I am 40 weeks 2 days pregnant and was told by the doc that I would probably have the baby early. Obviously I didn't. I have family and friends who call me every day to see if the baby has arrived. Even though I humor them and tell them not to worry, we will call you when she comes, they still call and ask me the same questions each day. Taking the advice of What to Expect, I then changed the voicemail on my cell phone to say we were still awaiting our baby's arrival and we would let everyone know when she was born. In the meantime, we are resting. I then started screening my calls and letting everyone else hear that message, thinking it would help. Nope! It made things worse. Now if I don't answer the phone, then they REALLY think I am going into labor and will CALL AND CALL until I pick up. So how can I get some peace and quiet? I really am sick of answering the questions of %26quot;How are you feeling?%26quot; and %26quot;Has the baby arrived yet?%26quot; Plus, I'm already frustrated from seeing my due date come and go with no progression in dilation and effacement from my 39 week appt. to my 40 week appt!How to politely tell people to leave me the heck alone?I would just tell everyone that you or your hubby will call or email them once a day to update them and that the calls are really disturbing your time to rest before you start the real work of labor, delivery and parenting. Make sure you thank them for their concern too :)
Proud momma to 5How to politely tell people to leave me the heck alone?1. try to be grateful that you have so many people that care
2. realize that you involved/included them in your pregnancy.
How to politely tell people to leave me the heck alone?Politely. Sit tight and don't worry about it.How to politely tell people to leave me the heck alone?well i guess you should just not pck up the phone.
try it it just might workHow to politely tell people to leave me the heck alone?Been there!!!! Everyone said I was going early with my son! After my 40 week appt. I told my husband to call everyone and tell them I was not speaking to anyone till the baby was born and I didn't!!!! He was born 2 days later. I hated how my mother-in-law would call and say
%26quot;i just wanted to make sure you didn't forget to call me%26quot; what a whacko! Just ignore everyone....you don't have much longer!How to politely tell people to leave me the heck alone?Stop answering the phone until the machine picks up and you can tell who it is.
Stop talking to people you don't want to talk to.
How difficult is that to figure out?How to politely tell people to leave me the heck alone?Turn the volume on the answering machine WAY down. You can screen the calls without actually hearing them until you are ready. You can also adjust the amount of time allowed for messages (turn it as low as you can). If your machine has a 15 or 30 second cut off, set it for that and let the machine keep cutting them off. How to politely tell people to leave me the heck alone?Try making your message more about how you %26quot;need your rest%26quot; and can't talk to so many people all day, but thanks for calling and you will call as soon as...blah blah blah. And then turn the ringer off! How to politely tell people to leave me the heck alone?I feel for you. My mother in law and my mother have been driving me nuts with my pregnancy these last couple of weeks. I honestly can't stand talking about the arrival of my little girl with them anymore because all they do is frustrate and harass me!
I will NOT accept any phone calls from my mother in law because she keeps demanding to be in the delivery room and when I told her that we were not contacting anyone until after the baby is here, because we want an hour to two of bonding time with her before we have any visitors she accused me of horrible and awful things. She keeps trying to get a hold of me to see how I'm doing, but I won't talk to her, because she can not respect my wishes or my privacy.
I had to spend the night in the hospital last night and when my husband told her she said why didn't you call me to come over there. She doesn't get it that I don't want her to have any of my medical information or to be in the room with me at anytime that I'm having anything done to me. My husband and my mother can help me if I need it.
I would seriously continue to ignore your phone calls, because you don't need the added stress of talking to people every day about the same thing, if you don't want to!
I told my husband that he can handle his mother because I was through with it. It upsets me too much and I know that's not good for me or my baby.
Stand your ground and hang in there!
Good luck!How to politely tell people to leave me the heck alone?Just tell everyone that you will call if anything goes wrong, or if you have the baby. Until then you are going to be getting as much rest as possible.
Then turn your ringers off! Let the voicemail pick up and don't call back. (Unless someone has an emergency) Everyday I'd give one person a call / email and tell them to spread the word.
Hang in there, even though its frustrating, try and remember they all mean well!
Also, you might want to try to start telling people your true feelings because once the baby comes you will need to tell people when you need a break with just you and your family, because people will try and come around all the time... How to politely tell people to leave me the heck alone?i had a similar problem but mine was when the baby was born..
sounds like your going to have the same problem:)
just silence your phone and don't answer..
that simple
~MeL~How to politely tell people to leave me the heck alone?Get their email address and tell them you'll broadcast the news by email, not phone. Then maybe they'll feel like they can't be forgotten. How to politely tell people to leave me the heck alone?i'm glad you are waiting for the baby's time to be born and not having a c-section just like most doctors would want you too. that is so brave! in your situation, i would just not pick up the phone at all. if you are afraid it's work related, give another number - your cell or your husbands' for them to call in case there is an emergency. eventually they will give up. i mean, the message you left on the answering machine should be clear enough to people with good common sense.How to politely tell people to leave me the heck alone?That aggravates me too!! Im 40 weeks, and I want this baby out already. And having people constantly asking if im going into labor, I mean how do I know If im going into labor. I cant predict it!
And the calls asking if im in labor, well I mean dont they know that they would get a call from someone!
Especially my Mother in law, every single day!! UGH.. Wouldn't the grandparents be the main people we call?
But really you can say all you want, they will still call.
Just like the HOW ARE YOU FEELING question. (Im feeling pregnant) lol
I get that constantly too.
