Things that a women who is 40 weeks pregnant shouldn’t have to deal with:April 10th, 2006 @ 8:00 am
- Phone calls from everybody and their dog asking if you’ve had the baby yet. And when you screen your calls and don’t call them right back, they think you have had the baby. And they keep calling. So you might as well just pick up the phone by saying, “no baby yet! Quit calling!”
- Seriously Mom, I’ll call you when I go into labor. You will not be forgotten. So quit calling.
- The doctor should be forbidden from telling you, “oh, you’re going to have your baby THIS WEEKEND!” Because really, what does she know?
- People should be smarter than to assume that just because today is your actual due date, it does not mean that you will have the baby on that date. In fact something like only 3% of women have their baby on their due date. Which means I won’t be having this baby today.
- I shouldn’t have finished all of my tasks at work last Friday thinking that I wouldn’t be back today. Because now? I’ve got to come up with some tasks to make me look busy. And maybe for the rest of the week. Which is pretty much impossible.
Any other suggestions of things that I should not have to put up with today?
We're having a baby
Rude Cactus
said,
April 10, 2006 at 9:49 am
A yeti invasion. You definitely shouldn’t have to deal with that.
Hilary
said,
April 10, 2006 at 9:51 am
I can think of one thing you “should” have to put up with. Your internet friend (me) complaining about the exact.same.things!
janet
said,
April 10, 2006 at 10:09 am
you should not have to deal with getting out of bed at 5am or whatever unholy time you wake up.
you should not have to deal with annoying bloggers who email asking where the damn baby is (I restrained myself, but it was HARD. Instead I refreshed this page 14 times)
that’s all
have a good day, I am sending labor vibes!
sadie
said,
April 10, 2006 at 10:14 am
I now feel slightly ashamed for checking your blog forty hundred times today. *embarrassed face*
I have a RL (”real life”) friend who is due next weekend but sure she’s going early, and I think I am starting to annoy her too.
Isabel
said,
April 10, 2006 at 10:18 am
Sadie:
Checking the blog and calling me at home are completly different things. Don’t feel bad about refresing (in fact, I’m loving all the hits I’m getting. Because…you love me, you really love me!)
napagirl
said,
April 10, 2006 at 10:21 am
You should not have to deal with people like me who have/will refresh your page a thousand times a day until you have The Boy.
And Hilary should not have to deal with my heart stopping everytime her number pops up on my phone.
But she does have to deal.
And you do too.
Sorry.
Hey….be glad I don’t have YOUR phone number.
Frema
said,
April 10, 2006 at 10:33 am
You shouldn’t have to deal with going to work AT ALL. Maybe you could create a PowerPoint of some sort? Bigwigs LOVE PowerPoints.
Mrs. Ca
said,
April 10, 2006 at 10:41 am
I agree with frema - you shouldn’t have to deal with work. Although it may be a good way to pass the time if you have something to do. I can send you some of my work if you’d like. It would free up more time for me to read blogs!
Good luck!
SortaBlonde
said,
April 10, 2006 at 11:01 am
Definitely any comments about how “huge” you are completely uncalled for. Good luck with the waiting–that little boy needs to come soon!!!
Anth
said,
April 10, 2006 at 11:13 am
Um, how about WORK being something you shouldn’t have to deal with. Every time your mom calls: “Sorry Mom, can’t talk, not in labor, having hard core sex with the King!”
Brittany
said,
April 10, 2006 at 1:31 pm
Dang! I thought for sure you were having him on Saturday!! I can’t believe my intuition was wrong!
There goes my fortune telling career!
Ticket 4 Two
said,
April 10, 2006 at 1:43 pm
Are you sure your having a baby? Maybe your having an elephant or something? That would explain the FREAKISHLY long justation period. But at least this way you’ll have something to hold over his head when he’s a teenager. The old “I carried you for 40 WEEKS in my uterus!” thing should buy you a few points….
Good luck Isabel!!!!
schafty
said,
April 10, 2006 at 2:00 pm
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schafty
said,
April 10, 2006 at 2:03 pm
Wow, well said. My wife is almost in week 41 and we go through the EXACT same things. I don’t think the phone has rang any less then 20 times a day. I keep saying I’ll post on the BLOG prior to leaving for the hospital, so watch the BLOG, but everyone still calls. Too funny!
Check out my blog:
Having a Baby - A Husbands View
Best of luck!
Chas
said,
April 10, 2006 at 2:18 pm
I can think of about a thousand things you shouldn’t have to put up with after you give birth, but I won’t go into those. It could happen today though…I was born on my due date…so it happens.
Christar
said,
April 10, 2006 at 2:29 pm
I thought for sure you would have had your baby by now… So, with that said… You should get whatever you want, whenever you want, and not have to put up with anything at this point. Yep… it’s your right as a woman carrying your child. Treat yourself to something neat! Or have The King do it for you.
Lindsey aka Randy
said,
April 10, 2006 at 4:13 pm
I am addicted to your blog and waiting to hear if you’ve had the baby. It’s becoming pathetic actually but I really can’t wait!!! But you definitely shouldn’t have to deal with all of the phone calls!!
Isabel
said,
April 10, 2006 at 4:19 pm
So, my Aunt just called me (in the middle of the day…hello, I’m at work!). She left a message (because I DIDN’T pick up). It said “just calling to chat”.
Don’t lie…get right to the point. Just ASK if I’m in labor.
(Dude, I’ve become a BITCH overnight. It’s a little scary!)
the ockers
said,
April 10, 2006 at 5:00 pm
my daughter was born 6 days overdue. Like you I was organised by my due date and left thinking ‘then what?’. I passed the time until labour at the cinema and saw EVERYTHING that was just released. It was a good plan because I have not set foot inside a cinema since N’s birth. So, I suggest going to the movies…
Lisa
said,
April 10, 2006 at 9:51 pm
Ughh. For the last two weekends of my pregnancy, my dr. was saying the same damn thing to me. That is until the day before my due date, I had an appt and the dr realized my blood pressure was sky high and he needed to induce NOW. So I was one of those people who had their baby on the due date. But with the help of picotin. So it doesn’t count.
Sending you lots of labor vibes too.
And I’ve been checking your site just to see if you’ve had your baby too. heehee. Thinking about you LOTS.
kerri
said,
April 10, 2006 at 11:36 pm
Um, global warming. And frosty/blizzard shortages.
Heather B.
said,
April 11, 2006 at 7:25 am
Asshats, long waits at a restaurant, global warming, President Dumb Ass and people who refer to your child as ‘Bob’.
K.
said,
April 11, 2006 at 8:52 am
People implying that you somehow still want to be pregnant because you haven’t “given up the baby yet”.
Mrs. Flinger
said,
April 11, 2006 at 11:57 am
oh, my, god. I remember this. Girl, we had people with keys in hand calling by the minute “Should we start driving”
No. I’ll let you know.
Congrats!! Glad you stopped in today. I’m SO adding you to my list of people to stalk instead of work.
Amanda
said,
April 11, 2006 at 1:43 pm
Being 39 1/2 weeks pregnant, I love this! You’re sooooo right. I hope baby decides to arrive VERY soon for you! Hang in there. And you’re not alone!!