By katiebug - 12/07/2016 02:27 - United States - Topeka

Today, I was trying to get a good night's sleep before the huge exam tomorrow, which I'm extremely anxious about. The SAME night my neighbor below me is having a home birth. It lasted NINE HOURS. FML
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doemetoch 28

Were you aware of her plans of having a home birth, and the fact that it was going to happen somewhere around this time? If so, you should've foreseen the possibility of having a very noisy night, nine hours is not uncommon. It does suck that this happened right before your exam. If your neighbour didn't inform you, that's just rude, and something you might want to talk to her about at some point when she'll have recovered from giving birth.

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cocacola999 27

I'm not sure if people usually get a 24 hour notice of the precise time of giving birth. .

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Rabite 28

Wow, and I was always complaining about the LAN parties downstairs during exam period..

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babs22291 15

Should've called the cops and made a noise complaint

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wow2mylife 25

I wish they warn you then you could of went to someone else house

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murph_fml 21

Hah, you got lucky. My first daughter took 25 hours.

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st00nr 12

Should op have gone up to her and say i See you're pregnant, do you plan on having a home birth? That would be completely awkward. The Woman should have warned her neighbours or maybe her husband or someone else who was with her when she went in labour. I'm sure they would be more understanding then.

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delichick 27

Maybe the neighbours could have let the neighbours around them know like others have said, but honestly its not like they sat there and said 'oh she has an exam tomorrow, lets put HER out and have the baby the night before the exam'. Babies come when theyre ready - could be early, could be later. I was in labour for just over 23 hours when I had my daughter before they had to get her out via C-section. I thank god my daughter was born healthy (cord was wrapped around her leg but that was it) - I wish my labour was 9 hours though, I blacked out after she was born. Question - did it not occur to you to maybe call a friend or family member and say 'listen, my neighbour is having their baby at home and I got a huge exam tomorrow I need to rest up for it, mind if I sleep at your place?' Guess youre one of those that finds it easier to bitch and complain than do something about it.

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MissSadPanda 6

Did you even consider the fact that maybe op's family and friends live in another state?

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XSeraphinX 18

Sorry, but unless the neighbour previously notified OP about having a home birth soon, OP shouldn't be expected to GET OUT of the apartment due to a loud noise and go to sleep SOMEWHERE ELSE. And we don't even know how close OP's friends live, if they were available to let OP sleep there or if OP has friends in the area.

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DoomedGemini 37

Did it occur to her there's a ******* place to give birth? You are seriously getting huffy at someone for being annoyed that they couldn't sleep the day before an important event because someone decided to have their baby in a place where they're very close to other people knowing they'd be making a lot of noise? Why couldn't she go to a family or friends home if she wanted to stay out of the hospital considering SHE'S the disruption?

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Pinwheel 10

Or a cabin in the woods, it's even more natural and she disturbs even less people ^^

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delichick 27

Someone posted an FML on how their night was disrupted because a couple CHOSE to have a home birth. Ita obviously over and done with. I SUGGESTED an alternative to what the OP COULD have done. They CHOSE to stay at home to try to sleep while another couple CHOSE to have a home birth. Relax folks, dont dump on me cause someone made their choice and bitched about it after.

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InfiniteSunshine 32

It was THE PREGNANT WOMAN that was being the disturbance. SHE is the one that should be the one to accommodate in this situation because it is SHE that is being the intrusion with her - for lack of a better word - "activity." The OP was not being an intrusion or disruption, she was being quiet and having a normal day, so why should she be the one to accommodate, when she IS NOT the one being an inconvenience.

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XSeraphinX 18

I don't see or understand how you can take this FML as an attack to a woman giving birth. This has nothing to do with it. The only thing OP is complaining here, is that she couldn't sleep that night - that was very important to her - because the woman gave birth. Like I said, unless the neighbour notified, OP shouldn't be expected to just get out and go somewhere else. Even if she did notified, if there were people against it, she should've had the common sense to go and do where people aren't disturbed. What if it isn't just OP that had an important event in the next day? Just because she gave birth, it doesn't give her the right to assume people would deal with it.

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Aethereal 14

Depending on OP's circumstances, leaving might not have been an option, seeing how it requires either a hotel room (expensive?) or a(nother) friend/relative in the region they could stay with (which might not be available). Earplugs and not sleeping through an alarm are a bit of a tricky combination. And even if she knew it was going to be 'soon' a birth can happen anywhere over several weeks... Assuming she was ever even informed about her neighbor' intentions ahead of time. So all around bad luck for OP.

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awesomekirby098 11

Wow, school in the summer? Damn, that must be rough.

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claudiajean 24

You might be able to get special circumstances for that? I don't know anything about it but those are some very special circumstances!

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keepmelikeanoath 13

I know that none of my professors would accept that as an excuse, and I'm assuming it's the same with op.

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