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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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Original poster

to be annoyed with everyone re due date

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Steth · 10/01/2013 22:03

I am 6 days overdue and am receiving a constant daily barage of texts and calls from people asking if there's"any news?" I know they are just interested and being nice but to be quite honest its bloody annoying and puts me in a bad mood daily. If there was any news they'd fucking know...why cant they piss off and leave me alone. I'm hoping the calls stop once my DC is born

rant over

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notMarlene · 10/01/2013 22:06

You are 6 days overdue, by definition nothing you say, do, think or feel is U

Teapot13 · 10/01/2013 22:09

"You'll be the first to know" can be effective in these situations, especially with people who KNOW they are not at the top of the list.

AnneNonimous · 10/01/2013 22:09

Notmarlene is right, nothing you can do or feel right now is unreasonable! I went to 8 days overdue and practically barked at anyone who mentioned it. Hope it happens for you soon x

Uppermid · 10/01/2013 22:11

Stop answering the phone. Or reply, yes I had the baby 3 weeks ago, we just decided to not tell you!

IneedAgoldenNickname · 10/01/2013 22:12

I feel your pain OP. I went 10 days over with ds2. Mil and sil phoned everyday asking if 'that naughty baby is here yet' annoyingly when sil when overdue with her Ds1 5 moths later the baby wasn't naughty, just 'not ready yet'

Cherriesarelovely · 10/01/2013 22:14

I remember that feeling SO well! Yanbu but neither are they! Good luck, hope it happens soon.

whoopwhoopbib · 10/01/2013 22:16

YANBU I went 14 days over and on each of these loooooong days I received a text from a friend asking if I thought anything was happening.

I didn't mind so much but had I have done this to her she would not have liked it at all and would have got annoyed with me.

What really got me though was how many people felt the need to comment on the fact that I carried on as normal and went out each day rather than sitting indoors.

PiccadillyCervix · 10/01/2013 22:19

Dear OP, I was 16 days over due.

Even the midwife was wondering if I had snuck off and had it somewhere and forgot to mention.

Turn your phone off or tell them they ask your partner a parent for further info. You shoudl nip it in bud now as when you do go in labor and they don't hear from you they will assume you are giving birth and tell everyone.. [sigh]

good luck and hope it pops out soon, on to the birthing ball with you

Ambi · 10/01/2013 22:22

OP I hear you, I went over by 2 weeks with both of mine however because of the constant texts and calls asking if I'd had her yet, I changed my public due date on the 2nd to 2weeks after. Its frustrating for you when you are so uncomfortable and baby seems totally comfortable. All the best for a nice easy birth.

marriedinwhite · 10/01/2013 22:33

With our first we told everyone he was due two weeks later than the due date because DH and I were both two weeks late and that's what we thought would happen. They really panicked when I went into labour at 36.3 and we then had to explain he was 3.5 weeks early not 5.5 weeks and no it wasn't a problem .

We told the truth with dd and she was 40+13 and just nobody could believe it and they all started phoning at the end of March. She came mid May

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Steth · 10/01/2013 22:36

Thanks everyone for your lovely comments- its a few people in particular that keep pestering me - one is my MIL who will be called on as soon as I go into hospital as she will take care of my DS1 = grrrrr she should know better. i was thinking of posting on Facebook that i have lost my phone oops

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LeBoob · 10/01/2013 22:37

Forward people here

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Steth · 10/01/2013 22:39

leboob I love it! thanks

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treas · 10/01/2013 22:43

Get over it - you won't be the first or last that this happens to.

At least people are interested enough to ask - if they didn't bother then they'd be in the wrong too.

Just wait until you get asked why isn't he/she talking, walking, doing applied maths yet!

LeBoob · 10/01/2013 22:43

No worries, worked for me, I just kept the link and sent it to everyone who text me & set it as my FB status. People stopped asking unless I called/text them first

marriedinwhite · 10/01/2013 22:46

Good luck. you will come back and let us know when the baby arrives won't you, or shall we keep bumping the thread .

Good luck.

honeytea · 10/01/2013 22:49

steth you should text them back saying yep i have given birth, when they text back with the how big girl/boy questions reply that you are a proud mum to 6 puppies all weighing 1pound.

good luck with the birth, i hope it starts soon :)

apostropheuse · 10/01/2013 22:50

Awww they're only interested because they're happy that a new life is about to be born!

I'm sure they're not doing it to be nasty.

But you're REALLY not being unreasonable. I would never say that to a woman who's six days overdue and probably desparate to just get it over with!

Have you tried curry, followed by sex whilst bouncing on a birthing ball?

quoteunquote · 10/01/2013 23:17

Have you tried curry, followed by sex whilst bouncing on a birthing ball?

That's pineapple curry, with gallons of raspberry leaf tea, run up a tower blocks worth of steps, before the bouncy ball sex.

must resist the urge to bump this thread tomorrow and ask how it's going.

LuluMai · 10/01/2013 23:22

Tell them to keep an eye on your facebook status as that's where you'll be announcing it

apostropheuse · 10/01/2013 23:22

boak at pineapple curry!

Holland and Barrat do the equivalent in tablet form!

GoldPlatedNineDoors · 10/01/2013 23:24

"Hang on, let me just wash my hands and i'll see if there's any sign"

Might gross them out enough to not ask again.

Casmama · 10/01/2013 23:27

Your MIL may be trying to decide whether not she can go out etc on any given day rather than waiting for the phone to ring to come and look after your ds so I think you need to give her a break.

Hope all goes well x

IneedAgoldenNickname · 10/01/2013 23:28

Or reply that you've heard sex brings on labour, so you and dh are busy trying that theory

pinkyp · 10/01/2013 23:38

YANBU!! backs away slowly from angry pregnant woman

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