I have been hearing it practically since I got pregnant: It is rare to deliver on your due date, most first pregnancies go over by an average of a week, blah blah blah. I've been trying to remind myself this as the weeks progressed. But, as I asked in a previous post, if it means nothing, WHY THE HELL TO THEY GIVE YOU A DATE?!?! As realistic as I have tried to be about the whole thing, upon reaching my due date, I feel someone needs to wave a magic wand, declare me not pregnant, and hand me my baby. Ok, so that may be really out there, but could I at least go into labor? Please? Just a few contractions?
This waiting is driving me nuts. And the idea it could last another week or, god forbid, two is incomprehensible at this point.
What man (yes, I know it was a man because no woman would ever inflict this torture on another woman) invented the concept of a due date? As I imagine the concept quite old and inventor is probably dead, I will simply hope he died of something painful. Long, slow, and painful.
This waiting is driving me nuts. And the idea it could last another week or, god forbid, two is incomprehensible at this point.
What man (yes, I know it was a man because no woman would ever inflict this torture on another woman) invented the concept of a due date? As I imagine the concept quite old and inventor is probably dead, I will simply hope he died of something painful. Long, slow, and painful.
Comment(s):
I think the due date is decidedly a conspiracy. At least for first babies they should give you a 3 week window (although that might make the last several weeks seem even longer) or maybe give you a due date about a week after the "calendar" one.
My prediction is that the baby will be born Sunday/Monday just after the rain. Or not. Babies have their very own time table...
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