Ok I know it is both unreasonable and nosy, but DH & I really want to know!
We're not super friendly but enough to have a chat now and again and we have a card and gift ready.
Reasons for:
She was due around now
Her parents are here (we've seen them in the house & car is parked outside)
We haven't seen her, her husband or little girl for days when we usually see them morning & evening
The upstairs curtains are drawn
There is a small hospital wrist tag on their window ledge
Reasons against:
I haven't seen a baby
I haven't heard a baby
Possible conclusions:
She has had the baby and is home but keeping to her room and the baby is quiet (they are a quiet family)
She has had the baby but is still in hospital and her parents are staying with the little girl
She hasn't had the baby and her parents are visiting in advance and we are over invested nosey parkers
Obviously we very much hope that nothing bad has happened and that our well-meaning neighbourly speculation will conclude with us being able to present said card & gift and have a newborn squidge. But I am not unaware or unconcerned about that possibility, so I hope no-one finds this post insensitive.
(Btw our houses are very close and we can see into their kitchen each time we go in or out; we are not pressing our noses to the window or anything.)