I know, I know, it's only because people care and are interested...

[TobleroneBoo]

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But if one more person asks me if there are "any signs" of DS arriving ( today is my due date) I may go crazy!

Not sure if they think I just won't tell them and will stealthily push out my firstborn, or if they actually want me to respond with " yes I feel like I've been kneed in the fanny, and there was something questionable on the tissue last time I wiped!"

Lighthearted, mostly!

Urgh yes I got irritated with this too. People mean well but it really is annoying! I was 2 weeks late in the end so had a lot of this sort of thing!

Oh blimey @SadWinky I've had it easy so far then!

In a few cases I enjoyed sending sarky messages saying ‘yes have had the baby- just didn’t think to tell you’ - but that’s just the sort of person I am

Wait til you're in labour😂😂

I was honestly so so pissed off with everyone asking that I turned my phone off. They then started bombarding DP!

I was 14 days over too so got a lot of this, but I’ve done it myself to other pregnant women. I think it’s just a way of checking in. Pregnant woman is likely fed up and distracted so it’s just an easy way of showing you’re thinking of her

I think you've got two options on this one:

• "what signs were you hoping for?" [head tilt] and wait for them to reply. They'll skulk off.

• "sorry, the only person I'd tell is DH / DP" and smile and keep walking

Polite and tactful ways of saying no / none of your business / for God's sake don't tell me to eat pineapple are the way to go here.

Omg yes. 40+4 here and this is driving me mad! DH's aunt actually sent a text saying "get a move on" ffs!!! Leave me alone!

Oh I've had all sorts including "please don't have him on this day"

Send them a link to www.haveyouhadthatbabyyet.com

Yep, I did the ‘yes, I had it last week but just didn’t tell anyone’. Have the people who are asking had kids yet? I assume not, surely every pregnant woman would find this irritating. They could just ask ‘how are you feeling?’ etc if they wanted to know.

Incidentally, pretty sure I read something (maybe here) recently where a couple actually did do that - not tell anyone they’d had the baby 😄

I was due 2 days ago so I'm in the exact same position. Tbh I've started putting my phone on silent for a few hours at a time and leaving it. I like that web link though so might start using that
This has made us decide we're not going to tell anyone we're in labour, because I don't want my partner feeling like they've to respond to people when he should be focused on solely me!!
Also, I've made a note that any future babies will have 2 or so weeks added on when we tell people we're expecting to avoid this situation again!!!

Added a few days to my due date to avoid this. But I've had two overdue babies already.

Due on the 22nd May. I'm just telling people end of May.
For those that dig further, I tell them my due date but also say that I think the hospital are wrong and baby won't arrive until the end of May or beginning of June.

I dread people hassling me at the end of my pregnancy. I shall be saving the link above, and while have no qualms telling folk to eff off!!

It doesn't end there, I've been induced (began 2 days ago and still bloody going!) keep on getting swamped by 'anything happening, what's happening' messages 😣😣😣😣😣