Comments on: 37 weeks pregnant: The phone calls have started and I’m not looking forward to this part

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:33:03 +0000

I cannot stand the question “How are you feeling?” It seems to be the first question out of everyone’s mouth. I’m not a big fan of talking to people to begin with, and people I don’t even know stop me and ask questions. In addition, I am 37 weeks and I have a small belly. I’m really tired of hearing how small I am, and how large they or eveyone else was, and how lucky I am. Or how about that work people look at you in such a way, they will tell me when I’ve gotten bigger, how my stomach is changing and if they think I’ve dropped already.

By: Rosana

Rosana — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:49:10 +0000

Oh, I get the same thing from my mom and family but it does not bother me. Besides, I like when people I love, care about my pregnancy and the baby. The only thing that bothers me is when they try to challenge what I know about my own pregnancy, based on wives’tales or the own pregnancy experiences. I like to hear pregnancy and labor experiences but do not use that information to form false expectations.

By: krissy

krissy — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:05:25 +0000

I am 37 weeks pregnant and like getting calls asking me how I’m doing. I get annoyed at the family members that have never asked me how I am doing whatsoever…one of them being my mother-in-law.

By: Cindy Cat

Cindy Cat — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:26:28 +0000

Ha ha this post is too funny! I thought I would be the only person experiencing this. I am 3 days past due date. 10 minutes ago I got a call from my mother (AGAIN) asking me how I am feeling (uh…I just spoke to her less than 12 hours ago). I am so annoyed by people calling me and asking me how I am doing and if I had the baby yet? Do they think that I’ll not tell them if the baby came out?!?

By: Mindykoob

Mindykoob — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:20:00 +0000

I”m going back through your archives to read, and this post made me laugh. I am feeling the EXACT same way (am currently 36.5), and it makes me NUTS! I am a text freak, plus i use twitter/myspace/facebook like crazy too. and EVERYONE knows this about me. My iPhone is probably one of my best friends lol So when someone, mainly family, calls just to “check up” on me..i’m like really?! If SOMETHING had changed, do you really think we wouldn’t call you?! C’mon now!!!

Silly wabbits!

By: ML

ML — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:19:01 +0000

I’m only 22 weeks, so I can’t relate to those calls. However, I gave my mom the green light to tell anyone else that I was pregnant at 11 weeks. All of the sudden I got calls from relatives I haven’t talked to in years. I’m surprised they even had my number. Let me tell you “How do you feel?” as you return from yet another visit to my office (the big white one with the porcelin statue in the middle) got really old, really fast.
The worst thing is I have a friend who is now 13weeks pregnant and what’s the first thing out of my mouth everytime I talk to her ……….
How are you feeling?

By: MVP

MVP — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:42:37 +0000

Oh, I so wish I would’ve told people a week later! I never thought of that, and now it’s too late. I haven’t yet gotten a ton of calls, but I know they’re coming. Next time…

By: Virginia

Virginia — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:20:43 +0000

I know how you feel. My OB said with my last one I would probably go early so starting at around 30 weeks I got the same thing! Its really annoying but I just tried to take it all in stride as much as I could.

By: HDL

HDL — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:34:07 +0000

Just to lend some perspective to you lucky ladies with the constantly questioning mother problem: my mom died 3 years ago shortly before I got married. She loved babies and longed for grandchildren (I am an only child so all hopes were on me!). I would give just about anything to have her calling me every single day just to ask if I was okay.

By: T.C.

T.C. — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:36:17 +0000

When I do break the news to my family (at 5 months along) I will definitely tell them my due date is at least a week later than it is. We’d rather have the option of inviting family, who live nearby, to the hospital if we are comfortable with the idea at the time. Otherwise, the can wait until the baby comes home and we are prepared to have visitors there.

My mom is a talker too and doesn’t seem to see the problem with divulging personal medical information to just about anyone, e.g. casual acquaintances, co-workers, etc. The mere idea of these folks knowing the intimate details of my child birth experience makes me cringe. With this in mind, she has to be on a need to know basis–or everything has to be prefaced with a request to please keep this information to yourself. Ah, family.