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39 weeks pregnant and DH going out

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Gobbolinothewitchscat · 04/11/2015 16:51

Right - I think I'm may be being a bit special snowflake here but I'm tired and hormonal
so please be kind ish

I have a 1 and 2 year old and will be 39 weeks pregnant on Friday. No history of early labour.

DH has said that he would like to go out for a meal and a few (no more than 1 drink) on Friday night with two responsible friends at a restaurant about 15 minutes away.

He's promised to check his phone regularly etc. he is generally sensible and doesn't have form
for going out for a few drinks and rolling in two days later.

I thought that was OK but mentioned to the midwife today who was horrified. Plus the wife of one of the friends called me today to say that she had read her DH the riot act and said it really wasn't fair for them to be going out and they should never have organised it in the first place.

Now I'm feeling vaguely uneasy about it all. I texted DH (as he's at work) and he's all like....er.....what.....I'll stay at home until DC are in bed (both very good sleepers so no worries about them waking up) and then I will be a 15 minute walk away with my phone on loud and on the table at all times.

Is this a very silly/selfish idea? I admit that I sent him quite a hormonal and cross text back saying that I wasn't sure it maybe was a good idea but i didn't want to discuss further (spot the passive aggression!). He said he thought I would have a nice night in watching TV and having a bath etc - which to be fair I probably would. If he was at home, we wouldn't be sitting on the sofa staring into each other's eyes.

Is this a crazy plan? I now feel all discombobulated and don't know why!

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Tapirs · 05/11/2015 07:19

I hope your midwife turns out to be more level headed than she sounds.

UsedToBeAPaxmanFan · 05/11/2015 07:25

When i had my dc no-one had mobiles, and my dh worked an hour away.

I think your midwife is massively over reacting. You say you werent worried until your midwife reacted, but why did you ask her opinion about it?

TitusGibbonicus · 05/11/2015 07:33

Sounds like your midwife is a dick.

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 05/11/2015 07:53

I didn't mention specifically to the midwife. She just asked what I was doing this weekend and I said I was looking forward to a nice night in on Friday as DH was going out. Midwife then looked

39 weeks pregnant and DH going out
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MsVestibule · 05/11/2015 08:03

.it made me think that perhaps everyone else's DH's were clamped to their sides treading them love poems so I felt a bit left out!

Only got as far as this and had to post! My DH was desperate to play golf on my due date (it was a Saturday, and obviously that's what Saturday's are for Hmm). I asked him not to as the house desperately needed a good clean. He wasn't happy. An hour after he would have left, I went into labour, so I was vindicated.

Your midwife is an idiot, BTW.

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