is anyone else expected to inform basically everyone they know the moment their waters go or they feel a slight niggle?

everyone i know has been saying call me or text me when your waters go or contractions start and if they dont hear from me or OH within 24hours they are on the phone to find out if i've had her yet

i know OH will call the important people once im in active labour or LO is here (depending on time obv' if middle of night he will wait until morning for certain family members) but everyone else can just get a text when we can be bothered as far as im concenrned (sorry if that sounds nasty but alot of them havent been intrested until last few weeks) i also know OH is dying to update his bebo/facebook saying he's a daddy so people will see it there,

yet im still get checked up on

sorry for the rant its just really annoying me that people think they sholud be the first to know, I have my list which is OH (if hes at work), Labour ward, My gran, OH's grandad, My brother, OH's mother then any one else

Hi hun

I was also thinking about this the other day too...........

We have decided just to tell parents when I go into hospital and then when I have had baby Jasmine we will tell everyone else.

I cannot be bothered telling just afew, they will be texting every 5 mins to see how we are getting on.

Good luck hun, not long to go for you now........

Hugs

Lynn x

I only plan on letting DH and my parents know when I go into labour. he can then let my brother and his family know.
As for after baby is born, I'm writing a list of people to text, and then the info can be spread out from there! It'll travel through the grapevine quickly I think!

When I go into labour the only person I'll be getting in touch with will be my OH. Depending on the time of day he'll likely phone both our parents to let them know and that will be the only ones.

For after the birth he has a list of people he has to let know pretty much straight away (both sets of parents and siblings) then a list of people he has to phone later on (close friends). Everyone else can just wait until we get round to it.

I'm really hoping I go into labour a bit early so I don't get all this. I was round at my mum's earlier and her mobile phone was in the bathroom. When I asked why she said it was in case I phoned needing a lift to the hospital while she was in the shower! Goodness knows what she'll be like if I go overdue.

I honestly don't think we'll tell anyone until I'm in active labor or close to getting that baby out. Because I can only imagine people calling every five minutes. I understand your frustration.

ha ha...i've had the exact same thing said to me and i get calls from friends and family if no1 has heard from me in a day!

i plan on sending a group text when things start just to let my close friends and family know that its started but that we'll b unplugging phone and we'll update when LO is here (or maybe if labor takes days we'll update b4). i know the start of labour can b long and slow so i'll prob wanna chaqt to my close friends on the phone during it anyway.

we'll call people once LO is here and arrange visits then for casual friends we'll send a group txt announcing birth at some point after LOs arrival.

for some weird reason my mum calls every day coz she's quite sure we're not gonnq tell her if we've had ther baby! so weird!

purple socks OH's mother is the same but calls several times a day incase we forget to tell her baby is on way/here (how can we forget when they call all the time lol) and the worst thing is if she calls house and my mobile and for whatever reason no answer she calls OH's mobile which he doesnt always hear at work and if no answer calls his work line direct which we've told her not to as they are on alert they i may call at any time and really no one should have that number unless emergancy (with me as exception )

it drives me mad

I'm getting calls all the time too! "How are you doing?" "Any contractions yet?" "I heard you were starting to lose your mucous plug..."

And then there are the random people who, like you said, haven't been interested until the past few weeks, who want a phone call when I'm on my way to the hospital. Ummm...No!!!

The weird thing is that I always thought I'd want everyone around and to get lots of attention. Now I just find people really annoying and don't want to be around anyone except DH.

lalaland09 im the same i thought id want to round my friends until the moment i went into hospital now i sometime wish OH was at work when he is here
i blame the hormones but thats just cause im to nice to say to the people its cause of their constant questions