Birth predictions

[mamaw/two]

We had a thread like this in our last ddc and it was fun to look back after baby was born and see the predictions.  Anyone care to make some guesses?

Baby's gender

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Baby's birth date and time

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Baby's weight and lenth

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Place of birth

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Lenth of labor

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Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman

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Feel free to add any xtra fun predictions you can think of:)

[mamaw/two]

OK, here's mine...

Baby's gender

Guess- boy

Actual-boy

Baby's birth date and time

Guess-  7/7/11  11:50am

Actual-7/4/11

Baby's weight and lenth

Guess- 8lbs 7oz and 20 1/2"

Actual-7lbs 9oz and 21"

Place of birth

Guess- hospital (but secretly hoping for home)

Actual-hospital

Lenth of labor

Guess- 5 hrs (I've always had really long labors, but I dream of a short one!)

Actual- 16 1/2 hrs (my shortest yet)

Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman

Guess- dad

Actual - his three oldest siblings                                                                 his     

Edited by mamaw/two - 7/10/11 at 11:23am

[javilu]

Baby's sex

Guess- boy

Actual-

Baby's birth date and time

Guess-  7/20, 2am

Actual-

Baby's weight and length

Guess- 6lb, 8oz and 20 inches

Actual-

Place of birth

Guess- birth center

Actual-

Lenth of labor

Guess- 1 day

Actual-

Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman

Guess- his big brother (who looks like me with DH's coloring)

Actual- 

Edited by javilu - 12/23/10 at 9:08pm

[slippy]

Baby's sex

Guess- girl

Actual-

Baby's birth date and time

Guess-  6/28, 11pm

Actual-

Baby's weight and lenth

Guess- 7lb, 2oz and 20 inches

Actual-

Place of birth

Guess- birth center

Actual-

Lenth of labor

Guess- 10 hrs

Actual-

Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman

Guess- dark hair- dad

Actual- 

[amayhew]

Baby's gender

Guess- Boy

Actual-

Baby's birth date and time

Guess- July 5th, at night

Actual-

Baby's weight and lenth

Guess- 9 lbs 2 oz. 20 in.

Actual-

Place of birth

Guess- home

Actual-

Lenth of labor

Guess- 8 hours

Actual-

Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman

Guess- hopefully like dad, I want brown eyes!

Actual-

[NuzzleNudge]

This is a great idea!

Baby's gender

Guess- Girl

Actual-Girl!

Baby's birth date and time

Guess- Thursday July 14th 3:34am

Actual- Sunday 7-17-2011 3:35 PM (CLOSE!)

Baby's weight and length

Guess- 7lbs 5oz 20inches

Actual- Haha! NINE Pounds Even And 20 1/2 Inches

Place of birth

Guess- Home. Back Room. In the Birthing Pool. (that's the Plan!)

Actual-Home. Back Room. In the Birthing Pool. YUP!!!

Length of labor

Guess- 6 hours

Actual-Total-21 1/2 Hours. Active-10 1/2

Baby looks like mom/dad/brother or sister

Guess- Blondey Like Mama and Brother. Brown Eyes would be neat this time, But Blue more than likely.

Actual- Looks Just Like Sister! Black Hair, Blue Eyes!

Edited by NuzzleNudge - 7/24/11 at 10:30pm

[Gismobabe]

I was right on many things, but would have never guessed his low birth weight!

Here I go:

Baby's gender

Guess- Boy

Actual- Boy

Baby's birth date and time

Guess- July 5

Actual- July 9

Baby's weight and lenth

Guess- 50 cm, 3450 g

Actual- 50 cm, 2955 g

Place of birth

Guess- Private Clinic, Vienna

Actual- Private Clinic, Vienna

Lenth of labor

Guess- 6 hours

Actual- 8 hours

Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman

Guess- dad

Actual- dad

Edited by Gismobabe - 7/31/11 at 9:02am

[goster]

Baby's gender

Guess- boy

Actual-boy

Baby's birth date and time

Guess- Aug 2nd 2am

Actual-July 24th 1:38am

Baby's weight and length

Guess- 8lbs 8oz 20inches

Actual-7lbs 9oz

Place of birth

Guess- hospital water birth

Actual-hospital

Length of labor

Guess- 14hours

Actual-20 hours

Baby looks like mom/dad/brother or sister

Guess-Dad

Actual-not sure yet LOL!

Edited by goster - 8/2/11 at 9:29am

[Charlize]

Baby's gender

Guess- Girl

Actual-

Baby's birth date and time

Guess- July 4th, 2011 at 9 am

Actual-

Baby's weight and lenth

Guess- 7 lbs, 5 oz., 20 in.

Actual-

Place of birth

Guess- Hospital via scheduled c-section

Actual-

Length of labor

Guess- Scheduled c-section due to two previous c-sections... So however long it takes the OB.

Actual-

Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman

Guess- Dad

Actual-

[jraohc]

Baby's gender

Guess- girl

Actual-

Baby's birth date and time

Guess- June 21, 6:21am (well, I'd probably guess more like 3am, but I think the 6:21 on 6/21 would be cool and it's just a random guess anyway and 6am would be more "convenient" than 3am :)

Actual-

Baby's weight and length

Guess- 8 pounds, 2 ounces and 21 inches

Actual-

Place of birth

Guess- home (maybe in the master bedroom - on the floor)

Actual-

Length of labor

Guess- 3 hours, 45 minutes (hope I'm not jinxing myself into a days long labor :)

Actual-

[alyssatuininga]

Baby's gender

Guess- boy even though I would really like a girl after 3 boys

Actual-

Baby's birth date and time

Guess- July 11th 7:30 am (due date 7/4- 2 of babys brothers were born between 7 and 8 am)

Actual-

Baby's weight and length

Guess- 10lbs 10 oz (other 3 were 7lbs 12, 8lbs 12, 9lbs 10 so if we continue with the pattern), 21"

Actual-

Place of birth- home, in the living room in the tub

Guess-

Actual-

Lenth of labor

Guess- 3-4 hrs

Actual-

Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman

Guess- its 3 brothers, they all look so much alike

Actual-

[HawaiianBlesing]

Baby's gender

Guess- Boy (lots of boy anatomy dreams--weird I know)

Actual-

Baby's birth date and time

Guess- 7/20/11.  It's DH's last day of work  14:00

Actual-

Baby's weight and lenth

Guess- 7lbs 10oz  21" (I'm hoping for a little one--my sister had biggins)

Actual-

Place of birth

Guess- Home in the pool wherever we decide to set it up

Actual-

Lenth of labor

Guess- 13hrs

Actual-

Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman

Guess- Mom (my family has some pretty strong genes)

Actual-

[lovelylisa]

Baby's gender

Guess- Girl

Actual-

Baby's birth date and time

Guess- July 9th 3:27pm

Actual-

Baby's weight and lenth

Guess- 22.5 inches, 7 lbs 3 oz  (heavier and as long as her brother;)

Actual-

Place of birth

Guess- water birth at the birth center

Actual-

Lenth of labor

Guess- 6 hours. Last time I was only about 8 hours so maybe this will be quicker

Actual-

Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman

Guess- totally mailman. Why? Why not? lol

Actual-

[FoxintheSnow]

Baby's gender Guess- Male

Actual-

Baby's birth date and time Guess- 7/22/11 4:00pm

Actual- Baby's weight and lenth Guess- 7lbs 6 oz Actual- Place of birth Guess- Hospital Actual- Lenth of labor Guess- 15 hours Actual- Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman Guess- dad Actual-

[mamahen2coop]

Baby's gender

Guess- girl

Actual-

Baby's birth date and time

Guess- 7/28  2215

Actual-

Baby's weight and lenth

Guess- 8-1, 20.5

Actual-

Place of birth

Guess- hospital

Actual-

Lenth of labor

Guess- 4hrs

Actual-

Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman

Guess- a wonderful mix of both

Actual-

[Mizyellow]

Baby's gender

Guess- Girl

Actual-

Baby's birth date and time

Guess- July 18th 3:32AM

Actual-

Baby's weight and lenth

Guess- 20 in 7lb 1 oz

Actual-

Place of birth

Guess- Hospital room

Actual-

Lenth of labor

Guess- 18 hours. My first was super long so I hope this one is shorter

Actual-

Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman

Guess- totally mailman. Hopefully like me, we used a donor and I think it would be odd if this baby popped out looking just nothing like me!

Actual-

[~Katie~]

Baby's gender

Guess- Girl

Actual-

Baby's birth date and time

Guess- June 29th, 9PM

Actual-

Baby's weight and lenth

Guess- 7lbs. 4oz. 20"

Actual-

Place of birth

Guess- Home

Actual-

Lenth of labor

Guess- 3 hours

Actual-

Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman

Guess- Mailman. DS looks like me and DD looks like DH, so this one is up in the air. 

Actual-

[mamasmith]

This is fun!

Baby's gender

Guess-  Boy

Actual-

Baby's birth date and time

Guess-  July 18th, 4:00 pm

Actual-

Baby's weight and lenth

Guess- 8 lbs, 5 ozs, 20 inches

Actual-

Place of birth

Guess- Austin, hospital

Actual-

Lenth of labor

Guess-  22 hours

Actual-

Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman

Guess-  Both

Actual-

[ArcticRose]

Baby's gender
Guess- Boy
Actual- GIRL!



Baby's birth date and time
Guess- 7/15 8:45am
Actual- 7/08 5:02PM



Baby's weight and length
Guess- 7lb 14oz
Actual- 7lb 12oz



Place of birth
Guess- Home (wishful thinking)
Actual- Yay!, Got my HBAC!



Lenth of labor
Guess- 9 hours
Actual- 12 hours start to finish, but with about 3 hour break in the middle



Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman
Guess- Mom (DD looks like her dad, so next one should look like me!)
Actual- Can't tell yet.
Edited by ArcticRose - 7/10/11 at 12:09pm

[noahs.mom06]

Baby's gender

Guess- boy

Actual-

Baby's birth date and time

Guess- June 30, 2:14 AM

Actual-

Baby's weight and length

Guess- 7 lb, 10 oz; 20"

Actual-

Place of birth

Guess- home, my bedroom

Actual-

Length of labor

Guess- 5 hours

Actual-

Baby looks like mom/dad/mailman

Guess- mom

Actual-