Saturday is my due date. Officially I will be 10 months pregnant. That's pregnant for a whole lot of time. Of course, I'm over it now. I'm ready to meet my little one and move on to the next phase. I've also opted to work until she comes to save as much sick time as possible to stay home with her. I knew that the stupid questions would come. I knew that people would say things to me that would make me want to punch them in the face. I know I've probably said some of these same things before to an overly pregnant woman. It still annoys me. Here are my least favorite things to hear from people, in no particular order:
1. "You still here?"
2. "You haven't had that baby yet?"
3. "When you gonna have that baby?"
4. "Are you excited?"
5. "It's almost over."
6. "She'll come when she's ready."
7. "Enjoy your sleep now."
That's all I can think of for right now, but I'm sure there are more. I did get snippy with one person last week and she she asked me #2, I responded with, "Does it look like I've had that baby yet?" Seriously, I work at an institute of higher learning and we can't come up with something less obvious. I would be ok with "How are you feeling?" over any of the above. I know, I know, it's just what you say. It's how people show interest. It may also be what pushes preggers over the edge and if she could reach her shoe, she would chuck at your head.
For now, we wait. I'm thankful for friends who will run interference for me so I don't have to answer the same questions 400 times a day right now. I'm still tempted to make a shirt or a sign that answers the typical questions so I don't have to keep repeating myself. Maybe I'll work on that tomorrow.
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