Anyone else feeling reculsive

[sally Z]

I am feeling quite anti-social. I don't really want to see people and I don't even want to phone anyone really. Anyone else feeling like this?

My dh says it is my nesting urge, wanting to go off alone a trample down some grass and give birth alone

[Therese's Mommy]

I don't want to see or talk to anyone except dh, my mom, and one of my friends. I refuse to answer the phone and I will not answer the "how are you doing" questions anymore. I am really feeling like a b@#*&, but I am 2 days past my due date. I am sick of hearing everyone's crazy theory of what the sex is and when I will deliver. I went out to church yesterday and it was all I could do to put on a smile. I don't feel physically bad, especially now that it isn't hot here, but I have a hard time mustering up any enthusiasm when I am forced to talk to anyone. To top it off, my mom is here to take care of our 2yo when we go to the hospital but she has to fly home on Sat, so I feel the pressure of having to have the baby before then. I hope it is soon.

Beth

[brittneyscott]

I'm feeling the same way. I'm sick of hearing "You haven't had that baby YET?" It makes me want to hit people. Everyone I see or talk to tries the "help" by suggesting ways to get the baby out: sex, walking, etc. (I hate to tell them but it's not working yet) or say "It won't be long". Okay you carry the baby then! I don't feel like seeing or talking to anyone anymore except my cousin who's pregnant and feeling the same way right now. She's my only comfort zone anymore.

[jbobys]

go away, leave me alone, i want to lock myself in my room with the lights out and the covers over my head....does that count?

[mm72873]

I feel that way mostly b/c I am huge....and If I go anywhere I always ask my husband to go.....but yes, also sick of the questions......"what are you doing here......where's that baby......" and having to explain that I am not officially even due until the 13th....blah blah blah.....very annoying....also, people don't talk to you about anything else.....

Mir

[momtokay]

yup. me. i just don't want to go anywhere or see anyone right now.

[StephNelson]

Over here also... I just want to stay home and do very little... I have friends wanting me to go "do stuff" as if it will take my mind of how uncomfortable I feel...

~Steph

[Woodland]

OH good I thought it was just me. I didnt know I felt reclusive until I went to an outing with a bunch of cool mamas and I just didnt feel like chatting. I have been enjoying being at home and getting things done. I thought I was just a weirdo with nothing to say, when I usually think of myself as quite bubbly. good to see im not the only one.

[herbmama3-7]

Yes!! I don't want to do ANYTHING outside of my home! I feel so bad for poor ds because he is such a social kid and really needs to get out and go to the park or something, I am just not able to pull myself together, I am so sick of the comments and the stares and being huge and uncomfortable in my clothes, and I could go on and on.........: :

[pjs]

Me too! I just want to stay inside my house- I fear by going in the backyard I'll end up seeing the neighbors...

[SuzymomofLaura]

Me too, just like my first pregnancy at the end: don't want to leave the house, don't want to answer the phone, don't wanna see nobody, really. It just occurred to me that our cat was like that when ready to give birth, she was just hiding in her cardboard box in a corner of a dark cupboard, so... I guess it's a natural impulse and I don't care if it puts anyone off too
I'm the one that will have to birth this babe, and I'm sure the only way I can do it is following my instincts!

[willoLevin]

Mainly, I just want all the workmen out of my house!

My kitchen is DONE. Yay! Now the air conditioning guys are supposed to finish tomorrow, and I SO hope that they do.

I have a massage gift cert. that DH gave me for our anniversary, and I haven't scheduled it yet because I haven't known when I would have privacy at home.

I can still go visit a friend at home, but I hate going to real public places. I just can't get comfy anywhere I don't feel free to kick off my shoes, hitch clothes as needed, scratch what itches, etc.

When I was in labor with DS and we arrived at the hospital, there was a guy waiting by his car at the entrance doors, and I was SO ENRAGED that he was looking at me. I can still remember that feeling. Ugh!

--willo

[gwannenmanveri]

You guys make me feel so much better

I've been not answering my phone a lot. I even told one of my girlfriends that my phone is broken because she keeps calling about the most inane things to "get my mind of the pregnancy". Now I don't feel so guilty

[kblackthorne]

OK, seriously, how to they think it's possible to have our minds "off the pregnancy" for even a moment, at this stage?

[savvybabygrace]

I'm with you on this. I can't seem to bring myself to be social, and all I want is for my mother to come over and help with dd#1 (we usually go to her house so that Emmie can play with her cousin and see our family - she's obsessed with her Papa, lol).

I actually sent a message to my best girlfriends letting them know that I'll call them when Savannah is BORN (not when I'm in labor), and that if they want to get together to plan something and give me a call.

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Ooooh...I *just now* got the first "how's it going, how are you, is anything new" phone call from one of my beloved aunts. Surprisingly I felt a bit annoyed yet touched.