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Alright...preggo roll call.

by tessajp

Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:50:09 PM PDT

Ok, I'm extremely curious, because I keep seeing other pregnant mommies popping up on the board. After our little April baby boom, I want to know who else is <del>suffering</del> growing a human along with me!

Post your due date, and any other details you want. Satisfy my curiosity.

I'm due September 19th, will deliver NLT September 5th, and this is our second child, first son.

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Due with DD #2 June 28th. Baby will be 4th generation Floridian on my side and approximately 8th generation on Daddy's. She will be however our first "Conch", born in Key West.

by Suzanne77 on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:09:10 PM PDT
wishes (0 / 0)

I'm not (but I wish I was!).

I know so many people though, who are due in Sept and October. The holidays must have been fun : )

Best wishes to all the preggos out there!

by NJmom on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:35:05 PM PDT
- another wisher here (0 / 0)
  
  Hoping to join the preggo ranks soon...
  
  Congrats to those expecting!
  
  by Erika on Thu May 01, 2008 at 11:18:58 AM PDT
  
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- The holidays were...tricky! (0 / 0)
  
  Its hard to time it right to make a baby when you have all that family around! ;)
  
  by tessajp on Thu May 01, 2008 at 10:12:34 PM PDT
  
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  - Thats when the (0 / 0)
    
    creativity comes in!! :)
    
    by gloria on Fri May 02, 2008 at 01:34:23 AM PDT
    
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I'm having a c/s July 15th (0 / 0)

This is baby number #3, a boy .We have a son who turned 5 in April and a daughter who was 1 in January. This is the last baby for me as I'm having my tubes tied at the time of his birth.

by kwetsel on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:44:37 PM PDT
- I tried to do that! (0 / 0)
  
  The doc wouldn't let me!! Lame. Now I have to go back in for ANOTHER surgery.
  
  by aussieyank on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 08:14:02 PM PDT
  
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  - I've heard other people say that their doc and or (0 / 0)
    
    hospital wouldn't do it. Luckily for me,and my DH,who would be having a vasectomy before I would willingly sign up for another surgery,mine is on board. This will be my second 2 for 1 birth experience , the last one was a c/s with a tumor removal and ooectomy(obviously only one ovary was removed :)) on the side. Guess,I won't be getting the coveted c/s/tummy tuck combo but a new baby and no more birth control worries are a happy enough outcome.
    
    by kwetsel on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 08:26:40 PM PDT
    
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    - I envy you.... (0 / 0)
      
      I want to get it over with, but three abdominal surgeries in four years (two caesars, one appendectomy) are plenty for me! Stupid doctor...he swore up and down that it wasn't a good idea (something about the swelling not making it ideal), but I've since heard of lots of people getting it done. I guess I should have questioned him more.
      
      by aussieyank on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 08:44:11 PM PDT
      
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      - jebus (0 / 0)
        
        that's a lot of time spent messing about in your abdominal area. Crikey.
        
        by Rachel on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 08:50:04 PM PDT
        
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        tell me about it. (0 / 0)
        
        I'm over it. And the worst one was actually the appendectomy. Which is keyhole. I just don't like general anaesthetics very much...
        
        by aussieyank on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 09:19:45 PM PDT
        
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Another for October (0 / 0)

Maybe. Due with twins on 10/23, except that they've measured a week ahead so far, and twins don't "cook" for a full 40 weeks.

So, I'm hoping they stay in there until late September, but I wouldn't put any money on it.

Don't know the gender yet, but they're identical (so it's two of the same), and the next ultrasound is 5/13, I think, so we'll find out then...

DS is 4, and is excited. He's calmed down a bit now, but when we first told him, he ran around telling everyone that there were two babies in his mommy's tummy.

-Cheryl

by cbfly on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 08:00:27 PM PDT
- congratulations! n/t (0 / 0)
  
  by mamacita on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 08:58:48 PM PDT
  
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- Yay!! (0 / 0)
  
  How exciting! Identical twins! Remember that stage that we all went through, where we would dress just like our best friends (please tell me that someone else did it too...)? I always wanted a twin sister...
  
  by aussieyank on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 09:46:35 PM PDT
  
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  - I did it! (0 / 0)
    
    Except me and my best friend never managed to look like twins ... She was so tall, always towering over me, that I used to joke that people probably thought she was my babysitter! ha!
    
    by Kay on Thu May 01, 2008 at 06:50:07 AM PDT
    
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- Good luck! (0 / 0)
  
  I made it to 34 weeks with my twins...but it took a lot of effort. Mine aren't identical, but we didn't know the gender until they were born. They just wouldn't cooperate under the ultrasound.
  
  by tjb22 on Thu May 01, 2008 at 08:16:55 AM PDT
  
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- congrats! (0 / 0)
  
  and best wishes to keep 'em in there as long as possible.
  
  by Lisa in Austin on Thu May 01, 2008 at 11:05:23 AM PDT
  
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frivolous fun (0 / 0)

Here's a <link>baby gender predictor http://www.thelaboroflove.com/...
</link> based on the Chinese lunar calendar. You put in your birthdate and the estimated date of conception, and it tells your baby's gender. Seems to about 65% accurate, based on self-reports on the survey you can take after you get your results. It was accurate for me.

by mamacita on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 08:57:07 PM PDT
- me too. (0 / 0)
  
  Its been accurate for both pregnancies. Hmmm.
  
  by tessajp on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 10:58:46 PM PDT
  
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- Not accurate for DS (0 / 0)
  
  But for almost everyone else I checked, including myself, it was spot on.
  
  by cynmill on Thu May 01, 2008 at 05:49:39 AM PDT
  
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- Not accurate for my sister (0 / 0)
  
  But very much so for her friends at work. She may be the first of about a dozen to have it wrong.
  
  Of course, she's not due until August, so I suppose the ultrasound could be wrong!
  
  Jen
  
  by MrsPastor on Thu May 01, 2008 at 10:27:40 AM PDT
  
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- silly fun (0 / 0)
  
  I took it, it said it's a boy. Well, half right, I guess, since I had a boy and a girl on that date.....Somehow twins don't fit in with these things so well.
  
  by Lisa in Austin on Thu May 01, 2008 at 11:08:07 AM PDT
  
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Checking in as well (0 / 0)

Baby #1 due 8/29 and I am super looking forward to it:) It's a girl so I am trying to keep somewhat of a lid on the pink craziness that I am sure will ensue. Just registered for some bedding on tuesday that I hope will not be too traumatizing:)

by Kalikat22 on Thu May 01, 2008 at 05:47:17 AM PDT
- I actually had to tell my hubby (0 / 0)
  
  with our first daughter, "You know they make girls clothes that aren't pink..." :)
  
  by Suzanne77 on Thu May 01, 2008 at 08:28:36 AM PDT
  
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- I had (0 / 0)
  
  A "Girls don't have to wear pink" baby shower for my DD. And I managed to keep the pink under control for about two years. Then she started requesting it and I had to give up. But those two years were great. My son could wear most of her baby clothes.
  
  by aussieyank on Fri May 02, 2008 at 12:28:01 AM PDT
  
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NOT! (0 / 0)

So not! So incredibly not!

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"

by lonestar canuck on Thu May 01, 2008 at 08:01:39 AM PDT
- I'm sorry? (0 / 0)
  
  Or is it more of a "YAY, I'm not!" In which case, good!
  
  by Suzanne77 on Thu May 01, 2008 at 08:27:09 AM PDT
  
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  - It's a total "YAYAYAYAYA" (0 / 0)
    
    I'm so done with babies. Congrats to you all though.
    
    "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"
    
    by lonestar canuck on Thu May 01, 2008 at 10:29:53 AM PDT
    
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    - Doing a cheer for you here (0 / 0)
      
      B-A-B-Y
      You ain't got no alibi!
      Not pregnant! (yeah,yeah) Not pregnant! (yeah,yeah)
      WOOOOOOOOO!
      
      (ends in a cartwheel that goes into a split)
      
      by Suzanne77 on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:09:06 PM PDT
      
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      - snicker... (0 / 0)
        
        Okay. That was pretty funny. I think I'm going to start doing that one.
        
        by aussieyank on Fri May 02, 2008 at 12:28:42 AM PDT
        
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      - OMG! (0 / 0)
        
        I TOTALLY visualized that!
        
        by gloria on Fri May 02, 2008 at 01:36:03 AM PDT
        
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I'e expecting my first (0 / 0)

grandchild the first week of November.

by tjb22 on Thu May 01, 2008 at 08:15:01 AM PDT
- YAY! (0 / 0)
  
  My Mom has flat out told me she much prefers grandchildren to children. You'll love it!
  
  by Suzanne77 on Thu May 01, 2008 at 08:27:51 AM PDT
  
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  - I'm really looking forward to it... (0 / 0)
    
    although I have to keep reminding myself that I'm the grandma, not the mother...and you know, I don't think I want to really want to take over the baby, I think I just want to have an excuse to boss my son around a little more!
    
    by tjb22 on Thu May 01, 2008 at 08:30:36 AM PDT
    
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    - I personally really (0 / 0)
      
      liked my Mom's input when I was a new Mom. Boss away!
      
      by Suzanne77 on Thu May 01, 2008 at 09:15:23 AM PDT
      
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due August 8th (0 / 0)

Our 3rd daughter is due 08-08-08. I'm hoping to deliver on my due date because that would be a really special date! I know it is a long shot.

Our 1st two are 6 and 3, with March and April birthdays. This is my 1st time being pregnant in the summer and I am NOT looking forward to that.

by mommy turtle on Thu May 01, 2008 at 10:14:59 AM PDT
- So cool (0 / 0)
  
  I remember 8-8-88. My best friend's SIL was due any time, and all day we kept saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if the baby was born today?" And she was! Also born that day, Princess Beatrice (Andrew & Fergie's daughter).
  
  by cynmill on Thu May 01, 2008 at 10:52:57 AM PDT
  
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  - I was in NC (0 / 0)
    
    on 8-8-88 and the big news was a parade in the town of "88" N.C. led by the two grand marshalls, a boy and a girl turning 8 years old that day!
    
    by Suzanne77 on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:00:58 PM PDT
    
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  - Oh, yeah! (0 / 0)
    
    Isn't her real first name Octavia or something? (Princess Bea, that is.)
    
    by tessajp on Thu May 01, 2008 at 04:06:22 PM PDT
    
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    - I don't know (0 / 0)
      
      All those royals have about 11 names.
      
      by cynmill on Thu May 01, 2008 at 07:26:56 PM PDT
      
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    - Google is my friend (0 / 0)
      
      A wiki-entry on her says her names are Beatrice Elizabeth Mary, so only three names, and fairly normal names too. Now if you compare that to our (Dutch) royals, oy...
      
      by SwissClogs on Sat May 03, 2008 at 01:45:19 PM PDT
      
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- Oooo, a highly auspicious date! (0 / 0)
  
  08-08-08 is a highly auspicious date in China, because 8 is a very lucky number. That's why the Olympics are starting on that day. They are expecting mini boomlet around that time with all the parents that are trying to deliver on that day!!!
  
  by tessajp on Thu May 01, 2008 at 04:05:38 PM PDT
  
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Am I next? (0 / 0)

I have #2 due June 4. DS#1 will be turning 2 in about a week. We are doing another home birth, so it was nice to read about the MT in Holland and her experience. I hope I have the details right. I am definitely not the sharpest tool in the shed these days... Lots of day dreaming.

by Mena on Sat May 03, 2008 at 08:40:31 AM PDT
- Yes you did (0 / 0)
  
  Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy, and I hope the birth works out the way you want!
  
  Many congratulations to all pregnant MTs!
  
  by SwissClogs on Sat May 03, 2008 at 01:47:30 PM PDT
  
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baby #1 (0 / 0)

due june 2. trying to turn the baby (breech) head down, otherwise it's a c/s that may be scheduled sooner. fingers crossed!

by nachomama on Sun May 04, 2008 at 04:20:15 PM PDT
- Oooh! Good luck! (0 / 0)
  
  They are telling me if mine is too big they are taking her c-section too. Fingers crossed for you! And me. Yeesh.
  
  by Suzanne77 on Sun May 04, 2008 at 05:16:23 PM PDT
  
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  - buena suerte! (0 / 0)
    
    good luck to you too!
    
    by nachomama on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:51:30 PM PDT
    
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Latecomer (0 / 0)

I've been so busy with my mom I haven't been up to date on the posts. Luckily, today I came in to work for the first time in 2.5 weeks and have time to read while I wait for all 5285 emails to come in. Yay.
I'm pregnant with #2, due sometime between the end of May and end of June (I'm 35 weeks today). I'm trying not to get too hung up on due dates this time! We don't know the gender, but everyone is hoping it's a girl. Planning on birthing at home, and can't wait to post baby pics! Honestly, hearing people coo about how cute my babe is is one of the few things I'm looking forward to lately!
Best of luck to all the other expectant mommas, I look forward to cooing over your baby pics!

by Inky on Mon May 05, 2008 at 02:22:55 PM PDT
- Good luck Inky! (0 / 0)
  
  I will figure out how to post pics sometime soon. I am pathetic at this internet stuff, my links always come out wonky too.
  
  by Suzanne77 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 08:05:46 AM PDT
  
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Alright...preggo roll call.

by tessajp

Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 03:50:09 PM PDT

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