I am pregnant with our first child, 40 weeks and 6 days. For the last two nights, I have been experiencing latent/early labour - contractions 7-10 minutes apart from pretty much the time I lie down. They've grown gradually more intense but are still very manageable so I reckon it could be a few more days until showdown.
Anyway, I mentioned it to dh but told him it might take a while and not to get too excited. I was up and down a bit last night to try and take the edge off but told him to get his rest as he'd need it. Both mornings I have been asleep and he has headed off to work without waking me to say bye. Fair enough, I can see his reasoning: he wants to let me rest. However, it is annoying me that he knows I was up all night last night and he hasn't called all day today just to say hi and check how I am. I would have expected him to call at lunchtime.
So anyway, I gave him a ring about twenty mins ago and it transpires he's been out to lunch (he works three miles from our house) and didn't call or think it would be nice to drop in and say hi. I realise that this was 'usual practice' a week or so ago but I was still happy to head out myself then, but feel too large and uncomfortable and twingey to do so now. He then tells me he's going to stay in until 6.30 as he didn't wake up this morning so didn't get in until 9.30! He has a flexi-time arrangement that he would happily use if it was to get him out of work to go camping but I feel he is deliberately stringing out being at work at the moment.I don't have friends who don't work and since the due date I've been finding it very lonely and boring at home, which I've mentioned to him. I know how he's feeling, I'd rather be anywhere but here to take my mind off things.. but surely it's not fair for him to put his need to quell his anxiety first?