Does your DH/family try to 'schedule' the birth?

[RoomForALittleOne]

I am very fed up. I'm 38+5 today with DC4 and this has been a rubbish pregnancy with hyperemesis until 36 weeks and threatened pre-term labour at 27 weeks followed by weeks of 'irritable uterus'. I would really like to have given birth at 37 weeks but baby clearly wasn't ready. I'm OK with that. Fed up, but OK.

My family and DH, however, keep telling me what days would be particularly convenient/inconvenient for me to give birth on. They keep watching me like I'm about to produce a baby if they look away. It's starting to stress me out. I would like to retreat into a little safe cocoon for a few days without them! And don't even get me started on the reminders that if I don't give birth soon, my family will have to go home soon without seeing the baby (never mind the clash of ideas about visits in the first 24 hours).

I'm not due for another nine days! Leave me alone!

Chunky Baffling is right... along with utterly fucking barking OP - tell them all to fuck off go home and leave you in peace!

Well DD3 was very obliging with schedules and was born in the pool today, all 9lb 13 oz of her (I'm a size 8 and 5ft 4!). DS has been vomiting all day so it's just as well that my mum is still around.

Congratulations Room and welcome BabyRoom

Congratulations!

Congrats Room! Very impressive effort!

My brother in law text me earlier asking if I'd had the baby yet. I replied "yeah but I'm just keeping it a secret for now, have hidden it in a cupboard" he was less than impressed but seriously, I think we would have told him if the baby had arrived. And MIL keeps saying "just cross your legs until i finish work next week" like I can decide when it's coming?! Not that it should matter, unless she's planning on practically moving in?!

After a failed induction, being in hospital since Tuesday , no sleep and very sore bits my aunty decides to shout ' get on with it' and 'stick a bomb up your backside'

What a twat

Actually, dd was 5 mins late. She was IVF so we know to the nearest hour when she was conceived, and she appeared at 8.05 38 weeks later.

My mum was fed up cos first babies are meant to be 2 weeks late, so I proved her wrong.

DPs family kept telling me to "hurry up and have him early so we can have cuddles". I told them that I'm sure they don't wont him to be born too early and end up in NICU!! Some people are so ridiculous!

Congrats Room on your new arrival

My in laws are staying at a local hotel when our baby arrives as there is not much room at ours & they are a PITA

Realistically baby could come between 37 & 42 weeks & My FIL keeps ringing to check which dates should he book as there are discounts if you book early. He has come out with such classics of "I am sure if you ask the midwife they could tell if you are going to be early or late...". Mmmm........

Congratulations Room

I had to jump in here, because a relative who lives abroad is visiting DH's parents for the 3 weeks before i'm due, and then they can see the baby and we can all go out together And i've been told that it's going to come a week early- and i'll squeeze it out then because this relative's DP had her first slightly early. Now i'm willing baby to be late, just to prove.... I don't know what. But serve them right for being so irritating.

Congratualtions room

I'm so glad this nonsense hasn't started for me yet, OH wants the bb to come a week early but seems to get that I can't do any more about that than he can. 33+6 so I guess there time for family etc to start to get annoying, I must prepare some witty comebacks!

My DH wants the baby to be late. :)

I'm 36 weeks today and all I want is for junior to turn up asap as I am TOO HOT AND TIRED.

sigh