Due Date Rant

*sigh* well I figured that I would be totally remiss about posting blogs....

short little rant....

I am due in June. It just happens to be the middle of June so, when someone asks when the due date is, I say "June." The next question always is, "No when is the due date?" Like the baby is on some timer and we yank it out on the due date.

Only 5% of women happen to give birth on the due date -- it is a best guestimate of the middle of the 4 week period that a woman may give birth during. My first two children were born prior to the "due date" so everyone says "oh, you were early." They were both over the 8 lb mark. I most certainly was not early! Riley and Teagan had a much better pulse on the "due date" than the ultrasounds or my midwife ever could obtain (and thank goodness I have a midwife who understands this). A good friend of mine was about 10 days after that crazy arbitrary "due date." She was plagued with calls from family members for 10 days -- Has the baby come yet? What is taking so long? Are they going to induce? Looks like you are headed for a c-section.... and so on and so on.

My goodness people, let the baby come out when it is ready. So, next time you ask "when are you due?" you can expect that the most you will get from me is "June" -- and who knows, I may not even make it that far (though that is wishful thinking on my part I suppose)

I am not even going to go off now about all of the lovely weight comments I have gotten.