We were at a Deaf Community Resource Center event today, these events are once a month, and I told everyone last month that it was very likely be bringing the new baby to this month's event. Obviously that didn't happen! I had a whole lot of "you're STILL pregnant?" questions, but those were all to be expected, and I laughed them off saying "this baby has a mind of his own!"
But then I was standing with a dad talking about his daughter (who is undiagnosed, has some sort of really complicated medical issues, possibly autonomic dysfunction or mitochondrial) comparing local drs and area children's hospitals and such. He asked about my baby to be, whether we had done any genetic testing, etc etc...the whole conversation was very "normal".
Then he says "you know, my wife was 4 weeks late with our 5th."
Uh...thanks? Is that comment supposed to make me feel BETTER??
Then I had a free diet pepsi cap so I stopped at a gas station to cash it in and the lady behind the counter of course asked when I was due. I said "any day now!" and she said "well, I'm just glad that I had an emergency c-section with my first, because now I get to pick the date for my next baby and I don't have to be like you are now."
Uh yeah...I'm SO happy for you lady. Boy what a messed up comment, you know?
Even my husband! Last night he said "are we having a baby tonight?" I said "I have no idea, why?" He said "well, you're getting down to the wire, and I really need you to have the baby on a weekend." (he's student teaching this semester and doesn't get time off, so if I deliver on a weekday, he'll basically be there for the immediate birth, then have to leave, and that's assuming that I get ahold of him in time!) I told him "oh, okay, now that I know, I'll do my best to be the most convenient FOR YOU."
GGGRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!
But then I was standing with a dad talking about his daughter (who is undiagnosed, has some sort of really complicated medical issues, possibly autonomic dysfunction or mitochondrial) comparing local drs and area children's hospitals and such. He asked about my baby to be, whether we had done any genetic testing, etc etc...the whole conversation was very "normal".
Then he says "you know, my wife was 4 weeks late with our 5th."
Uh...thanks? Is that comment supposed to make me feel BETTER??
Then I had a free diet pepsi cap so I stopped at a gas station to cash it in and the lady behind the counter of course asked when I was due. I said "any day now!" and she said "well, I'm just glad that I had an emergency c-section with my first, because now I get to pick the date for my next baby and I don't have to be like you are now."
Uh yeah...I'm SO happy for you lady. Boy what a messed up comment, you know?
Even my husband! Last night he said "are we having a baby tonight?" I said "I have no idea, why?" He said "well, you're getting down to the wire, and I really need you to have the baby on a weekend." (he's student teaching this semester and doesn't get time off, so if I deliver on a weekday, he'll basically be there for the immediate birth, then have to leave, and that's assuming that I get ahold of him in time!) I told him "oh, okay, now that I know, I'll do my best to be the most convenient FOR YOU."
GGGRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!
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I'm sorry I'm laughing, but I'm going through the same darn thing. We went to my older kids' school festival and people just couldn't keep their darn mouths shut. Does there just come a time when it's ok to say such off things to people?? The phone has started ringing too. Everyone knows I had my other babies 2-3 weeks early, so people can't relax that this baby is hanging on. Do they think I planned it this way? 
