Email I sent out today....oh the calls have started

[adtake]

So the calls have started. I decided, ok..I am sending an email out. What you gals think

"Thought I would drop a note and let everyone know where we are at with little lady. Nowhere...lol. As of Wednesday I was barely dialated with no obvious signs of labor. We spent the day at the zoo with the boys school field trip so I have walked today for sure. Nothing happening as a result yet..lol. But you never know when babies will show up!

We at least made it to May, so she and Keaton won't have the same birth month.

I greatly appreciate all the calls of concern. I promise I will let everyone know once she gets here via phone, text or email. She will be less than 10 hours old when we get home, so the news will go out fast!

Thanks for the labor wishes! keep them coming!"

[kalisage]

Sounds good

I did something similar last week, and of course the calls started back up today since it's "THE DAY" hahaha.

[Rochelle Marie]

Hope they will all give you peace until after the birth ~ it's hard to answer the phone because they all want to know if you've had the birth (as if you weren't going to let them know!), but it's also hard not to answer because if you don't they might think you are at the hospital or in labor. Ahhh. Enjoy the suspense while it lasts.

[sweetcheeks]

I like how you take the nice approach. Me, not so much. I've already informed people that while they think the incessant calls, emails and Facebook msgs of "Is the baby here yet?" may be cute and funny, it will quickly put them on my sh!t list and will result in not being called about news of baby's arrival until I feel like it. I really wish I could be nice but the fact that MIL has called every. single. day. since I hit 37 weeks wondering if "there's any baby news yet" has become *so* annoying.

[smeisnotapirate]

Very well-put and tactful.

[SumnerRain]

Nice! I hate the last month of comments "You STILL have not had that baby yet??" GAHHHHHHHH

[adtake]

Originally Posted by sweetcheeks

I like how you take the nice approach. Me, not so much. I've already informed people that while they think the incessant calls, emails and Facebook msgs of "Is the baby here yet?" may be cute and funny, it will quickly put them on my sh!t list and will result in not being called about news of baby's arrival until I feel like it. I really wish I could be nice but the fact that MIL has called every. single. day. since I hit 37 weeks wondering if "there's any baby news yet" has become *so* annoying.

OMG...had me rolling!! Too funny!! My MIL has started the 'how are you feeling' stuff on IM. Most of the time I just ask her a question back. But I am about to tell her she can go ahead and come visit when she is ready. She doesnt harrass me when she's here and she is a big help around with the boys.

[SumnerRain]

My mom asks every time I talk to her if my midwife has told me when the baby is coming so she can plan her trip down. She wanted me to stay with the OB who would likely induce me because it meant she could pencil in her trip and buy her ticket before the prices go up. She already is dead set against me homebirthing, but not knowing when the baby will come now had made it that much worse.

[MarchWillow]

I'm going to start answering the question "how are you feeling?" with the answer "like a broken record for answering that question twenty times a day-I'm feeling, still pregnant"

But thank God it's not so much from my family as it is from the outside public and the ppl in my classes that feel the need to ask me weekly. two more weeks, two more weeks then Im done with school and holing up in my house til he comes, when he's ready!

[Breeder]

I always answer "how are you feeling?" with "fine and you?" as if I didn't have a huge pregnant belly.

I liked the email, very tactful.

[happyfrog]

I've always answered the question 'how are you feeling?' during pregnancy with the answer, 'well rounded'. *grin*

It answers the question w/o saying anything. *smiles*

And I have been VERY diligent this pregnancy in NOT having people know my due date. I make up stuff all the time. The current due date I'm telling folks is August 24. . . .LOL That's actually the day of conception, so it IS a due date of some sort. . . depending on how you look at new life origins. ..

BettyAnn
who is 37w5d pg 'for real'. (ya'll are in the know! LOL)

[joyfilledmomma]

For me the question always comes in the form of "When are you due again?" People that I see weekly or even more ask me this every time that they see me. It's not like I expect them to memorize the date, but weekly??!??

I think that the actual translation of "When are you due again?" is something like "Wow! You're big! Didn't you have that baby yet? You mean you're still leaving the house? Should you really still be picking up dd? Don't go into labor here okay!??!"

[smeisnotapirate]

Originally Posted by joyfilledmomma

I think that the actual translation of "When are you due again?" is something like "Wow! You're big! Didn't you have that baby yet? You mean you're still leaving the house? Should you really still be picking up dd? Don't go into labor here okay!??!"

I totally agree!

I get the "Aww, you're so cute! When are you due?" And then when I say at the end of the month, I get "Wow! Let me carry that!" for the box of pencils I was carrying just fine 3 seconds ago.

I have this 93 year old man in my choir, and he's always carting things around the synagogue for me. I feel guilty, and I honestly spend more time with my hands out, waiting to catch him when HE falls.

[LaffNowCryLater]

Hey! I got checked Wednesday too and was "barely" 1cm and still thick