to lie about my due date

Actually, am beginning to quite enjoy saying "yes, should've popped a week ago" and watching people back away slooooowwwlllyyy in manner of someone faced with unexploded bomb.

Ha. That'll learn em.

Its the bloody "still no baby?" as they peer at your HUGE bump

Erm, yes had it last week... I'm just fat.

Only once did I actually just glare at someone who said that to me.... they backed away slowly.

Can see why you did it LOL

My dad and dh share the same b.day and if I had concived a month eariler ds would of been due on same date!! arrh 3 generations would have been a nightmare, I was so glad when we got passed there b/day and ds stayed inside hehe.

ooooh what a good idea. I have to say, I have told most people that I was due around the end of July (not to hide things, just cos I'm so crap at maths that I consider 21st to be the "end" of the month ) but the net result is no calls as yet

Only a few people know the real date, including my dp's, but they are very sensible people who assume that no news is ... well that really, no news!

My DD wad due on my FIL's bday. DH and I were happy about it. Told him and he was so happy! (we get along fine)
But she arrived 5 weeks earlier.

Gaaaaaaaaah!!!!! head revolves, red lights shoot from eyes

Actually, fruitful, I love your approach. Will adopt from tomorrow morning.

Might even get me reading newspapers again so am getting input from things other than Property Ladder re-runs and the Jeremy Kyle Show...

Actually next time someone asks that, how about "ooh yes!" [pause] "Russia has expelled 4 diplomats! And there are severe weather warnings in Yorkshire!".

So, Moorhen, any news then?

No, YANBU but surely it's better to say the due date is later than it actually is?

I lied about my DD's due date. I said it was two weeks later. Then she came two weeks early after a v. stressful weekend with the in laws. Everyone thought she was premature which was tricky to explain seeing as she was 9lbs! I just said they'd got the due date wrong.

But at least I got some peace unlike with DS when I was being called, texted, emailed etc all the time even when everyone knew I was in labour.

Damn I WISH I`d lied about my due date. Especially now, at five days overdue, when the world and his dog ring me EVERY SINGLE DAY to ask "any news yet?".

Am dying to reply "yes, had it last week, did I forget to mention?".

Tactical naivety from a first-timer, methinks. If ever I do this again I will say it`s at least two weeks later. Sigh.

Well if it is born on your MIL's bday, you can say "oh how sad, we'll never have time to see you on your birthday, ever again". That'll shut her up.

I try to only say the month when I'm due. And if they press for an exact date, I say I'd love to know the date, wouldn't it be nice to know the date, wow if I knew the date I could ring it on the calendar and get everything planned and sorted, oh wouldn't that be lovely, maybe when my grandchildren are having babies they'll be able to tell us the date in advance ... They usually get the message.

Mind you I've never made it to my due date. This time if people start on "ooh not long now, bet you can't wait" I'll silence them with "the longer the better, perhaps this one won't need to go in an incubator".

We need an [evil cackle] emoticon you know.

I think it's a fab idea to lie about your due date. Ds was 20 days late and I hated EVERYONE who kept asking me when he was going to arrive. Buy yourself some time.

I would share your (irrational) dislike of your due date being on the same day as your MIL's b/day btw!!

my mom swears by going by the lmp dates not scan dates my dd was all hairy and dry and very big at 8lb 5oz and she is very quick at picking things up now too!

your baby your choice lol

lol, I'd forgotten about that - I was pregnant by the test before she had been conceived!

flame know what you mean there my dd was 5weeks late by the dates from lmp and only week late by scan, and i didnt get any stretch marks till after she were due by my dates and if she was due by the scan dates i must of had false positive as i tested positive at cpl days before af was due!

Yup, my dates and scan dates didn't match - only had sex once (well, not the only time, but once off the pill), KNEW my dates.

She came 4 weeks late, very overdue looking, developmentally 4 weeks ahead of a newborn, and a manky placenta

YANBU - totally agree, especially if she is being difficult.

Odd due date coincidence - a friend has 3 ds. The first one was born a week late and the second a week early - on each other's due dates!!

I got so fed up with MIL and my mum phoning EVERY DAY when DD1 was due that I lied about the other two's due dates to take the pressure off me. Worked a treat. I totally don't see why everyone gets so hung up about due dates anyway - I know hardly anyone whose children were born on theirs. So you are not being unreasonable at all, though you may have missed a trick by not pretending it is later rather than earlier

just say start middle end of month

I was tempted to lie with mine - I was 4 weeks late with DD and the idea of having to go through the overdue questions again seemed like hell.

Didn't in the end, but completely understand why you have. Babies come when they are ready, no-one needs to know.