to ignore text messages?

[GlamourChanl]

Baby is due any day now.

I'm getting text. After text. After text. From a couple of people who are constantly asking 'any news?', 'is baby here yet?', 'oh you will let us know?', 'are you okay?'.

It's driving me insane. I'm miserable and huge. I'm being induced on Monday but I don't want to tell anyone because it's nobody's business. I'm fed up of being harassed!

Can someone help me construct a text that tells them so sod the fuck off (but nicely?).

I'm so nervous about my induction. I'm trying not to think about it and just relax but I can't because I'm being bombarded!

Mauve be grateful you have people who give a shit! Bloody hell.

Must be awful to have so many people who care about you and your baby. I’m so sorry you’re going through this OP

I wonder how many people know what it truly means to be alone and have no “well meaning texts” in any circumstances. I imagine they would wish they received messages.

I wonder how many people know what it truly means to be alone and have no “well meaning texts” in any circumstances. I imagine they would wish they received messages.

Being glad your life isn't miserable requires you to put up with everything else.

I'm not being a prick and I don't intend on. @AllHallowsQueen there's caring, and then there's sending a text, not hearing anything, sending another text, not hearing anything, sending a question mark etc. I'm grateful to have friends who care but there's a fine line between harassment and letting someone know you're there if they need you. But please continue with your sarcasm!

My baby isn't very well and I'm anxious and I'm being induced in the next few days but they want to keep baby in for as long as possible as he/she is tiny. I didn't explain this as didn't think it mattered. They want to get me to 39 weeks, I'm 37+3 at the moment and they may choose to induce me at any point. Didn't think that was relevant to the initial post... I don't know why people are texting to much as they don't even know I'm in hospital!

I'm just fed up. I have anxiety and I'm struggling. I'm worried about my baby and what's going to happen. If they are okay. I'm sorry for seeming ungrateful but I honestly know that I wouldn't be harassing my mates in this situation and would quietly just let them know I'm there if they need anything.

OP you're not being a prick / you are fed up. There's a difference between caring and being nosy. I did have one friend who genuinely cared and I told her to back off and it made things worse!! She's soooo nice but pregnant overdue me just couldn't cope. Good luck with baby xx

So, OP, has the baby arrived yet?

My second son was 20 days late and on every single one of those 20 days, I had phone calls and texts from friends and family wanting to know what was happening/was he born/was there a problem?

I seriously feel your pain. Turn your phone off. I hope your labour is swift and painless whenever your body decides to get going.

I like to think I’m pretty level headed but I went a bit batshit towards the end of my pregnancy when people were constantly texting and calling asking if I’d popped yet. I was overdue, super uncomfortable and just massively pissed off that I was still pregnant so the steady stream of “are you feeling anything yet” texts starting at the crack of dawn each day gave me the red mist. I was polite enough to everyone but ranted to my husband quite a lot. He thought I was being unreasonable but I still get a bit irked when I think about how many messages I got. Some from people I don’t even talk to at all which was baffling.

In the end I changed my WhatsApp status to “No baby yet. Will update in due course.” and when my son was born I changed it to “Baby is here!” 😂I feel your pain OP. It’s nice to have people who care but you’re not exactly in the best frame of mind in the later stages of pregnancy!

Yes ! Ignore ! I would

I had a similar thing when my dad was dying 

I think that’s called a drip feed.
Still don’t see how hard it is to say “no news! X will update when things change”
It’s not hard and people care. If you think you’re friends aren’t being friends and have another agenda I might like to point out, you don’t really think they are friends

OP if youre baby is 37+3 even with baby being small he/she will be fine.

They just like to keep them in as long as they can until they think they will thrive better in the outside world.

Youre classed as term now and baby will have all the reflexes he/she needs.

@Smallhorse
What people said is he dead yet??! Or did they say something else hoping to be supportive. Honestly

I had this with my first, in particular from my grandma who we didn't yet realise had early stage Alzheimers (actually, it was the first sign). She called me multiple times every day and if I didn't answer she'd panic and phone my mum/sister/aunt and they'd start texting me. Two weeks overdue, it drove me bonkers.

18 months later with baby no2, and with the blessing of the rest of the family, I told Gran my due date was 10 days later than it actually was. My cousin did the same. Problem solved!

I wouldn't reply at all Til there's news to tell them!! Just ignore!!

It wouldn't be unfair to say:
'No news yet. Thank goodness, because I've been told to sleep as much as possible before I have a small baby keeping me awake.
Promise that we will let you know as soon as anything happens! Until then, I'm going to go to sleep!x'

I was 41 weeks and induced. For the week after her due date and on all I had from family and friends was any news? I ended up posting a meme to Facebook just get others to calm down because I was about to threaten to not send them any photos if they asked me 1 more time.

Why not text back a simple *All good thanks! Will text if an

All good thanks, Will text if any news x

@Holdingonbarely I hate this obsession with drip feeding on mn. It's crazy. I added a bit of information after it became relevant. Sorry for not including it in my OP but it didn't seem relevant at the time! I've already told people I'll let them know, so many times. I've woken up this morning with 3 texts from one person that they sent throughout the night and one was at 3am that they were worried I hadn't responded. Yes because I was bloody well asleep!

Thanks @NoMudNoLotus - there are a few complications so we are expecting baby not to be quite okay when born but we are well prepared for this :) we love our baby no matter what, of course! Very anxious to meet him/her.

@WhiteDust I have, it doesn't work. I think I was just having a bad day yesterday. I've woken up to numerous texts throughout the night again and it's just annoyed me again this morning.

May I add I'm usually not this irritable/grumpy! 🙈

Definitely going to construct a firm but kind message today! Thanks all for reading my very trivial moan x

In that case, I would just ignore them.

Seriously, just turn it around and try and see the positives here. It will be so much better for your stress levels rather than stewing on all these irritating people who care about you. Why are they messaging you when you are only just 37 weeks btw? Some of them maybe do know you are in hospital?

@A580Hojas I am starting to think DP must've told someone as they have text a lot more the past week. It's been fairly constant since we told people at 20 weeks though!