member

  January 2016

  aulrey92 said:

  @arghhhhhhhhh the worst was when I went to the hospital at 37 weeks with contractions at 10:30 PM on a Sunday night. They monitored me, decided it was false labor, and sent me home. I was back in my bed at 2:00 AM. SO was too tired to go to work that day (he would have had to leave for work at 4:45) so he called in and used me "maybe being in labor" as an excuse. Well, his boss adores me and so decided that I needed to have SO close just in case, and gave him three days off! I was livid! We needed the money way more than I needed him making a mess around the house!

  Not to mention, wouldn't that cut into any family leave or vacation he might have? (Not really sure how that works.)

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• l4rk member

  January 2016

  No. It's unethical. I don't need that kind of bad karma lingering around right before I have a baby...

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• LilyCovello23 member

  January 2016

  Nope Havnt used anything yet
  

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