to feel pressured by my mum's prediction that I will give birth tomorrow?

[ladyrosy]

I am currently 41+3 with my first DC. About a week ago, my mum made a prediction that I will give birth tomorrow. She has just texted me to remind me of her prediction and to say she thinks she is right. She fancies herself as being a bit psychic.

I now feel pretty stressed. If I give birth tomorrow, it will be the beginning of a lifetime of "I told you so" and her claiming proof of her abilities.

I don't have the best relationship with her, and this plus me being ten days past EDD may be influencing how I am processing information. Am I being unreasonable to feel pressured?

How are things?

Even if you start now, you should be able to keep the baby in until after midnight. [positive]

This type of guesswork is red rag to a bull of a pregnant woman. On my 1st boy colleagues ran a book on the birth date and weight which riled me no end.
Then I went a week overdue and I had 2 phonecalls from 2 colleagues I barely knew before 10am to ask when I thought I was going to pop. I think it was utter rage that sent me into labour that night. The whole birth became about them and their winnings. One even went as far as to say she didn't want to hold my baby as she lost a fortune on him. She has been dumped.

I'd tell her she's upsetting you and knock it off or you will not tell her when you do have the baby

Aaaaand still no labour twinges so I think we can declare her prediction wrong! Yayyyy!

Fantastic! I was worried she would think she was right!

ImperialBlether I was worried too! A lifetime of "I told you so"... noooooo!

Still one hour to go. Never say never. [Insert mean stirring emoticon]

I'd phone her at 11.55 pm today gasping and panting. She'll think you're in labour, then laugh out loud and shout "Did you really think you were psychic?"

YANBU.

My Mum kept banging on about how I'd be certain to have a c-section, doing tinkly little laughs that made me want to slap her while telling me I would be 'too posh to push' for sure, as I just hadn't got the pain threshold/perseverance/grit to do it naturally.

One breech baby and failed ECV later, and I'll never hear the bloody end of it.

keep your legs crossed for the last 36 mins!

So have you now responded to the text where she said she thought she was right? That would give me sooo much pleasure.

Baby is still very comfortable in me at 41+5 today. I am going to try to not be smug in conversations with her as that will mean I am taking after her and may be at risk of dyeing my hair the same awful purple to match hers, her car and her handbag but we'll see how that goes!

I think you have every right to be smug!
Hope baby make an appearance soon and that you have a nice easy birth and will soon be enjoying ne born snuggles

Can I make a prediction? I predict that you are going to have a......baby! Take it easy and keep us updated on the snuggly baby who clearly likes the womb.

Poor op, hope the little one arrives safely soon. My mum drove me batty on dc2. Went nearly two weeks over. Had to update her twice a day by text. Labor happened very quickly. Rang from birth suite to tell her. She says she got a bad feeling and, distracted by that, fell and broke her wrist. Obviously felt very sorry for her, but also very annoyed that she ignored my updates that I was fine and gave into stupid feeling (that was wrong, amazing labour actually!) and did long term damage to herself. Feels good to vent actually, sorry for the hijack