AIBU: To want them to stop texting!

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I’m almost 41 weeks preg. Finished up work 2 weeks ago and EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DAY since I’ve finished this girl from work has text asking if the baby’s been born yet 🙄 it’s driving me mental! One of DD’s school friends mum has also been texting on a daily basis for the past week asking the same thing.
Now, at least a dozen times a day, I’m getting texts from other friends, family members, in-laws, other work colleagues asking if baby has made an appearance.

I have other DC’s and a house to run, plus I hate texting at the best of times so I just wish they would stop. Feel like I’m writing the same reply over and over again! I have said to everyone of them I’d keep them updated but they still keep texting.

Why can they just understand that, if anything happens, they will hear from me.

AIBU to be annoyed about the texting?

Do you have a dog?

Put it in a babygrow and take a picture holding.

Send back saying Baby was born Tuesday and he is adorable

I got so frustrated with constant demands for updates I was so so tempted to reply something along the lines of 'well my cervical mucous is a bit pink and blobby this morning so I might be losing my plug, what do you think (insert picture)'

I have never understood peoples need to do this. Are they so scared to not immediately find out baby is born? What do they think will happen if they dont find out within hours of the event before you have had a chance to tell people?!

I would send a short mass text saying that you will let everyone know when baby is here but that you need some peace for now.

Ignore, block, mute. Don't send the wall-of-text reply above; don't send anything. On personal email, put an out of office on that links to the Have You Had That Baby link above. (Can you do auto-text replies? If you can, do that with the link!)

You can mute & block individual numbers so you don't have to have a completely silent phone if you want to hear from sane people.

This makes me very glad I refused to give a due date to anyone and have just said "spring". Not that it stops people trying to guess, wheedle it out of me, or straight up go "When is it due?" Unless you're my midwife, none of your beeswax! This would also make me want to only announce the birth to people who hadn't texted multiple times a day. Don't say a WORD to your nosy colleague til the baby's six months!

an essay is what they want

but yes also block and delete is an option, especially if you want them all to go mental because you've suddenly disappeared and start calling the house/texting your DH/ turning up on the doorstep.

Contact and fluff and knowing how you're feeeeling is what they crave. Hence big 'mental' text giving them loads of info they can coo over and telling them why you are now NOT REPLYING.

Ignore. I wouldn't be telling them as soon as baby is born, as sure as fuck they'll have it on Facebook before you are even discharged from hospital.

I’d go with ‘fuck off texting every sodding day susan, when I’ve had the baby I’ll tell you!’
Then change the name to personalise to each person. Hated this at the end of my pregnancy, I just ignored everyone like the miserable pregnant recluse I’d become lol

I would send

No

That's it. No kiss. No embellishments. They should get the hint (unless they're complete numpties)

I absolutely love squeaver's suggested response!

Prepare one text that says "I've had endless texts about whether I've had the baby, I won't be replying any more" and send it out to all the usual suspects, then ignore them.

People are nice to be interested I think. Imagine no one asking or caring about such a beautiful and important time in your life? I don’t think i could ever feel upset by anyone being kind and showing an interest in me. Also if I was on the receiving end of a rude (or just curt) text back, I’d be really upset and the friendship would definitely suffer.

Just ignore.

‘Not yet, I’m glad to hear from you. Can you please pop over and bring me some pickled onion flavour crisps?’. Once you start asking for things people will be very quick to stop texting!

Just reply ‘not yet, I will let you know!’ And then repeat. Copy and paste the same reply every time- they might get the message!

'Thank you for text, baby was born 2 weeks ago, she is gorgeous'
They will either then text saying 'oh I thought u would have let me know'
This is when you reply 'yes, I would, baby hasn't been born yet and I will tell you when she or he arrives'

Or congratulations.
Then you say, 'baby wasn't born, I am still waiting, I will let you know'

Or just reply to everyone with -

'SUSAN, CRISPS NOW'

that'll shut 'em up.

Well did you have it yet?